Please help. Do your senegalus do this?

[teohha]

Hi guys, I just got my fist two 6" juvenile albino p.senegalus.

I have noticed that once i turn off the tank lights both bichir will periodically swim with a sudden burst of speed against the corner tank glass and breach the water, sometimes even hitting to the top of the tank.

Is this normal behaviour? Do your p.senegalus do this? I am afraid they would hurt themselves. Am I doing something wrong? Please advice this newbie.

 

[zpetrichko]

there escape artists, they will find any way possible way for them to escape.

 

[Bue]

My sen does it at least once per night after lights out. She's not the brightest crayon in the box to begin with, but there doesn't seem to be any brain damage yet...... lol as long as you have a top on the tank and it is secure, you should be in great shape.

A bichir with a headache has a better survival rate than a crispy bichir

 

[teohha]

Thanks for the feedback guys... it makes me feel a little better. Its still a little disconcerting whenever my sens do it.

 

[Cholly]

Try lowering your water level a bit if it's not already a couple of inches from the top. They actually need to breach for air occasionally. It may be normal breaching, not an escape attempt. Then again, they are curious little blighters and escape artists, so they may be trying to go walkabout.

 

[gigas12]

Hi,try to turn on the lights in the room for first,then turn off the lights in the tank and see what happens!

 

[408smokin]

ur bichirs will get use to the light after a while

 

[spwd]

What they^ ^ ^ ^ ^said

cheers steve

 

[teohha]

>>Cholly thanks for the advice.. The top of my tank is already 6 inches from the water.

I normally turn on the lights in my room then turn the lights off for the tank. So the lighting would approximate some time during the late evening or dusk.

 

[phillydog1958]

ur bichirs will get use to the light after a while

I agree. Lighting is not an issue with my senegal. In time, your's will come around and not overreact to sudden lighting. My senegal, assumes that the light coming on means it's feeding time. He's been conditioned to respond to light sort of like Pavlov's dog was conditioned.