Fahaka help please
- Thread starter strollo22
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Sorry, I have no experiences with Puffers, but I keep a lot of discus and aros over the years and they tend to freak out more than most. I find that anything can trigger a fish to freak out and this is their natural flight instinct kicking in. To counter this, I place substantial hiding spots for them and they usually rush into their favourite spot to settle down. Turning off all lights definitely helps. For discus, drift wood crevices work perfectly. I have less success with arowanas due to them being top level fish. I presume your fahaka might benefit to having a 'safe den' it can easily retreat to and like my arowanas, as it grow bigger, it will be more confidant and have less freak outs. I hope this will help, and if you do use driftwood, just try to minimise sharp edges. (never had an incident of my fish injuring itself on driftwood though)
1st time I've seen my fahaka freak out on me. It's when the room was dark and his tank lights are off. When I open the room and tank lights. I approached him and tank on the glass. He slowly came to the glass and greet me. So I guess he was spooked thinking it's someone else not me? Just speaking from experience
My didn't spook on me but used to glass surf excessively, I put the background film and back and sides of his tank
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Just to update. I installed a 3d back ground and now all is well. Easy fix lol. Will post a pic later
