twinkles Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 In my daughters community tank we have a golden algae eater called Algae, and last night he decided to start digging holes. I've been told he's really a she, because he has the 'round' look of a female, do you think s/he's trying to make a nest? He's never dug before, but went mad all of a sudden and dug a hole down the bottom glass, which is a problem because the substrate is 2cm of river sand, with 2cm of gravel on top = sand all over our tank now, and foggy water full of sand. I siphoned up as much sand as i could, and put some gravel back in the hole, but he dug it out again. He has a barrel cave thingy that he likes and spends most of his time in, do you think he needs another house? I'm thinking i might have to put him in a different tank, but i don't really want to, or take the whole tank apart and get rid of all the sand, but that would be a huge job. Any ideas why he's suddenly doing this? Or how to stop him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkles Posted June 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Also he's about 12cm long i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrenB Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 I have a algae eater like you in a tank with sand but mine does not dig holes, maybe he/she is looking for food do you feed it as they do need more than just algae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkles Posted June 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 yep he gets sinking tablets and a bit of flake food, doesn't usually eat the whole tablets so i don't think he's hungry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrenB Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 I have been told before that moving sand around is a normal thing for them to do, but when there is gravel on top it seems a little strange. :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkles Posted June 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 he's never done it before, it was like he went into a digging frenzy in the corner. He does sometimes pick up peices of gravel and put them in his house, but only one at a time, not digging into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkles Posted June 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 he's onto his second hole now, my nice planted tank is looking awful :evil: but have come up with the solution, he gets his own tank all to himself next week, and will put some nice diggable substrate in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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