Heimlich has posted more videos of our fish to YouTube. You know, because we're those crazy fish people that treat their pets like surrogate children... We are those people you would expect to act like stereotypical Star Trek fans - showing up to fish keeping conventions dressed in costumes to look like their fish...
ANYWAY, we have noticed some new weird behaviors with our fish. We have had a rainbowfish and a red-finned shark (named Rudolph) in our aquarium for about 7 years or so. The red-finned shark (which is actually a kind of catfish) goes around and bullies all of the other fish all of the time. You know, he steals their lunch money and stuffs them into their lockers before gym class, etc. No, seriously, he does what many other red-finned shark owners complain about, in that he chases the other fish around, and nips at them. It's not something that I have ever really worried about, though.
Recently, our rainbowfish has decided that he's just not going to take it anymore. So, after 7 years of bullying, that little, awkward, pimply kid on the playground is taking the fight to the bully. He now constantly hangs around the mouth to Rudolph's cave, and makes sure that he can't come out. And whenever Rudolph does stick his head out, the rainbowfish nips him. It's hilarious.
In the video, the rainbowfish is the open water swimmer, and Rudolph is the bigger fish that won't be let out of his cave:
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