Y. splendida aggression

[Mike Ophir]

Hi all,

I have heard that most of you havent seen aggression from your Y. splendida specimens but I certainly have. They seem to be harrassing the much larger B. udomritthiruji and B. striata. Its not overly aggressive harrasment, just nipping when these fish enter the Y. splendida territory. Has anyone noticed similar nipping and chasing?

PS - to let you know, my Y. caudipunctata article will be appearing in next month's (September) issue of T.F.H. for any interesting in checking it out.

Mike

[Emma Turner]

Hi Mike,
I realise that stock tank conditions at a shop aren't the same as a home aquarium, but from what I have observed, Y. splendida are highly aggressive and up there with the likes of skunks and tigers. At the shop, the fish are provided with shelters etc but they are in smaller quarters than how most of you will be keeping them at home. Being a Yasuhikotakia, I suspected they would be aggressive from the outset, so put them into their own tank with no other species. However, they were able to jump through small gaps under the coverslides and into the adjoining tanks which housed other botiids, Pangios and Garra. They caused plenty of injuries to these other fish and even killed some of them before anyone realised what was happening. They have since been moved to a tank that contains other aggressive loaches such as the aforementioned tigers and skunks, and are more than holding their own.
Emma

[mickthefish]

all i can say is rubbish, i've had mine from the first although they defend themselves very adequately they are by no means aggressive.
in fact most of the times i see them they are with a group of smallish striata.
but i understand that what happens in one tank is the exact opposite in another.

mick

[Emma Turner]

all i can say is rubbish, i've had mine from the first although they defend themselves very adequately they are by no means aggressive.
in fact most of the times i see them they are with a group of smallish striata.
but i understand that what happens in one tank is the exact opposite in another.

mick

Hi Mick,
How many have you got, is it a big shoal? I have seen the aggression with my own eyes, so yes, clearly different things are being observed in different set ups.
Emma

[mickthefish]

no it's not a big shoal i have the original two i got from Neil and 4 additional ones from BAS which are considerably larger than the first two and still they're bordering on softies.
if the funds are ok i'll be getting another 2 next weekend.

mick

[Mad Duff]

Unfortunately I cant really comment as far as aggression towards other species goes as my 9 are housed on their own apart from the danio's, there is some interaction/clicking but nothing overly aggressive and they will occasionally be seen swimming up in the water with the danio's and they don't show any signs of aggression to them either.

I know a guy who still has the 3 Y. eos that I passed on to him a few years ago now and he has them with his clowns and they are total softies and hang out with the clowns all the time, it is very rare he even hears a click from the eos so I guess different setups and different fish create a lot of variables