skittish flagtail

[shern]

yeah i was told that unless i got 8+ flagtail, there would be tons of fighting so i bought one.

 

[shern]

i just seen many large arowana tanks with flagtail and heard they clean well so i got one. i don’t understand why mine is so skittish when most flagtail in empty bare bottom tanks are perfectly fine

 

[Ansorgii]

Those tanks have a large calm arowana (and often other fish), yours doesn't.

Videos online only show so and so much of what the tank is really like.

I have videos of my lungfish being so chill Guppies pick food from around his eye, seconds later he bulldozed through his tank for no reason (that fish had some trauma/issues)

 

[shern]

are the eels really aggressive? i’ve watched them nearly 24hrs a day with a camera and they just sit j. the log, invisible

 

[shern]

i just feel they don’t interact enough to cause a problem

 

[Ansorgii]

Our Point is that the eels are not calming your Flagtail who is a lone schooling fish.

They arent aggressive and don't really interact with any free swimming fish.

 

[shern]

oh ok i see, is there anything i can do or is removing the only choice

 

[Ansorgii]

You can ad fish that might calm him, like metynnis, but there is no guarantee. Adding fish to solve fish problems often gives you new fish problems.

I personally am sick of Flagtails, so there is a clear bias in my opinion.

 

[FJB]

Back to the question of water parameters. Flagtails like soft water, neutral or lower pH. The moray eels the opposite. What are your water parameters? I bet that could be the issue.

 

[shern]

Back to the question of water parameters. Flagtails like soft water, neutral or lower pH. The moray eels the opposite. What are your water parameters? I bet that could be the issue.

a medium can be found with tiger morays and i usually keep around 7 or neutral, though it may shift slight when doing water changes due to my homes naturally more acidic water