Zamora Catfish?

africanknife

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i recently just bought a zamora catfish and its behavior is a little weird, after i put him in he dug a hole under a rock and just hides there all day and only comes out for his food. I wanted to know if this is normal?
 

snyder810

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these guys will attempt to hide the entire time the lights are on. bought one and it was active in the store, not in my tank though
 

FavCatfish

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Something that worked for me: I didnt turn the tank light on at all first, i kept the room light on till the were active at night with the room light. Then i put foil over the tank light so the tank light wasnt bright, waited till they stayed out, then i took it completly off and all my catfish are active all day with the tank light. I dont have that catfish you have but i have other nocturnal catfish and thier active allday!
 

snyder810

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well the sac has been off its head for about a year now, and still not active. haha and how do you think they get to the store? naturally swim, many fish are in the store under a month before being sold, so it has been in my tank much longer than it had to establish an environment in store
 

freshwaterz

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snyder810;2457026; said:
well the sac has been off its head for about a year now, and still not active. haha and how do you think they get to the store? naturally swim, many fish are in the store under a month before being sold, so it has been in my tank much longer than it had to establish an environment in store
wow...
i wasnt try to convey an attitude, and you never said you had it for a year. seems to me like you just got a p***y fish.:nutkick:
 

snyder810

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didn't mean to come off the way i did, and possibly they aren't very common around here so i'm just going off the one i own
 
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