I have had a group of 6 , what I believe are L15's for a couple of years now.
They have always had a fondness for cucumber and courgette and it is always totally devoured by the following morning.They show little interest in prawns or mussells etc.
They have always spent the days in caves .
Now everything has changed. The cucumber has been going uneaten for about a week now.
They are eating bloodworm as they always have , when they can beat the cory's to it.
They have all but one totally shunned the caves and are under or on the top of bogwood and the caves.
They seem totally fine apart from the change of behavior.
Water is fine and no different than before. Any ideas??
Change of behavior of L15's
Re: Change of behavior of L15's
Has no-one got any ideas?
I am worried it could be an internal parasite. I have 27 other tanks in the fish house and have no other problems
I am worried it could be an internal parasite. I have 27 other tanks in the fish house and have no other problems
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Re: Change of behavior of L15's
Other than the usual tank and filter tidiness I'd check the tank temperature. They can start acting goofy if the temp gets too high or low.
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Re: Change of behavior of L15's
any change in behaviour is definitely a cause for closer looks I agree.
I havent had those particular pl*cos but it says in the species info on this site that they prefer meaty foods, omnivore with a preferance towards meaty foods, maybe they are bored of the veg?
It also says they prefer rock piles and wood tangles?
do they look different physical then prior? Or have strange/different poo?
I havent had those particular pl*cos but it says in the species info on this site that they prefer meaty foods, omnivore with a preferance towards meaty foods, maybe they are bored of the veg?
It also says they prefer rock piles and wood tangles?
do they look different physical then prior? Or have strange/different poo?
Re: Change of behavior of L15's
|Thanks for the reply's
I have tried them periodically with prawn, mussel etc but with little or no success as I had read similar research. Temp in the fish house is pretty much a constant 29
so no change there.Fitration is good with no ammonia or nitrite present and minimal nitrate with a tds of 120 (water after HMA filtration is 90)
The only thing recently to effect things has been a rise (8.9!!) in ph on my tapwater due to the water people flushing the pipes. |I lost some Chocolate Cichlids after doing a large water change without checking the ph on the aged water . I didn't do a water change on the L15 tank and the ph was the normal 7 so didn't think that was the problem.
They look no different physically
below is a picture of tank and fish from my archives
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I have tried them periodically with prawn, mussel etc but with little or no success as I had read similar research. Temp in the fish house is pretty much a constant 29
so no change there.Fitration is good with no ammonia or nitrite present and minimal nitrate with a tds of 120 (water after HMA filtration is 90)
The only thing recently to effect things has been a rise (8.9!!) in ph on my tapwater due to the water people flushing the pipes. |I lost some Chocolate Cichlids after doing a large water change without checking the ph on the aged water . I didn't do a water change on the L15 tank and the ph was the normal 7 so didn't think that was the problem.
They look no different physically
below is a picture of tank and fish from my archives
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