Relocated my IT's, like bak 2 day 1

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Dionysus

Dionysus

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Recently, I took my 120g out of the wall in basement, and moved it upstairs. did cause may b moving anytime, and alot quicker to move in it's new location. Anyways, I keep 4 IT's in tank, 6"-12".
When I had them in basement, 3 were stable almost all time, the 12/13" only sumtimes (ya, would think the largest b more stable). But since the move, not much action in the tank. Mainly just sit blending into driftwood n such, like they always did when I first got, sum 5yrs ago. Accept one, my 10" Ybar (my fav), he's stayed 100% stable. Id call it the alpha out of the tank, even tho never really bother other dats, but cause will put my largest in place if need b.
So, besides that one, all others seem to hide most of day. Not sure if it's the sunlight, new lights above tank, or maybe just the new surrounding environment in general.
Just thought id share with u guys the big impact a move had on my indos. I've kept lots of different fish over past 20yrs, SW,FW, and gotta say understanding these guys has been more challenging than any other fish I've owned!

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Oh, sorry if was long post, I tend to overtalk most times lol...but gonna try adding some plants, since they seem to like my palm tree sitting beside tank. Read in wild they tend to sit along plants, stripes blending them. So Let ya kno how it goes...that's all I got for now :D

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interesting. I have 5 now, only one that does not stay stable most of the time. I will be moving in about 2 years and wonder what effect that will have on them.
 
Guess any move is stressful for any fish. Hard to say, your dats might react different than mine did. Really think they not liking the new higher lighting. Going to make a dimmable LED setup for them. I've found indos tend to b unpredictable, kindve why I so fascinated with them I guess :cool:

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This guy used to roam tank, showing brilliant stripes and color all day. Now he just mostly sits along bottom, either dark or tan in color. uploadfromtaptalk1354577783368.jpg

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That was a pic when the new crappy run of mill aquarium strip light turned on. Here's a pic of him 2hrs later when I showed him bag of massivore...still no stripes, but tan instead of dark. uploadfromtaptalk1354593416442.jpg

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i'd actually suggest taking out the areas where they normally hide... constantly moving the decor in my experience forces them to become more outgoing, and comfortable... then they begin swimmming around more ... i just moved all my Dats into a new tank as well and they hid a lot in the first couple weeks, but are back to normal now a month later

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