Poet Robert Frost once said: "Good Fences Make Good Neighbors."
In the case of these two Congos, a "good" fence may be keeping one of them alive.
Interesting footage. Unless this is a pre-courtship ritual,
I sincerely hope this pair was moved into separate tanks.
Video - 1:11
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors - Sometimes...
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- Pufferpunk
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Re: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors - Sometimes...
Looks like a stressful way to live.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
Re: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors - Sometimes...
P.P., I have to agree.
You're the lurker expert, but this certainly looks like a non-standard day to me.
You're the lurker expert, but this certainly looks like a non-standard day to me.
- Pufferpunk
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2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
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lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
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Re: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors - Sometimes...
I also hate those betta boxes that houses one next to another to another.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors - Sometimes...
I agree with Pufferpunk, you're just constantly tormenting both of the puffers.
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Re: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors - Sometimes...
P.P.,
Agree, again. The T. miurus seem to have a fairly wide standard variation in color and texture.
I would guess that they probably have some minor adaptive pigmentation skills.
That being said.....
Is there any reliable way to visually sex them ?
Agree, again. The T. miurus seem to have a fairly wide standard variation in color and texture.
I would guess that they probably have some minor adaptive pigmentation skills.
That being said.....
Is there any reliable way to visually sex them ?
- Pufferpunk
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Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
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2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
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Re: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors - Sometimes...
Nope
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
- BedScien
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Re: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors - Sometimes...
Congo's 'marked intraspecific aggression' was noted in Dr. Ebert's 'Puffers of fresh and brackish..'
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