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
Re: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors - Sometimes...
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 3:42 pm
by Pufferpunk
Looks like a stressful way to live.
Re: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors - Sometimes...
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:52 pm
by grup
P.P., I have to agree.
You're the lurker expert, but this certainly looks like a non-standard day to me.
Re: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors - Sometimes...
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:05 pm
by Pufferpunk
I also hate those betta boxes that houses one next to another to another.
Re: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors - Sometimes...
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 3:15 pm
by pufferjw
I agree with Pufferpunk, you're just constantly tormenting both of the puffers.
Re: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors - Sometimes...
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 8:46 pm
by grup
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 ?
Re: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors - Sometimes...
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 8:48 pm
by Pufferpunk
Nope
Re: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors - Sometimes...
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 3:35 pm
by BedScien
Congo's 'marked intraspecific aggression' was noted in Dr. Ebert's 'Puffers of fresh and brackish..'