Reply To: Nervous behavior

[mummymonkey]

@tan wrote:

@zzyzx wrote:

Mine stay in a corner in the back of the tank unless:
– they are being fed
– I switch off the air-driven sponge filter

I wonder if they prefer perfectly still water and the filter/bubbles/noise is also putting them off.

Has anyone tried keeping them in a tank without a pump running, or switching the pump off for periods of the day to encourage breeding?

good point! i’d not thought of this! be interesting to know if those who have bred them had air bubbles (filter or pump) stirring up a current.

My breeding tank has a box filter with a constant stream of bubbles. Doesn’t bother them in the slightest.