Does anyone else's Florida Gar do this??
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My catfish (pim) used to do this. He was in a 90 gal. at the time, and 17 inches long. When I upgraded to a 220, he stopped doing it. I always thought that he was claustropbic, because he stopped doing it in the new tank. How big is the gar? Might be a possibility.
there should be no ammonia reading in a well-established tank...i would increase water changes and make sure you aren't over-stocked. ammo should always be zero, as should nitrites. nitrate readings ok ok as water changes/live plants will reduce these--demjor19;863931; said:
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As stated above...E_americanus;863944; said:
I strongly suspect Ammonia being your problem. Definitly up the water changes and look at either decreasing the bioload in the tank or increasing the biological filtration.
Sorry if you all ready said this but how long has the tank been set up?
I have had it set up in my new house for about a month. I had it set up at my old apartment but I couldn't bring a lot of water with me. Most of his life he has had the tank all to himself. I just recently added in some crappie to see if having tankmates would calm him down.
I just did a 50% water change and ammonia is reading right around zero. As of now he is still working on breaking his neck.
I just did a 50% water change and ammonia is reading right around zero. As of now he is still working on breaking his neck.
I would not expect the fish to make a quick turn around in behavior just yet..Give it a bit of time. Until then monitor the ammonia.demjor19;864284; said:
Hopefully this is the issue if it is not and your fish is just determined to do this, I really do not know what to do about that..I have had Longnosed that would never stop doing this and just wound up mangling themselves. They usually relaxed after a bit but would easily just start up again for no reason.
Keep in mind you also just did a major water change that reduced ammonia levels..Don't get fooled into thinking thats the only thing that fixed it.demjor19;864927; said:yup that did it...why didnt i think of that?
