Disease help !

bsmith · 05-18-2005, 08:56 PM

ok my pictus is swimming around alot but one keep putting its head kinda out of the top of the water, is that ok or is he hungry sinse its about to be fed or is anything wrong at all ? there are no signs of anything wrong besides that..?

mlefev · 05-19-2005, 01:03 AM

well if he goes back down to his normal swimming area after he gets fed, then he could just be impatient. If he's always up there, and wasn't in the past, you'd better keep an eye on him.

Lexus · 05-19-2005, 02:48 AM

I've noticed they do that when they think there is food. maybe he is hungry or hinting

mlefev · 05-19-2005, 02:53 AM

I agree with you Lexus, even my platy will hang out at the top of the tank if it thinks it's feeding time, so, like I said as long as it's not a sudden behavioral change, it's probably ok.

bsmith · 05-19-2005, 08:27 PM

yea he has been doing better today, not much at the top, i fed them and they are all good. but now that i have a larger tank im not sure how i get them all food, when i put it in the food stays in one area and some dont see it until the other eat most of it, how do you guys do it ?

Gracie6363 · 06-10-2005, 07:31 PM

when my cories are playing with each other or otherwise just actively searching one will occassionally cruise up to the top of the tank and swim back down after breaking the service. it's really funny. My 6" pl*co cruised to the top a few days ago... man did he make a big spash!

**TheOldSalt** · 06-10-2005, 09:10 PM

I tend to the fish while they eat when I have problematic feeders.
What I do is feed on one end to keep the greedy fish busy, and then I target feed the slowpokes by shooting food directly to them with a piece of tubing or a turkey baster or whatever, depending on the kind of food.

On a totally separate note, I once sequestered a pictus in a betta barracks for a few weeks while I worked on a better housing solution for him, since he was eating his tankmates with gusto. When I finally let him out again, he swam all over the tank, but stayed at the level he was at in the betta cage. It was weird, like he just didn't understand that he could indeed go all the way down to the bottom again. He stayed swimming at that level for several weeks.

05-18-2005, 08:56 PM	#1
bsmith fish n00b Join Date: May 2005 Age: 26 Posts: 406	Disease help ! ok my pictus is swimming around alot but one keep putting its head kinda out of the top of the water, is that ok or is he hungry sinse its about to be fed or is anything wrong at all ? there are no signs of anything wrong besides that..?

05-19-2005, 02:48 AM	#3
Lexus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 22 Posts: 2,402	I've noticed they do that when they think there is food. maybe he is hungry or hinting __________________ 55 Gallon 2 Blood Parrots 2 Angelfish 1 Fantail Goldfish 46 Gallon 1 Albino Bristlenose 2 Angelfish 4 African Dwarf Frogs 4 Black Skirt Tetras 6 Zebra Danios 8 Tiger Barbs 11 Assorted Corys 29 Gallon 8 Daffodil Cichlids & fry 1 Electric Blue Crayfish 10 Gallon 1 Betta 15 Neon Tetras

06-10-2005, 07:31 PM	#6
Gracie6363 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Age: 29 Posts: 139	when my cories are playing with each other or otherwise just actively searching one will occassionally cruise up to the top of the tank and swim back down after breaking the service. it's really funny. My 6" plco cruised to the top a few days ago... man did he make a big spash! __________________ 10 Gallon 1 orange white skirt tetra 1 chinese algae eater 40 gallon 2 leopard cory 1 bala shark 1 angel fish 1 plco 1 doberman 3 tabby cats 1 siamese 1 gray tree squirrel 1 husband 1 4.5 yr old son

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05-19-2005, 01:03 AM	#2
mlefev Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: California Age: 26 Posts: 817	well if he goes back down to his normal swimming area after he gets fed, then he could just be impatient. If he's always up there, and wasn't in the past, you'd better keep an eye on him.

05-19-2005, 02:53 AM	#4
mlefev Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: California Age: 26 Posts: 817	I agree with you Lexus, even my platy will hang out at the top of the tank if it thinks it's feeding time, so, like I said as long as it's not a sudden behavioral change, it's probably ok.

05-19-2005, 08:27 PM	#5
bsmith fish n00b Join Date: May 2005 Age: 26 Posts: 406	yea he has been doing better today, not much at the top, i fed them and they are all good. but now that i have a larger tank im not sure how i get them all food, when i put it in the food stays in one area and some dont see it until the other eat most of it, how do you guys do it ?

06-10-2005, 09:10 PM	#7
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,253	I tend to the fish while they eat when I have problematic feeders. What I do is feed on one end to keep the greedy fish busy, and then I target feed the slowpokes by shooting food directly to them with a piece of tubing or a turkey baster or whatever, depending on the kind of food. On a totally separate note, I once sequestered a pictus in a betta barracks for a few weeks while I worked on a better housing solution for him, since he was eating his tankmates with gusto. When I finally let him out again, he swam all over the tank, but stayed at the level he was at in the betta cage. It was weird, like he just didn't understand that he could indeed go all the way down to the bottom again. He stayed swimming at that level for several weeks.

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