I have 2 females and one male purchased about 1 month ago. All shared the same hiding spot peacefully until yesterday.
I noticed only the male was in their spot while the females were both hiding elsewhere. The girls also looked a little beat up. Rhen i noticed the male attacking one of the females. I took the vid and quickly seperated them and removed the male from this tank.
Is this mating behavior or territorial aggression ?
https://youtu.be/oyUFH8TWvmY[/youtube]
L. Oncinus aggression
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Re: L. Oncinus aggression
Hi co77, the YouTube link didn't work. I fixed it for you. In the future, when you want to link to a YouTube video, the only part of the video address that you put inside the YouTube tags [ youtube ] [ / youtube ] is the unique video number, in your instance it is oyUFH8TWvmY.
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Re: L. Oncinus aggression
To me, she looks fat but not full of eggs. If you flashlight her belly, can you see eggs?
The male will tend to bite the females fin back there to try to get her to know he is ready, but usually after a bite and no interest, males would let go.. Maybe he is just a jerk?
GL
The male will tend to bite the females fin back there to try to get her to know he is ready, but usually after a bite and no interest, males would let go.. Maybe he is just a jerk?
GL
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Re: L. Oncinus aggression
Thx for the reply. I dont have much experience with these fish so couldnt tell if she is full of eggs but will try the flash light.nvcichlids wrote: ↑28 Jul 2017, 14:05 To me, she looks fat but not full of eggs. If you flashlight her belly, can you see eggs?
The male will tend to bite the females fin back there to try to get her to know he is ready, but usually after a bite and no interest, males would let go.. Maybe he is just a jerk?
GL
Im leaning towards hrs just a jerk because i would think he would have followed them around and continued this behavior. Looks as if he just wanted them out of that spot.
Wondering if/when i should try and introduce him back to the tank