I have two male corns that I keep in a 30 gallon tank. They're both one and a half years old and have lived happily together all their lives. At least until about five minutes ago, when they started going nuts. One of them was wrapping his whole body around the other and they were moving in cherky spasms around the tank and pressing their heads together in the air. Then the one being wrapped up started trying to get away and they've been running around the tank ever since, one chasing and one fleeing and rattling his tail at the other. I haven't seen either try to bite, but it looks like the one chasing came close a couple of times.
So I have two questions. First, do corns fight if they're not given enough space? Maybe 30 gallons isn't enough for these two, or they're just not tempormentally suited to have tank mates.
Second, does this sound like possible mating behavior? Maybe the guy who sold them to me missexed them. If so, the "female" definately is not happy about the prospect of children.
Thanks for any input!
