It didn't take me long after owning my first dat that dats get the urge to scratch themselves periodically. Usually just a slow sideways sweep towards a favorite scratching object, then they might repeat one or two more times. But then it stops. He might get another itch later that day or a few days later, but it's obvious it's nothing to worry about especially when he's been in this extremely random itching routine for years with no negative physical symtoms. My wild theories to this is either they just have itches like we do, or it might be a growth spurt thing...??
Then you have the case where your dat is constantly flashing or itching on an object. This seems to be a more intense itch and can go on and on till your dat either gets a wound or messes up their eyes bigtime (sometimes blindness). I lost a few widebars this way over 10years ago (thank god they were cheap then). I still get sick now when i think about it. My waterquality was not up to par in those days due to overstocking and lack of WC's because i was dealing with a crazy ex-gf. Constant flashing happened a couple times with indos in later years, but with a nice intense cleaning of the tank it stopped
Sorry with the long write-up here. Wondering what other members have observed (if anything) when it comes to random harmless scratching vs constant destructive flashing on an object and possible reasons for them
Then you have the case where your dat is constantly flashing or itching on an object. This seems to be a more intense itch and can go on and on till your dat either gets a wound or messes up their eyes bigtime (sometimes blindness). I lost a few widebars this way over 10years ago (thank god they were cheap then). I still get sick now when i think about it. My waterquality was not up to par in those days due to overstocking and lack of WC's because i was dealing with a crazy ex-gf. Constant flashing happened a couple times with indos in later years, but with a nice intense cleaning of the tank it stopped
Sorry with the long write-up here. Wondering what other members have observed (if anything) when it comes to random harmless scratching vs constant destructive flashing on an object and possible reasons for them
