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No mate. You've got to say, "I'm going to clean me unsociables"....then watch the wife raise an eyebrow

Martin.

Quite so!

I've just been watching the new additions and they have puzzled me as to why the other 3 ft part of the tank is not being used. They are certainly sociable with each other in a aggressive way. It's like they enjoy being 'clicked' and shoved by one another. Interesting.

I always think these fish are a bit like packs of wolves. You know the way there's a fragile peace that's mediated by snarls and growls. Every so often someone gets uppity and a fight ensues. But most of the time it's controlled aggression.

Martin.

Get the special glue out Grrrrr-aeme, we want pics!

I will do.
Just a quick picture of the tank full of Eos i was drooling over.

dribble dribble dribble dribble

this is all too much for me

I have to say.....I'M JEALOUS

Wish I could play with you guys, too.

Emma, I vote you start a store on the WEST Coast .... SOUTHWEST, please

Looks like you all had a fabulous time, and I can't wait to see the rest of the pics

You know, I was never been a fan of eos until I saw what they look like when they color up. I bet a tank full of those fiesty guys IS better than TV!!

Very much, entertaining!!

Graeme Robson wrote:I've just been watching the new additions and they have puzzled me as to why the other 3 ft part of the tank is not being used.

Maybe they have 'loach pile' withdrawl symptoms......???



Either that, or they can't believe their luck that those tiny fiesty skunks are after them no more!

Isn't that a beautiful sight!!!!

You can almost hear that Skunk deciding which one he is going to chase next

what gets me most is the size of the skunks v the tigers. the one in the photo looks quite big compared to some of the other ones in the tank, i reckon. is there anything they are afraid to take on?

the most worrying thing i have seen is skunks for sale locally as peaceful community fish

helen nightingale wrote:what gets me most is the size of the skunks v the tigers. the one in the photo looks quite big compared to some of the other ones in the tank, i reckon. is there anything they are afraid to take on?

arrowana??
pike???

the most worrying thing i have seen is skunks for sale locally as peaceful community fish

and this is why I love my lfs.
years ago, I stood and stared at a lone skunk, all by himself in a tank. I like him, I thought. the owner spotted me staring at it, came over and said "you don't want that one. they're aggressive and ought really to be owned by specialists. he's going to be taking up that tank all by himself for a while."<heavy sighing>

Interestingly enough,

along with another LOL member, JD, the skunks I have kept, which have been in groups of about 6 have gotten along perfectly fine with community fish for many many years. I had them in with tetras, cyprinids, synodontis and corydoras catfish, and many many other Botias (striata, rosrata, dario, macracantha, kubotai, almorhae, sidthimunki, nigrolineata, and other loaches). They never chased or nipped anyone and minded their own business. At first I found it odd that others were observing their Skunks to be aggressive, but now I am thinking maybe my group was the wierd one....although another group I bought a couple years later also was pretty peaceful. Maybe the supplier my LFS got them from were shipping only a regional variation of B. morleti (skunk loach) that did not exhibit any aggressive behavior?

Mike