Why can't I keep wolf fish alive?

[golcondorus]

I love wolf fish, I've spent over 400 in the last few years on erys but they just kill themselves every time. I just bought one the other day. Now it's face is all bashed up from jumping and I think I'm gonna lose this one too. I've added huge amounts of floating plants, lowered the water level but it still keeps happening. He is 3 inches long in a 40 breeder by itself. Temp is 76, parameters are 0, 0, 5ppm. Any thoughts, am I cursed?


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[Blazin]

Have you tried putting some type of foam or bubble wrap under the lid?

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[golcondorus]

That's actually a pretty good idea, I will try that right now


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[Yuki Rihwa]

Why is it jump in the first place? the form only temp solution so you will need to find the source that cause its freak out and want to jump.

 

[reddead38]

Try changing your aquascape and give them more places to hide. Especially near the edges my wolves always loved sitting up against the glass instead of in the middle

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[kno4te]

See if u can dim ur tank lights. Room lights off. Floating plants help. It'll help and the advise by others. Erys are my fav and sorry to hear about ur luck.


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[appak]

Try changing your aquascape and give them more places to hide. Especially near the edges my wolves always loved sitting up against the glass instead of in the middle

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Mine was the same. Only bashed for the first few days after I got it, then it settled in. My tank was pretty plant heavy at the time, and lights were somewhat dim. Lots of active tankmates, I don't know if that helped...

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[Oddball]

Do you feel any electric shock when you put your fingers in the tank? You can unplug one device at a time until he settles down. Then, replace the questionable device due to poor or failing shielding. Also check the top lip of your tank and the bottom lip of your light hood for calcifications (salt creep) that can be passing a voltage to the tank.

 

[golcondorus]

I have a lot of plants, floating and planted, several wood pieces and a round wooden tube thing for him. I did dim the lights today, just enough to barely see into the tank. There is no electric shock, I've had that happen from a heater in another tank though. The water level has been lowered 4 inches down from the glass top as well. So, I'm hoping he won't look any worse in the morning, because it seem like he is jumping at night. Every morning his face is more bashed up than the night before. It's so annoying, at the LFS he was swimming out in the open in a completely bare tank and was healthy, no jumping at all.


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[Yuki Rihwa]

This is not your first wolf and sound like all other wolfs had same problem in that tank, there must be something wrong in there either your setup landscaping, water or other tank mates (if you have any). Most of the wolfs I owned always hide for days, sometime more than a week but they never jump (day or night). Oh, don't turn off all the light at night some fishes freak out in totally darkness, use moon light or at least room night light.