Naughty but intelligent Jaguar?

[Japtastic]

The big Male Jaguar I got about a week ago has completely rearranged the tank how he wants it and it's obvious he hates plants as they are all floating now.

I caught him today moving the sand all over the place then he caught the pleco in his favourite hiding spot so bit him a couple of times but the pleco didn't move so he got huge amounts of sand in his mouth and started spitting sand all over the plec, he did this about 2-3 times before the pleco had enough and moved. The Jag does seem to be rather intrigued and interested and sometimes scared of the plec as he will often go up to him and watch hime for a while.

Is this normal behaviour? Seems strange that they know that throwing sand over other fish will annoy them!

 

[south coast nelly]

hehe yes its usual, your lucky my male jag will not accept any tankmates what so ever, not even my hand at cleaning time,,

 

[woofy]

that sound really funny, i can just picture the pleco being burried in sand. Sounds weird but probably normal, although keep an eye out cuase the biting can get bad.

 

[devder1]

lololololol sounds fun

 

[benzjamin13]

Cool. LOL. They definitely won't take "No" for an answer.

 

[rainbowfishpc]

Can you get a video? That would be so funny to watch.

 

[mssassysan2000]

That's funny jags can be son of a gun sometimes.

 

[thorzep]

sounds like a keeper!

 

[Cross127]

Yeah my pleco gets burried by two of my Jags all the time lol. He thinks he's a ray because he doesn't mover and all you see is a fin extended out of the sand as well as a head.

I'll get a pic when they do it again.

 

[balton777]

I'm scared of one of my Jags, he's so mean. He makes tank maintenance fun.