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What's this look like to you? I noticed this behavior yesterday. I only have the 2, had them for about year now. This vid was taken last night and this morning there are some major excavations in the sand, big holes dug. I'm thinking the sinibotia pulchra or s. balteata or ??? were digging up and eating eggs!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryI_KO3mXTI

I would say two males, that sort of behaviour is quite common in the Sewellia's. The Male spotted Sewellia that I have are forever topping each other like that.

Nice vid and lovely fish

Thanks guys!

With mine, the female was always noticebly larger, and fatter than the males with most of the action involving the males prodding the females abdomen with their snouts.
So, I think you have two of the same sex fighting.

Thanks Jim. There must be another explanation for the digging. I really like these fish but haven't seen any more since I got these. I'd love to find some females!

I have noticed a lot of digging activity in my Sinibotia tank, they are always active and do dig quite a bit. The only time my balteata dug pits the pits were under or at the edge of stones or rocks, personally if the pits are dug out in open water I would say Sinibotia.

I can relate. I have not seen L. disparis for years. My lone remaining fish was found as a contaminant in a shipment of white cheeked gobies.