what does "failed cupping" mean? My moke uses sand pebbles. I hope that provides him with "relief"This one is also an old video of mine I almost deleted. Unfortunately in the UK, Senegals like this are all too common, we almost never see wild Senegals and not often quality cb Senegals, just really inbred ones.
The aggression was just because it was horny, there was constant failed cupping for the last weeks before I sold him, that the area around his anal fin became swollen from lack of relief. (Bichir equivalent of blue-balling really). The fact it was so inbred may of been a factor into aggression or even why it couldn't release any sperm. To top that off, it has a growth under its eye which looks like pop-eye; I know that'd piss me off too.
It was stressing out all the fish, even the African Arowana at this point. The Ornate would scrap back and it kind of looked like a normal pecking order dispute.
For more info on what those are, have a watch of this video
Thanks for watching!what does "failed cupping" mean? My moke uses sand pebbles. I hope that provides him with "relief"
Polypterid social hierarchies are fascinating. I really enjoyed the video and the spectrum of dominance hierarchies. What are your thoughts on head bowing? piling on top or on the bottom? snuggling next to each other? and freezing/closing pec fins to the body?
This potentially could also be true. Thanks for pointing that out! It's always hard to tell which fish are the dominant ones though, as their pecking order is forever shifting, along with the type of pecking order it may be. At the time I made that video, I pointed out where my Bichir community sat on the spectrum, and since then it has changed many times. Without collecting and comparing regular data you can't tell what exactly is happening, only educated assumptions. Certain fish you believe to be dominant ones, may only be dominant to certain fish in the tank, rather than all; they may also be dominant temporarily or just over certain actions; or that action has a different motive other than being a more dominant fish.From my experience i always felt the dominant fish pile under the others and dont tolerate subdominant fish being under them. At least with the polys ive kept.
Also noticed jaw snapping
Soo true. Edpecially atch locations or physical traits is something that the more we discuss the more questions i have and the more i find myself changing opinions lolI've found the more you learn about them, the more you realise you understand much less about them than you thought. I think that goes the same for any topic.
Wow talk about rushing a post smh... especially catch locations*Soo true. Edpecially atch locations or physical traits is something that the more we discuss the more questions i have and the more i find myself changing opinions lol