Bubble Nest Advice

[damovts]

hiya,

Our male has started to make a bubble nest today but we have noticed he isn't eating much.... is this normal?

also is it ok to just leave him while he is making nests as we don't want to breed him really.

also our male has a little red light in his tank but doesn't seem to be very active when its on unless we have the main light on the room aswell. does he need a brighter light?

 

[Netty]

Absolutely fine to let him get on with building his nests. It shouldn't affect his eating so keep an eye on him and see how he goes.

The lighting is fine as long as it's not on 24hrs a day. Does he get some natural light where he is too? We usually just turn the lights on in the tanks in the evenings

 

[damovts]

Ok i will keep an eye on his eating.

He dosen't get alot of natural light and we only have this light on half of the day. He just dosen't seem very active when only his light is on (sits on the bottom alot)....He seems alot more active when we turn a bigger light on in the room.

 

[Netty]

Probably best to have the brighter light on a bit more too then.....he may think it's night time

 

[damovts]

yea maybe he does lol
Ill might try and get him a brighter light

 

[azulfire24]

yea they like 12 hours light and 12 sleepy time, sort of, i know if i go in the fish room and turn the light on at night they all look pissey, lamo! momma its sleepy time go away!!. my ft forest will actually flare at me if i wake him up, then hides uner his plant. mean momma wake me up.. hehehe..

 

[damovts]

lol yea he dont like being woken up either. i am getting him a brighter light at the weekend so he should be a bit more active. He didnt eat properly last night. So we are gonna give him some blood worms to see if he eats that