Adjustment period? (new L264)

[BPags52]

Few pics of the latest addition: (1) L-326 leporacanthicus, about 2.5". Not great pictures...water is cloudy right now (treating with melafix/pimafix...one of the silver dollars had body fungus on it).

snacking on shrimp pellet, flash on

Its now contending with the L-114 and L-264 for the same territory...this might get interesting

The dark spot on the right side inbetween the two rocks is the L-114, the L-264 is somewhere under the middle of the rock. (L-326 at bottom of pic). pic taken with flash off

flash on (notice the L-264 just to the left of the L-326's tail).

So much for being territorial, 3 of my 4 plecos choose to call this one 12" x 10" rock their home. I wonder what the pecking order is



EDIT:

hahaha, that was quick. After posting this I walked by the tank and in the corner of my eye caught some quick movement near the pleco rock, upon closer inspection, it was the landlord evicting the new tenant lol Man that L-264 has some nasty looking teeth.

 

[wingate2581]

Does the L-264 seem to be dominant over all of them?
I like the looks of the new guy.

 

[BPags52]

Well its hard to tell...

The L-264 and L-114 share that rock in the 2nd picture. I'm not sure if the L-264 is unwilling or unable to send the L-114 packing (even at its small size, I can see some nasty looking armor on the L-114). The L-114 spends most of its time under that rock wedged in places that the L-264 might be too big to get to...

When the L-264 chased out the L-326...thats pretty much the first "get the heck out of my territory" aggression i've seen, but even that didn't last long, and the L-326 still hangs out inbetween that piece of driftwood and the front entrance to that rock tunnel.

I like the L-326, didn't take him long at all to start grazing on shrimp pellets/massivore/etc. It doesn't really graze out in the open like the L-14 does, but its still fairly active and is less shy than the L-264 and L-114 (which I rarely get a good glimpse of).

I took a couple quick pics of the L-326 this morning (with better focus/more zoomed in) than the other recent pics. I'll probably post 'em tonight...