New Aimara Behavior

[Zeke]

In the last 2-3 days my Aimara Wolffish has been rocketing upwards to the top of the aquarium and hitting the rim/lid of the tank. We've had some lighting/thunder storms recently and that's all I can think of. The water parameters are great and nothing else has changed. It only does the banging when I'm around ,that I can tell. Obviously if I'm not in the room, I can't see or hear it. Surely it's not doing that behavior because it wants to be fed. Any ideas? It's not really hurting itself at all, but it's just odd behaviour. Also, its appetite hasn't changed, nor anything else, behavior wise. I guess it really bothers me because I can't seem to figure out why it's doing it. Thanks.

 

[fwprawn]

Why do you assume it's not because he wants food ?

Do you offer him food when he does this ? Does he grab it, and calm down?

 

[West1]

That's the type of Aimara i wanted lol. I wanted a crazy one but instead I got a puppy lol. Since you say everything is normal/params im guessing it might be tank space or just old fashion aggression towards movement.

I've been advised by many to secure my lids and this could be why.


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[Zeke]

Usually it does it AFTER I've fed it. Within an hour or so. I'd like to think that 4x2x2' or so tall is big enough for one 8.5" fish. Maybe not though. Nitrates were just barely noticeable with the AP Test kit. I did a water change anyway. At this point, maybe it was just the barometric pressure dropping or the thunder making it want on some dry land. Lol. I saw somewhere that the natives were showing someone a little "track" through the leaves on the forest floor, for lack of a better word that was made by Wolffish going from one body of water to another. It was slimy and the natives said that the slime helped the others to follow. He had seen it a number of times. He also had seen the actual fish following each other in the leaves. Seriously.