glass chasers

[gerrard]

hi all
can anyone tell me why my dwarf goroumi
constantly swims back and forth along the front glass of the tank?
i have noticed other fish do it as well.
is it a sign of stress or something bothering them?

[Sunny]

Their reflection ?

"gerrard" > wrote in message
...
> hi all
> can anyone tell me why my dwarf goroumi
> constantly swims back and forth along the front glass of the tank?
> i have noticed other fish do it as well.
> is it a sign of stress or something bothering them?

[Justin Boucher]

Check all your water parameters. It could be that the fish is trying to
escape an uncomfortable environment. Are there enough hiding places or
shaded areas from the lighting? These could be issues as well.

"gerrard" > wrote in message
...
> hi all
> can anyone tell me why my dwarf goroumi
> constantly swims back and forth along the front glass of the tank?
> i have noticed other fish do it as well.
> is it a sign of stress or something bothering them?

[gerrard]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 05:35:58 GMT, "Justin Boucher" >
wrote:
thanks Justin....
last time i did a water check everything was fine.
there are loads of hiding places and it even does it with the lights
off.
one thing though i have used ammo lock recently..???? and the gorami
is a fairly new addition........as i type he his still on his
mission!!!


>Check all your water parameters. It could be that the fish is trying to
>escape an uncomfortable environment. Are there enough hiding places or
>shaded areas from the lighting? These could be issues as well.
>
>"gerrard" > wrote in message
...
>> hi all
>> can anyone tell me why my dwarf goroumi
>> constantly swims back and forth along the front glass of the tank?
>> i have noticed other fish do it as well.
>> is it a sign of stress or something bothering them?
>

[Dick]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:39:27 GMT, gerrard > wrote:

>On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 05:35:58 GMT, "Justin Boucher" >
>wrote:
>thanks Justin....
>last time i did a water check everything was fine.
>there are loads of hiding places and it even does it with the lights
>off.
>one thing though i have used ammo lock recently..???? and the gorami
>is a fairly new addition........as i type he his still on his
>mission!!!
>

How new to the tank? Fish moved to a new environment do examine the
new tank carefully. Perhaps the gorami is very thorough before
accepting the new tank. I have a runt Clown Loach that I have moved
between tanks to keep snails down. Even when it returns to a tank it
"knows" the search of the glass goes on. I know he knows the tank as
I had covered a cave he made on his prior stay and during the search
routine he repeatedly went to the cave site.

dick

[gerrard]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 04:36:41 -0500, Dick >
wrote:

>On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:39:27 GMT, gerrard > wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 05:35:58 GMT, "Justin Boucher" >
>>wrote:
>>thanks Justin....
>>last time i did a water check everything was fine.
>>there are loads of hiding places and it even does it with the lights
>>off.
>>one thing though i have used ammo lock recently..???? and the gorami
>>is a fairly new addition........as i type he his still on his
>>mission!!!
>>
>
>How new to the tank? Fish moved to a new environment do examine the
>new tank carefully. Perhaps the gorami is very thorough before
>accepting the new tank. I have a runt Clown Loach that I have moved
>between tanks to keep snails down. Even when it returns to a tank it
>"knows" the search of the glass goes on. I know he knows the tank as
>I had covered a cave he made on his prior stay and during the search
>routine he repeatedly went to the cave site.
>
>dick
he has been in there for 5 days now....i think the other fish
just follow him as they have stopped doing it now....the female
goromi just ignores him, but he just keeps on and on and on.........!

[Geezer From The Freezer]

gerrard wrote:
>
> On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 05:35:58 GMT, "Justin Boucher" >
> wrote:
> thanks Justin....
> last time i did a water check everything was fine.
> there are loads of hiding places and it even does it with the lights
> off.
> one thing though i have used ammo lock recently..???? and the gorami
> is a fairly new addition........as i type he his still on his
> mission!!!

Don't use ammo-lock - you can get false readings - allow the biological
filtration
to deal with it or do water changes to dilute any high trace of ammonia

[gerrard]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:22:29 +0100, Geezer From The Freezer
> wrote:

>
>
>gerrard wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 05:35:58 GMT, "Justin Boucher" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>
>Don't use ammo-lock - you can get false readings - allow the biological
>filtration
>to deal with it or do water changes to dilute any high trace of ammonia

thanks
how frequent water changes do you recommend, and how much....
20% 50%?? i have had a problem with high ammonia levels but not
sure why.

[RedForeman ©®]

|| how frequent water changes do you recommend, and how much....
|| 20% 50%?? i have had a problem with high ammonia levels but not
|| sure why.

25% every other day until you get the ammonia under control, then 25%
weekly....
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is that better??

[gerrard]

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:29:17 -0400, "RedForeman ©®"
> wrote:

>|| how frequent water changes do you recommend, and how much....
>|| 20% 50%?? i have had a problem with high ammonia levels but not
>|| sure why.
>
>25% every other day until you get the ammonia under control, then 25%
>weekly....

thanks RedForeman & everybody who replied