Will do! There definitely is a pecking order but they use the floating plants to hide and rest.
Gold Wolf Pack
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Just a quick update here all the golds are doing great. The pecking order has been fully established, but the tankmates and the plants keep the aggression to a minimum. They also show no signs of aggression with any fish that they do not see as food which I hear is odd for gold wolves.
Sorry I just saw this. They are in with a plethora of upper jaw polys, 2 bristlenose plecos, a tyretrack eel (yes I know not smart but I got him for free and he holds his own just fine), and a pike cichlid that keeps the wolves in check. I think I can attribute the tankmates (especially the pike) and the abundance of plants in my set-up for keeping my wolves from each others throats.
Here are a few pictures of them darting in and out of the plants.
I had my first real fight today. I got home from work just in time to watch my dominant male assert pressure on the second male for the prime hiding place. Usually this ends in the smaller male swimming off and being chased around the tank once resulting in at most a torn fin. Today however, he decided to stand his ground. They swam in circles biting each other in the sides. I really wanted to break the fight up, but decided to let it run a bit. Both fish ended up getting pretty banged up, but the second male definitely earned respect from the dominate male. I am hoping that my gamble of letting them fight it out will pay off with less aggression down the road.
