Strange Senegal...

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dougjeffries

dougjeffries

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My adult senegal has been following my 10 inch Bifasciatus around constantly. He just started a few days ago. He is not biting or trying to hurt the cichlid, but it is annoying it. He tries to get right next him and swim with him. Has anyone else seen this behavior?

He is in my 125 gallon Central American community. Everyone gets along well other than this weird occurrence.

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if he's the only one he may just want to be next to it
 
at 54 seconds it almost looks like it's breeding behavior. It's male so it's looks like either breeding behavior or it being predatory.
 
video didnt work for me , but i've seen many species of bichir follow many other species of fish around and it always ends with the bichir biting whatever it's following!

It's the most laid back non-aggressive stocking I've ever seen from a predatory fish, but I've learned if i see a bichir following a fish around to remove it or it'll disappear!
 
thats what i thought till i saw the video all you do is copy past the address given and search it. Look closely at 54 seconds cause that looks like breeding behavior to me, but he could possibly be trying to turn.
 
-DC- said:
video didnt work for me , but i've seen many species of bichir follow many other species of fish around and it always ends with the bichir biting whatever it's following!

It's the most laid back non-aggressive stocking I've ever seen from a predatory fish, but I've learned if i see a bichir following a fish around to remove it or it'll disappear!
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you need to see the vid. There is no way the sen would be able to eat this fish. There are also smaller fish swimming in the background of the vid, so i would think it would go after one of the others if it were indeed predatory behavior. My males to this to my females periodically so my thought is breeding behavior.
 
found the video, and yes looks almost like an attempt at breeding behavior/display of dominance. At times it looks like it's trying to roll the cichlid, other times it looks much like he's shoving him away. NO way he's trying to eat that fish lol

I've seen bichirs do this to each other sometimes it's an attempt at breeding other times they are being territorial and shoving tank mates away from a favorite hiding spot. One of my big ornate's got itself killed doing it to a RTG arowana ...
 
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