cichlid behaviour

[infamous]

Is it normal for cichlids to swim up and down the length of the glass constantly?

 

[pdbrady]

If they are doing it non stop, something is most likely stressing them. Whether it be another fish, water parameters, so on. What's tank size, stock, and parameters?

 

[infamous]

water is immaculate, three nandopsis haitensis are the stock and they don't seem to be bothering each other too much.

 

[infamous]

oh, fish are all around 2-3" and tank is 125G

 

[pdbrady]

water is immaculate, three nandopsis haitensis are the stock and they don't seem to be bothering each other too much.

What are the numbers of "immaculate"? Temp included. Is there much for decoration, or more toward the bare side?

 

[tk750s]

My fish tended to do it more often when young, I would say it is normal. I had one fish that liked to swim the horizontal length of the tank horizontally as fast as he could, man was that amusing.

 

[infamous]

haven't tested in a week or so but i do at least 2 30% water changes a week and don't overfeed. tank is cycled properly as it's been running for over a year. Temp reads 86.6* F and tank has much cover with many places for territory. The fish that seems to be doing is the biggest male. i'll go get a video of him in action

 

[timeneverfreezes]

Do you mean 86.6* F?

 

[infamous]

lol yes i definitely do. my bad.

 

[infamous]

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