Red devil acting weird

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Maui, Hi
Heres the story about a couple of days ago i walked into my room to feed my rd and it just flipped out, it was swimming all over the tank real fast andit went straight in a planting pot i have in there and hassent come out yet. The only time its out is when i feed um and it will just snatch the food realquick and it goes right back in the pot
 
When in doubt, do a water change. Has anything changed in the tank? Decoration, temperature, new tank mates, food?


That said, I find that RD's tend to have phases of confidence until they reach maturity.
 
that is pretty weird i have two mature adult red devils and they do not hide at all unless the lights are out which is when the go into their "hiding" spots to sleep
 
Dude, did you cutt back on his Vikadin or something? Just kidding!

I concur with the Water Change.


Richard
 
It really worries me cause it didnt used to hide that much it was very active and used to bully another rd i have in there, but now it just hides all day.
 
sounds like some type of poisoning, I have heard similar things when peoples thermometers have broken in the tank.
 
What is the temperature? GO by a thermometer, not what your heater is set to.

How big is the other RD, is the other one fine? Perhaps the other one is now bullying the one hiding.
 
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