Last week I brought home a 7" Livingstonii (yes, I will upgrade to a 6ft., 150 gallon tank as soon as I can - I have a 120 5ft. now) and I knew the new guy was going to be shy at first, but tomorrow it will be a week since he came home and he is still been chased by my 5" Venustus.
When I first introduced him into the tank, the venustus was curious and kept swimming around him, but because of the livingstonii's size he seemed a little intimidated and was getting on his way, but without attacking him, until he noticed that the new guy was shy, so he started to chase him. Now the livingstonii hides all the time and as soon as he comes out, there goes the venustus to bully him.
The livingstonii is now the biggest fish in the tank, followed by a red zebra and then the venustus.
Months ago, when I brought the red zebra he was also attacked by the venustus, this time the venustus attacked him immediatly, for a few days until the red zebra reacted and now they kind of share the kingdom, they don't bother each other for the most part, and the venustus is chased once in a while when he gets close to the red zebra's cave. We can say that they now respect each other, with minor incidents once in a while.
I wonder if the same thing will happen with the livingstonii as he gets used to the new tank? I also noticed the red zebra bothering the livingstonii at once, but I haven't seen this happen again. Usually, the red zebra is a very peaceful fish that doesn't bother anyone if they don't bother him, but lately he was trying to mate with one of the females (initially I wanted an all-male tank) and I noticed that he is a little bit aggressive or irritated, but nothing too crazy (from what I've seen). The female is not eating now and I wonder if I will have hybrids soon, in which case I will not pass them on and I will keep them. She had the same behavior once before, but I never saw any fry, she started eating after about 3 weeks, but no fry. Maybe the bigger fish ate the fry.
Sorry for going a little off-topic, I just wanted to give you guys a better scenario.
When I first introduced him into the tank, the venustus was curious and kept swimming around him, but because of the livingstonii's size he seemed a little intimidated and was getting on his way, but without attacking him, until he noticed that the new guy was shy, so he started to chase him. Now the livingstonii hides all the time and as soon as he comes out, there goes the venustus to bully him.
The livingstonii is now the biggest fish in the tank, followed by a red zebra and then the venustus.
Months ago, when I brought the red zebra he was also attacked by the venustus, this time the venustus attacked him immediatly, for a few days until the red zebra reacted and now they kind of share the kingdom, they don't bother each other for the most part, and the venustus is chased once in a while when he gets close to the red zebra's cave. We can say that they now respect each other, with minor incidents once in a while.
I wonder if the same thing will happen with the livingstonii as he gets used to the new tank? I also noticed the red zebra bothering the livingstonii at once, but I haven't seen this happen again. Usually, the red zebra is a very peaceful fish that doesn't bother anyone if they don't bother him, but lately he was trying to mate with one of the females (initially I wanted an all-male tank) and I noticed that he is a little bit aggressive or irritated, but nothing too crazy (from what I've seen). The female is not eating now and I wonder if I will have hybrids soon, in which case I will not pass them on and I will keep them. She had the same behavior once before, but I never saw any fry, she started eating after about 3 weeks, but no fry. Maybe the bigger fish ate the fry.
Sorry for going a little off-topic, I just wanted to give you guys a better scenario.