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I have a 29-gal (110-l) heavily planted low-tech tank with 18 fathead
minnows (rosy reds, actually), a couple of Ottociclus affinis, and a pair of crayfish. Some of the minnows have taken up the habit of swimming in fast circles along the face of the aquarium glass. Some of the fishes seem to have their favorite spot and one swims circles around one of the suckers that holds my filter intake in place. They usually seem to be synchronized to the music, too, but that is probably a coincidence. Now even the Ottos are starting to do it, but only in pairs. The minnows always swim in counter-clockwise circles as seen from outside the tank but the Ottos do not seem to have a preference. The crayfish just get dizzy watching them. Some of the minnows also play a game where they swim towards the filter return outlet from a safe angle until they get caught by the stream and flushed halfway across the tank. Watching them swim like this makes me think of hamsters on a wheel. Is any of this behavior cause for concern? |
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