s3xtcy Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Hello everyone, ive had a relatively big (20ishcm, maybe a bit bigger) BGK in my communal tank for the last 2 - 3 months, and hes been fine, hard to feed as he still wont eat out of my hand, but not bad, anyway just now I had a look at my tank and found him lying very still on my large amazon sword, i put in a long rod with a algae scrubber and sort of made a underwater wave with it and he sort of floated down, then swam over to the far side of the tank, we could see when he ended up there he upside down, but breathing alot, then he darted up to the top of the tank (where he seems to have been spending alot of time recently), Im quite worried because ive never seen him play dead before, a few posts via google say they can but not as commonly as I would think if it was a common thing for them to do... does anyone have any experience on this? pH measures 6.8-7.0 ammonia is a perfect zero and temperature is about 26.2 but i dont really trust my digital thermometer Any info or help would be appreciated! Thanks!! Update 20:37 Lights turned off on their timer and he has appeared to come right. Just was worried as ive never seen him behave like this before, i forgot to mention that when he was up the top by the heater that I stroked him with my finger - something that I could never normally do.. Also when I first introduced him the tank was about 27-28 degrees as my small clown loach had had a small white spot on him - I turned the temp down to about 26-27 as I thought that was the communal general temperature that most of my fish would be happy with. since then he has started hanging out up the top near the heater, maybe he likes it warmer? Ive raised the temperature just now so I will see how that goes. as above anyone whos had this before, any insights would be much appreciated. Regards Shey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
si_sphinx Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Not enough oxygen in the water??? Increase surface agitation and do a water change. What size is your tank and what filtration do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3xtcy Posted June 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Bubble pump is running 24hrs, its a big bastard, with twin outlets running a 24in bubble hose pretty well. he was right next to it... wierd. Surface agitation is pretty good, theres a CF1200 running the tank with its spraybar near the top to cause good flow around the tank, and a Eheim 2213 filter for decent filtration Tank is a UFO880 315L corner unit. WC was done on Sunday, about 100L which is all I ever normally do.. PS I edited my first post with more info about what happend after lights went out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ismart120 Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Haven't had any BGK's before, but does he have a normal cave or whatever that he goes to in the day? Just wondering if his behaviour changes with the bright lighting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Here's some info for you. They're a nocturnal fish so the behaviour could be explained by that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackiePlecChan Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 I had a BGK before, and always use to play dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3xtcy Posted June 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Haven't had any BGK's before, but does he have a normal cave or whatever that he goes to in the day? Just wondering if his behaviour changes with the bright lighting? He does have a cave, but its not a very good cave, its two rocks pressed up against eachother which provides a fair bit of shelter, but the cornermost part of the tank has no lights, so maybe thats why hes always up there, I knew they were light sensitive, but like I say, this is kind of new for him, Here's some info for you. They're a nocturnal fish so the behaviour could be explained by that. Thanks for that Ill have a read I had a BGK before, and always use to play dead. Thanks, thats what im after , what did he do? float upside down, just lie still for ages? etc? Thanks everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackiePlecChan Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 just pretty lied there flat, they seemed to do that time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 mine liked to lay upside down on the bottom of the tank. i would panic every time i saw him as he would not move at all, even if i tapped the tank. not until i poked him with a net would he move. hated that, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarrodrussell Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 also bgk are nocternal (i think thats how you spell it) and are very active at night mayby this is why they seem dead or sleepy because their sleeping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Ive got 1 in a 4' with 9 clown loaches im growing up and only see it at feeding time, i also have a black ghost, brown ghost and a banded knife in the 7' loach tank inside and its the same with them, they all seem to love the nutrafin bottom feeder tablets that the loaches like, i break them into half or quarters and feed them after ive turned the lights off so they get a chance to eat as the loaches are pigs. Very common to see them laying on their sides without moving if the lights are on but they soon move when the lights go off and the food is added LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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