I CURRENTLY HAVE 2 NEEDLEFISH, ONE IS LARGER AND FREQUENTLY WIGGLES ITS BODY AGAINST THE OTHER (sorry for caps) and then proceeds to either try, or in a few instances actually bite the other. can anyone explain what this is and why? i am sure these were schooling fish?
NEEDLEFISH QUESTION
- Thread starter PoofaceQ
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This is a dominance display. Usually, schooling species, when kept in groups will establishg pecking order by having a dominant fish display to the rest of the group. This behavior although mildly aggressive will spread evenly between all sjoal memebrs. In your case, he only has a single "subordinate" to dominate. This can prove to be stressful to the subordinate fish
yes and flares to it's aggression and they are schooling fish but 2 is a bad number i'd go with 3+ or 1 you may need to seperate or add fish but for the most part its not much to worrie about unless there alone then the smaller one might be in trouble and during feeding time the like to take food from each other so just make sure it gets to eat