New to the forums with a Question. My florida gar is acting strange. He'll be swimming forward and suddenly curl his tail and kind of go backwards. Sometimes 3 to 4 times before moving forward again. Appears as something is irritating him. Water temp. is at 78. PH at 7.2. Nitrate and nitrite at 0. Hardness at somewhere between 0 and 25. He didnt do it much before. But more often as time goes on. His color appears good and he looks to be in good health. Any suggestions?
Gar behavior. Strange or normal?
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Man its a fish in a tank! They do a million odd things. If the water is good and there are no obvious signs of parasite or injury ur fine. Sounds like a big fish in a small tank trying to swim
#1 S. Vettel
Ok thats not bad! When i had mine it would act just like urs w/ the backing up and stuff. There just curious critters!! If it eats then its fine!
#1 S. Vettel
My largest does that almost every feeding time. It seems its nervous of bumping into the driftwood, which is still about 4 inches behind it. I like the S shape when it swings its head too...
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that does sound strange mine use to do it sometimes but they never died though how big was this gar?
Kind of hard to explain. I should have got a video. It was always swimming back and fourth across the front of the tank night before it died. It would be swimming forward then curl its tail around then straighten it back then do it again. Sometimes several times beofre going back to normal. It would probably act about the same as if it were hung up in some weeds or something. Kind of like it was confused on what it wanted to do. The fish has no signs of injury or disease. And it had good coloration to it to. Im seriously bummed out about it. Just brought it some food home to eat too.
