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Old 10-01-2006, 05:59 PM   #2
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I tried one of those guys based on the advice of the guy at the lfs and it was a bad experience. He seemed to despise being in my tank. He made a habit of climbing up my filter hose, into the sump and staying there. Everyday I would open the filter, take him out and put him back in the tank with some food. He'd just bypass the food and climb back into the sump. I thought the other fish were bugging him so I gave him a couple different hiding places, he didn't want any of them. We went at it for a month or so and in the end he died. I think he just starved himself to death. I thought about putting his food in the sump but I didn't want to encourage him to stay there. I figured he would get hungry and come on down, but I was wrong.

For mine, I think he was just uncomfortable in the tank. I hoped he would get over it but he didn't. Sorry I couldn't give you anything more specific, hopefully someone else will help you more.
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