Tiretrack sleeping upsidedown.

[Raven_]

Hello.
What would you fellows say about a tiretrack that lies on the side or back ?

Its 3 months since i bought it and its only lately i have seen this behaviour, roughly 45cm long.

Regards
Raven_

 

[davo]

I've had them on their side a lot when resting. It breathing ok?

 

[Raven_]

As far as i can se its breathing ok.

Have alot of movement on the surface and a surface skimmer to remove any film on the water.
Roughly 3600L/H spread over 4 waterpumps in a 540L aquarium.

 

[killerfish]

doesn't sound good is it just laying om its side or burrowed sideways

 

[Raven_]

Its only in the cave the TT is on its side.
The TT have no problem turning over stomach down when i approach the aquarium, no problem when feeding.

 

[ewurm]

Depends. My Fire Eel crawls in caves upside down. Could be a problem, or just different behavior. Do you see any signs of stress or other problems?

 

[akskirmish]

My tire track30+ inch-Has done this since around the 15 inch mark----It is perfectly normal for them to do this-I have a piece of black PVC pipe that is 4 inch in diameter for mine---And he still does it....

 

[Raven_]

Do you see any signs of stress or other problems?

No problem what i can see, comes out if a gently tap the glass and takes a look so its not scared in any way.

So its sounds like its normal behaviour as akskirmish wrote.

Thanks for the help