Fighting bristlenose?

[aquagirl95]

Hi, not sure if this is an emergency or not, but it looks worrying to me. Are these two fighting? Videolink added below.

Bristlenose fighting?

 

[HoldenOn]

@PheonixKingZ knows bristlenose. However I'm worried about other stock. I saw a red-tail shark, a gold gourami, and maybe some angelfish fins. What else do you have in the tank?

 

[Bub]

Yes, they do look to be fighting, you can see they have their cheek odontodes out. And their fins are a mess. I wouldn't house two male BN in one tank.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

I can’t view the video for some reason...

As @Bub said, if they are both males, they are most likely fighting. I wouldn’t keep both of them in that tank.

 

[Retired Viking]

I agree with @PheonixKingZ you need to separate them, I would try and re-home one or return to the store where you bought them. If they stay together it will only get worse. @HoldenOn brings up another good point that you may have other stocking issues. Can you tell us what fish you have in your tank and how large the tank is. Also what type of water do you have? soft or hard?

 

[itiwhetu]

Two males, If you are going to keep them, give them two decent caves to go to. One at each end of the tank. By the way fantastic looking fish, wish I had one half as nice as that.

 

[aquagirl95]

Thanks for replying all! This is not my tank, but a friend's. She send me this and I said I'd ask around.

My own tank has a completely different stock.