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I have 3 Yoyo loaches in a 90 gallon tank. One is about 2 1/2 inches and the other is about 2 inches. Well, today, Laser challeged Razor to a battle to see who would be top dog. The colors on both of these guys turned to almost all white. It was a pretty ugly looking battle. The Third loach (Blazer) is about one inch long and remained in his beautiful zebra colors, resting confortably among the plants.

No one appeared to be hurt and their black and white stripes are back to at least a pale color. I expect that there will be another challenge in the future.

blang wrote:I expect that there will be another challenge in the future.

Unless nothing was solved, then they will do.

mine do it all the time... they're just trying to see who is better and who should get the food first etc. it's not serious unless you see them get hurt. to help mine chill out i feed them in two parts of the tank. so they can go away from eachother to eat and all, it has been working. they're little characters and to me they're more entertaining than my clowns! good luck with them...

It actually happened about 2-3 hours before feeding time. However, I usually break up the wafer into 4 pieces anyway.