Watching the clown loaches doing quiet pre-breakfast social & rummaging clown stuff in the office tank:
One will flash on a bamboo next to others (primarily the heavy girl), another will sniff that spot & flash similarly. They're rubbing/flashing in the same spot, like dogs in the park will pee, sniff & then sometimes over-pee. Smallest "runt" is not flashing, just hanging-out in the same spot. No clicking nor specific interactions, just relaxed with an occasional nudge. Maybe they're also also diggin' the Beastie Boys.
Too many questions, too few grad-students...
NB & before you ask: the water's reasonably new, though I'll accept that this may be irritation and there's an appropriately rough-scratchy point on the bamboo.
I'd try for a video but there's no way they'll stay so relaxed when I move - breakfast time.
One will flash on a bamboo next to others (primarily the heavy girl), another will sniff that spot & flash similarly. They're rubbing/flashing in the same spot, like dogs in the park will pee, sniff & then sometimes over-pee. Smallest "runt" is not flashing, just hanging-out in the same spot. No clicking nor specific interactions, just relaxed with an occasional nudge. Maybe they're also also diggin' the Beastie Boys.
Too many questions, too few grad-students...
NB & before you ask: the water's reasonably new, though I'll accept that this may be irritation and there's an appropriately rough-scratchy point on the bamboo.
I'd try for a video but there's no way they'll stay so relaxed when I move - breakfast time.
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