Absolutely beautiful fish when you find good specimens .
Razor blades, that's what they are. And when sparring. They open lots of small entrances for bad things. They can also kiss to suffocate opponent and try to rip gills... And think all day how to kill foe...
Since these dumb fish are quite intelligent... You can easily become The main foe and everybody is going to team up against you, think all day how to beat you... And attack on sight.
This is where you know you have their attention. you enter the room and every fish is looking at you.
From there... Always stealthily feed not to be too much recognized as such.
And do the most disruptive maintenance you can... To make sure you're the No1 menace.
Everybody will absolutely concentrate on you all the time... They see beyond the glass.
And honestly. Trying to pull out a filter under aggressive surveillance... Constant attacks and spitted with water.
Has always been a trill.
As soon as you are not in sight your position is already in contest... You need to dedicate serious time to maintain that.
But after years you can be really close and have many truces that let you pet them.
The most I can tell is I believe I was able to motivate their reaction.
Their responses made me wonder a lot. They are conscious of their condition and probably so as the rest, outside the glass box.