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here's an update:
some time back (november) i bought 2 c. compressiceps, and a while later i bought a third. they have been kept apart (divided 15 gal, plus an adjacent 5 gal all of this time. after some thinking and advice, i decided not to put any of them together till i see a pair. they have had tapwater only all this time. pairing behaviour has been minimum. lately agression between the divided 'pair' has been at a minimum.
last week i looked for one, and it seemed to be missing. after carefully looking for it i found him? in the other side of the divided tank (jumped), 6 gals with 2 of these nasty guys, all fins accounted for. i left the third in the next tank, and removed the divider in the 15 gal. so far the 2 seem to be ok, each taking turns at feeding time, and fairly well-manered. tank is bare bottomed, and decorations are simply 2 'nest sites', 2 rocks in a pile and a store bought 'hollow log'.
so, 3 of these nasty guys in a total of about 16 gals of water. how is this possible? well, i can only guess that the 2 have paired and will breed, and 'protect' their lair from the third. i am not going to separate them or move the 3rd guy till i see fins missing, or see babies. fingers are crossed.
just an fyi, rick
some time back (november) i bought 2 c. compressiceps, and a while later i bought a third. they have been kept apart (divided 15 gal, plus an adjacent 5 gal all of this time. after some thinking and advice, i decided not to put any of them together till i see a pair. they have had tapwater only all this time. pairing behaviour has been minimum. lately agression between the divided 'pair' has been at a minimum.
last week i looked for one, and it seemed to be missing. after carefully looking for it i found him? in the other side of the divided tank (jumped), 6 gals with 2 of these nasty guys, all fins accounted for. i left the third in the next tank, and removed the divider in the 15 gal. so far the 2 seem to be ok, each taking turns at feeding time, and fairly well-manered. tank is bare bottomed, and decorations are simply 2 'nest sites', 2 rocks in a pile and a store bought 'hollow log'.
so, 3 of these nasty guys in a total of about 16 gals of water. how is this possible? well, i can only guess that the 2 have paired and will breed, and 'protect' their lair from the third. i am not going to separate them or move the 3rd guy till i see fins missing, or see babies. fingers are crossed.
just an fyi, rick