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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors - Sometimes...

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 2:27 pm
by grup
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..'