Socrates
Fish Fanatic
My numbers are all good. My water is clear, my fish seem happy, my rummy-noses have very good coloring (which I understand is a health indicator with that fish), etc etc etc.
But for some reason all my fish spend most of their time at the bottom half of the tank. I've got Rummy-Noses, Silver-Tips, a Neons. I've even got a Gourami that prefers the lower half of the tank.
The Rummy's stay about an inch off the floor most of the time. The Neons drift up a quarter way up very occasionaly and then right back down. One particular RUmmy will occasionally swim up until he realizes the school isn't with him. I'm getting frustrated, and not a little bit stressed out thinking something is really wrong here. I thought I bought a mix of fish that would swim in various parts of the tank??
My LFS and an office I visited both have Rummy's with about the same coloring as mine that just wander all over the tank. Mine just circle back and forth along the bottom.
Things I've thought of that it could be:
Temperature? Ive gradually brought the temp down from about 79 to 75. No change.
Too much current? The Emperor's waterfall does push current down through the cneter of the tank. I've tried lowering the flow to almost nothing and leaving it for a long while. Doesn't seem to change anything.
Treasure Chest Bubbler? I thought maybe the bubbles were scaring them downward, but I've seem them all nosing around the thing at lower levels, and I've tried turning it off for a day. No change.
The Lighting? I've tried turning this off during the day and lighting sort of dimly with just room lights. The Rummy's swim a bit higher up but it's nothing to get excited about and of course, it's not pretty to look at.
Smell of food stuck in the large sized gravel? They all swim everywhich place during feeding but invariably drift down with the food and stay there between feedings.
Maybe it's a tank design issue?
Maybe it's the particular mix of fish? The silver-tips were aggresive for a couple days when I first got them, but they are pretty calm now.
Maybe I was wrong about the mix of fish being a fish that should swim in a variety of areas.
Any ideas?
The tank layout pic is attached.
OH YEAH. My four corys spend more time swimmig up in the middle of the tank than the tetras of any kind do. The cory's to swim in a school along the front of the glass. I wonder if they are feeling claustorphobic with all those fish on the bottom?
But for some reason all my fish spend most of their time at the bottom half of the tank. I've got Rummy-Noses, Silver-Tips, a Neons. I've even got a Gourami that prefers the lower half of the tank.
The Rummy's stay about an inch off the floor most of the time. The Neons drift up a quarter way up very occasionaly and then right back down. One particular RUmmy will occasionally swim up until he realizes the school isn't with him. I'm getting frustrated, and not a little bit stressed out thinking something is really wrong here. I thought I bought a mix of fish that would swim in various parts of the tank??
My LFS and an office I visited both have Rummy's with about the same coloring as mine that just wander all over the tank. Mine just circle back and forth along the bottom.
Things I've thought of that it could be:
Temperature? Ive gradually brought the temp down from about 79 to 75. No change.
Too much current? The Emperor's waterfall does push current down through the cneter of the tank. I've tried lowering the flow to almost nothing and leaving it for a long while. Doesn't seem to change anything.
Treasure Chest Bubbler? I thought maybe the bubbles were scaring them downward, but I've seem them all nosing around the thing at lower levels, and I've tried turning it off for a day. No change.
The Lighting? I've tried turning this off during the day and lighting sort of dimly with just room lights. The Rummy's swim a bit higher up but it's nothing to get excited about and of course, it's not pretty to look at.
Smell of food stuck in the large sized gravel? They all swim everywhich place during feeding but invariably drift down with the food and stay there between feedings.
Maybe it's a tank design issue?
Maybe it's the particular mix of fish? The silver-tips were aggresive for a couple days when I first got them, but they are pretty calm now.
Maybe I was wrong about the mix of fish being a fish that should swim in a variety of areas.
Any ideas?
The tank layout pic is attached.
OH YEAH. My four corys spend more time swimmig up in the middle of the tank than the tetras of any kind do. The cory's to swim in a school along the front of the glass. I wonder if they are feeling claustorphobic with all those fish on the bottom?
