Hi - I recently bought two fronts (~2.5") from my lfs. They only had two in a tank with some other Africans. The two fronts seemed to ignore each other instead of hanging out together.
I qt-ed them separately for a couple of weeks, and recently added them to a 220g with some other non-aggressive fish. I was expecting a quick fight to determine who's the dominant, or better yet, they would hang out like a pair. Well neither happened - they actually set up their own territories....one stays in the left 2ft, and the other stays in the middle 2ft of the tank. Whenever one crosses the invisible border, a quick fight ensues, then everything goes back to normal.
I guess the good thing is that nobody is getting hurt, but it's frustrating that they don't move around the tank that much and I don't like the tension.
Does it happen a lot? I'm seriously considering getting rid of one but I really like them.... is this going to continue or will something happen eventually?
I qt-ed them separately for a couple of weeks, and recently added them to a 220g with some other non-aggressive fish. I was expecting a quick fight to determine who's the dominant, or better yet, they would hang out like a pair. Well neither happened - they actually set up their own territories....one stays in the left 2ft, and the other stays in the middle 2ft of the tank. Whenever one crosses the invisible border, a quick fight ensues, then everything goes back to normal.
I guess the good thing is that nobody is getting hurt, but it's frustrating that they don't move around the tank that much and I don't like the tension.
Does it happen a lot? I'm seriously considering getting rid of one but I really like them.... is this going to continue or will something happen eventually?