Woke up this morning and was very surprised to see that my tiger oscar is pretty scuffed up. He and his tankmate (albino tiger) have been living together in a 180 for a long time now and up to this point I was thrilled with how well they got along (I thought they had formed a pair as there has been nothing but tail fluttering and swimming together).
They are both around 10", only other tankmates are a few non aggressive turtles (which the oscars basically use as toys, pushing them around the tank occasionally). I've been watching them for about 40 minutes, they have spent about half of that time lip locking, with the albino taking some scales of the side of the tiger (both of his sides are scraped up). Right now they aren't scrapping at all, just hanging out. This is all new since last night when I went to bed.
So I can house one of them in a 55 gallon temporarily, but how can I figure out if this is a mating thing or if this is 2 males that will need to be permanently separated?
They are both around 10", only other tankmates are a few non aggressive turtles (which the oscars basically use as toys, pushing them around the tank occasionally). I've been watching them for about 40 minutes, they have spent about half of that time lip locking, with the albino taking some scales of the side of the tiger (both of his sides are scraped up). Right now they aren't scrapping at all, just hanging out. This is all new since last night when I went to bed.
So I can house one of them in a 55 gallon temporarily, but how can I figure out if this is a mating thing or if this is 2 males that will need to be permanently separated?
