When I decided to start my little 10 gallon aquarium back up a few months ago, the first fish I went and bought was Waldo, a tiny bristlenose pleco.
I figured that he would be at home in the tank, with the driftwook, and plants.
Well, the first few days of him being home, he just hid... Later I noticed that he made a little cave under is driftwood, and there is a cavity in the center of it, so you can imagine that its pretty roomy for his little 1 and a half inch self.
After a week or two, I noticed that my amazon sword plants were getting eaten, and the bulbs were stashed in his little cave. Some had huge holes chewed into them, I also noticed the ramshorn snail population SHARPLY decline.
So now that the only plants alive are the dwarf lillies and a pinch of java moss, my tank looks pitiful... I thought I would bring home a friend for him. The petstore guy that sold me Waldo told me that the little dwarf gourami could hold his own even if Waldo got aggressive.
The first few months of Waldo and Clint the gourami went well. Waldo stayed hidden, and waited for me to feed him and turn the lights off. Clint was just a fish full of personality, always swimming to the side of the tank I was on, and spitting water occasionally. He would even jump a little to get a bloodworm from my fingers.
Well I started noticing Waldo try to latch onto Clint, it wasn't that Clint was invading his space, Waldo would follow Clint and wait until he got just close enough to attack. Clint always swam away, and I never noticed any big behavior changes.
Well this morning I went to the aquarium to feed Clint, but he disappeared. I checked the floor, the filter, behind rocks, under the driftwood, and everywhere else. I thought that I was experiencing some sort of fish rapture here, until I saw Waldo peek from behind the heater and raise his little fins at me. So it dawned on me to look INSIDE of the driftwood, and sure enough, there Clint was, with little circle marks where his scales has been ripped off, stuffed into a crevice of the driftwood.
So my question is, why is Waldo so mean? He killed three feeder guppies before Clint even entered the picture... >.<' Also, why does he hide everything so well? He even hides algae wafers, and little pieces of vegetables I give him in his cave.
Maybe I have some particular strain of BN pleco that is more aggressive?
He is normally colored darkish gray-brown, with a mixture of little tiny darker dots, and blotches towards his tail, and his tail has a white tip on it.
He grows really fast too.
I think I may name him Bundy, or Gaskins.
I figured that he would be at home in the tank, with the driftwook, and plants.
Well, the first few days of him being home, he just hid... Later I noticed that he made a little cave under is driftwood, and there is a cavity in the center of it, so you can imagine that its pretty roomy for his little 1 and a half inch self.
After a week or two, I noticed that my amazon sword plants were getting eaten, and the bulbs were stashed in his little cave. Some had huge holes chewed into them, I also noticed the ramshorn snail population SHARPLY decline.
So now that the only plants alive are the dwarf lillies and a pinch of java moss, my tank looks pitiful... I thought I would bring home a friend for him. The petstore guy that sold me Waldo told me that the little dwarf gourami could hold his own even if Waldo got aggressive.
The first few months of Waldo and Clint the gourami went well. Waldo stayed hidden, and waited for me to feed him and turn the lights off. Clint was just a fish full of personality, always swimming to the side of the tank I was on, and spitting water occasionally. He would even jump a little to get a bloodworm from my fingers.
Well I started noticing Waldo try to latch onto Clint, it wasn't that Clint was invading his space, Waldo would follow Clint and wait until he got just close enough to attack. Clint always swam away, and I never noticed any big behavior changes.
Well this morning I went to the aquarium to feed Clint, but he disappeared. I checked the floor, the filter, behind rocks, under the driftwood, and everywhere else. I thought that I was experiencing some sort of fish rapture here, until I saw Waldo peek from behind the heater and raise his little fins at me. So it dawned on me to look INSIDE of the driftwood, and sure enough, there Clint was, with little circle marks where his scales has been ripped off, stuffed into a crevice of the driftwood.
So my question is, why is Waldo so mean? He killed three feeder guppies before Clint even entered the picture... >.<' Also, why does he hide everything so well? He even hides algae wafers, and little pieces of vegetables I give him in his cave.
Maybe I have some particular strain of BN pleco that is more aggressive?
He is normally colored darkish gray-brown, with a mixture of little tiny darker dots, and blotches towards his tail, and his tail has a white tip on it.
He grows really fast too.
I think I may name him Bundy, or Gaskins.
