Kento Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 So the bristlenoses has been in the tank for about 3 weeks now. I have two of them and unsure if both of them are doing it or is it just the one. Funny behaviour I have noticed within this time is that it likes to swim up the HOB and just hang on to it :facepalm: It does it day and night, whenever it wants to, probably i'd say once every few hours (sometimes more?). Is this normal for them to do so? here are some photos. One of the two in the tank. Day Time Night Time (the light is LED, so it's not as bright as it shows in the photo) Thanks FNZAS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 LOL. Exercise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-obstacle Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Yep, perfectly normal. Clearly a fan of fast running water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kento Posted May 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 haha, okay so it is normal. pheeww, cause the first time when i saw its tail hanging off below the water, it gave be a heart attack as i thought it died (not looking into the filter from above) :facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 i have had dead bristle nose's in my hang on filters from them climbing in &c:ry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Yep, perfectly normal. Most people keep them in tanks with very low flow but as you have seen they prefer high flow, highly oxygenated, soft water. Nice pics BTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kento Posted May 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Yep, perfectly normal. Most people keep them in tanks with very low flow but as you have seen they prefer high flow, highly oxygenated, soft water. Nice pics BTW thanks, yeah i was waiting for a while for it to climb up again so i can snap those quickshots :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GZ_Loach Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Thats awesome, you should count yourself lucky that you got such an interesting bristlenose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Perhaps he saw Finding Nemo... didn't Nemo swim into the filter? Maybe it has something to do with wanting to swim "up stream" for whatever reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critter_crazy Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 My guy does this too, I thought it might have been because the outflow gets more algae on it that anywhere else. Amazing pics! :spop: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kento Posted May 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 My guy does this too, I thought it might have been because the outflow gets more algae on it that anywhere else. Amazing pics! :spop: haha, so mine isn't the only one that's doing that, thank lord but as what matto said earlier - i have had dead bristle nose's in my hang on filters from them climbing in &c:ry i would hate mine to go overboard and get stuck on the other side of the filter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critter_crazy Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 haha, so mine isn't the only one that's doing that, thank lord but as what matto said earlier - i would hate mine to go overboard and get stuck on the other side of the filter I had a guppy do that also! he was fine though :thup: I now leave the water just a tad lower so they can't climb/swim in :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GZ_Loach Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Hot glue some mesh in there so they can't go in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 awesome, I want to get a hang on just to see if mine do it =p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Hot glue some mesh in there so they can't go in Probably wouldn't recommend this if the mesh got blocked your filter would overflow.. As above it is normal, and I don't think the fish could come to any harm in the filter it would just be sitting on top of the sponge wouldn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 a small piece of gutter guard would to it its not fine enough to block the filter but should be able to keep the bns out you probably dont even need to glue it just sit it in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 that is awesome! imagine a big pleco doing that:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kento Posted May 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 that is awesome! imagine a big pleco doing that:D hahaha, that would be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 i think it's adorable :love: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreams Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 You could have the mesh higher than the water level coming out of the overflow, but not higher than the top of the filter? I've seen multiple plecos do that at animates mt eden's plant tanks, on their connected octagon shaped tanks that overflows to the next. There is a fair distance from one water level to the other and they seem to climb quite high, though i've never seen them go into the next tank :spop: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GZ_Loach Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Fabric mesh would be fine (like whats used on fish nets). When i had baby BN's some managed to climb out of the tank :facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kento Posted May 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Fabric mesh would be fine (like whats used on fish nets). When i had baby BN's some managed to climb out of the tank :facepalm: haha ruthless, hope they knew how to climb back into the tank though :sml1: I plan to leave my filter as it is. i'm sure they'll be fine. they will probably out grow the gap soon anyways. :happy2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burrowssj Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 haha thats very funny and cool! When I had mine I would see them push their noses out of water about 1cm sometimes ...Always wondered why obviously love to climb things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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