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« Thread Started on Oct 28, 2009, 1:08pm » | |
does anyone else have issues with jumpy africans? my electric yellow labidocrhomis seems to like to jump whenever his light is off. im not very concerned about this but thaught id get opinions on it. ive added a few tablespoons of salt to his tank thinking maybe he gets stressed at night but sure enough after the lights go off hes to his speedster jumping trapeze act.
checked my water parameters everything is safe and normal. his colors are fine everything is fine except for the fact he wants to make a great escape in the middle of the night.
i currently have no other fish in his tank accasionaly ill transfer my pleco over to help with algae but most of the time its just him in his tank.
is he just bored?
should i invest in getting a hood or a lid of somekind?
very clueless what to do to try to solve the noise while we try to sleep of the splish splash "im going to get outa here youll see" during middle of the night.
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« Reply #2 on Oct 28, 2009, 6:16pm » | |
thats what i thaught was the issue at first aswell carl, but my pleco isnt in the tank with him this month. i have him in my 10 gallon having him feed on its algae. and the lab is still a jumping fool.
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« Reply #3 on Oct 28, 2009, 6:19pm » | |
also not to get of topic but since were on pleco's aside from stressing my pleco out which he doesnt seem to be stressed is it common for aquarists to use 1 pleco to clean multiple tanks as long as the pleco gets acclimated correctly each transfer?
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« Reply #4 on Oct 28, 2009, 8:26pm » | |
Oct 28, 2009, 6:16pm, corycatwoman wrote:| thats what i thaught was the issue at first aswell carl, but my pleco isnt in the tank with him this month. i have him in my 10 gallon having him feed on its algae. and the lab is still a jumping fool. |
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I have not done this, but I guess this is possible. My concern would also be disease transfer.
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« Reply #5 on Oct 29, 2009, 1:34pm » | |
alright thanks carl? i think im going to do a final transfer on the pleco back to the 30 since it is only a common pleco and they get fairly large very fast. and ill leave him in there until he out grows the tank. and try to find a dwarf pleco for my 10 gallon tank.
i believe the issue was my 10 gallon tank is sitting directly beside my 30 and in the 30 is my lab and in the 10 is my socolofi that i am growing out i believe both of them could see eachother through the glass and were angerd that they could not get to eachother to fight or chase or w/e they thaught they were going to do.
i solved this issue by adding a dark peice of posterboard to the side of my 10 gallon to block the view and last night was peaceful and quite for the first time in about a month!
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« Reply #6 on Oct 29, 2009, 5:31pm » | |
Oct 29, 2009, 1:34pm, corycatwoman wrote:
i believe the issue was my 10 gallon tank is sitting directly beside my 30 and in the 30 is my lab and in the 10 is my socolofi that i am growing out i believe both of them could see eachother through the glass and were angerd that they could not get to eachother to fight or chase or w/e they thaught they were going to do.
i solved this issue by adding a dark peice of posterboard to the side of my 10 gallon to block the view and last night was peaceful and quite for the first time in about a month! |
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This makes a lot of sense!
Good idea!
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« Reply #7 on Oct 29, 2009, 7:50pm » | |
good thinking w/ the board between the tanks - very resourceful and inexpensive but I still would suggest some sort of lid, even if it was just a piece of screen - would hate to see you lose him....
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« Reply #8 on Oct 30, 2009, 5:58pm » | |
thanks murdock i was actually considering a DIY screen frame lid type deal only opening would be at the bow which would only be about 3 inches by 4 inches of a gap which is just about perfect for feeding.
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« Reply #9 on Oct 31, 2009, 8:43pm » | |
i have seen labs get jumpy. when the lights are out the stress level could go up. labs can be jumpy since in the wild they are as much prey as they are preditor. even a brush up against a plant leaf could seem like a preditor about to pounce.i would watch all your fish through the daytime and see if that lab gets picked on....if so, it may be time to give someone away...
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