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Hey guys,

I have 3 Yoyos in my 50 gallon along with tiger barbs. The Yoyos always seem to tussle with each other when passing by and I have not ever seen them huddle together during nap time.

Would getting a couple more Yoyos convince them to huddle together occasionally? As of now, each one has its own cave or nook and won't accept another Yoyo in its home. It would be nice to see some buddy up system once in awhile.

They chase tiger barbs around when bored but seem to give the bristlenose plec. a lot of respect since they never tussle with her. Unless she's sucking on a wafer, then the Yoyos will go underneath her and try to pull the food out.

Dan

mine huddle but then i have 17 of them in my loach tank they spend alot of time together aswell as a fair bit on there own m8, all botia shold really be in a group of 5 or more so i would defo say yes to getting more there more the merrier

rave

Rave has it pretty well summed up

Yoyos definitely huddle when in large groups. Dan, you really do need to add more to your group (quarantine new arrivals first of course). Here's an old pic of mine, showing some Yoyos huddling under some bogwood. I remember taking this at the shop, late at night, with no customers walking past disturbing them:



Emma

Are Almorhae sociable ? I'm not reall too sure , I have a group of 9 in a big tank and I'd say they were a little on the terratorial side , they arent too bad but will have a little wrestle now and again ! though I never notice any real damage.