I Thought They Are Supposed to Fight!?

[mrtoofay]

Here's a picture.



So, That's a 4.5" L25 and a 6" L273 getting cozy in a cave. There are at least 3 other empty caves that are the same size, and plenty of hiding places in the driftwood maze. So... why are they squeezing into this small cave together instead of trying to kill eachother?

They do have their own corners of the tank, and will chase eachother away, no real aggression, but... never been so cozy with eachother before. Why?

 

[in2cichlids]

Every Pleco is different in your case maybe they like being roommates
That is pretty unique tho. Good luck with them!

 

[Divinehammer]

I have 5 plecos in my 90 gallon and they all hang out together, all the time, consider your self lucky!

 

[shenzhenluohan]

Perhaps they have paired up? There was a dude in singapore a couple years back who had some cool pseuda hybrids. I think they were 114/273 but don't quote me on it. 25/273 might look awesome as well.

 

[lmt6600]

I don't know about pairing ip bit are for sure too young imo to be paired up

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[mrtoofay]

Well, last night, they went back to their corners. This morning, I found them in this compromising position again! At 4.5 n' 6" I doubt they are making babies... that'd be underage sex! Since it beats they fighting to the death... I guess I'll leave it be the.

 

[Mount_Prion]

I think they're probably "fighting" albeit non-violently. They're both trying to be in what they think is the best hide, but probably not feeling aggressive enough about it to get really violent.

 

[mrtoofay]

ah! That makes sense! Like my kids that are always fighting to sit on my lap, eventually, they'll settle and sit on top of eachother on my lap. Not very happy about it tho.

 

[Rotaryp04s]

let get it on ohhh let get it on.... good to see two pseudacanthicus not beating the hell out one another.

 

[Linus_Cello]

Call them the "odd couple"?