My Electric Blue African Cichlid keeps trying to jump out of his tank and is hurting himself doing so. His color is fading too. Once he actually did so, but luckily i was in the room and noticed.
So what happened was his 55 gallon tank started leaking a month ago, so we bought a smaller temporary tank, 40 gallons i think. We moved him and the others to the tank once we got it setup. I knew he was going to be unhappy about it, but he stopped eating and started constantly trying to jump out of the tank. this is when he actually did jump out, after my mom topped off the water bringing the water level to the top(i was trying to avoid that). and he jumped out and landed in the fish net in a bucket. well he hurt himself, i think his eyes as well as where he cut his side. After awhile he caved and started eating again although not like normal.
Well I got his original tank resealed and we moved them back to it but he's still doing the same thing, new cuts pop up where he's hitting the cover glass and his color continues to fade. He's been in his original tank for 2 weeks now. The tank is in a new spot from when it was leaking, now theres a window behind it. (it has blinds that are always closed, and i have thick fabric on the back of the tank) The water condition it the same as it's always been.
In the tank with him is a gaint danio, a peppered cory and a large pleco. And please don't go on about those fish dont go together, i know thier not supposed to but the do when the cichlid was alone for 15+ years, he's completely passive and their water needs are the same. and i know the cory needs a crew but they were sick when i but them so his crew didnt make it, so another time please.
Jackie blue(the cichlid) has his own rock cave that i made for him, and the pleco has one that we bought, so that shouldnt be the problem. I did put sand on the plecos side of the tank when i set it back up because i read its actually better for him(i didnt put it in before it started leaking because i wasnt sure it was ok for plecos).
So guys and gals, can anybody help me help Jackie Blue?
So what happened was his 55 gallon tank started leaking a month ago, so we bought a smaller temporary tank, 40 gallons i think. We moved him and the others to the tank once we got it setup. I knew he was going to be unhappy about it, but he stopped eating and started constantly trying to jump out of the tank. this is when he actually did jump out, after my mom topped off the water bringing the water level to the top(i was trying to avoid that). and he jumped out and landed in the fish net in a bucket. well he hurt himself, i think his eyes as well as where he cut his side. After awhile he caved and started eating again although not like normal.
Well I got his original tank resealed and we moved them back to it but he's still doing the same thing, new cuts pop up where he's hitting the cover glass and his color continues to fade. He's been in his original tank for 2 weeks now. The tank is in a new spot from when it was leaking, now theres a window behind it. (it has blinds that are always closed, and i have thick fabric on the back of the tank) The water condition it the same as it's always been.
In the tank with him is a gaint danio, a peppered cory and a large pleco. And please don't go on about those fish dont go together, i know thier not supposed to but the do when the cichlid was alone for 15+ years, he's completely passive and their water needs are the same. and i know the cory needs a crew but they were sick when i but them so his crew didnt make it, so another time please.
Jackie blue(the cichlid) has his own rock cave that i made for him, and the pleco has one that we bought, so that shouldnt be the problem. I did put sand on the plecos side of the tank when i set it back up because i read its actually better for him(i didnt put it in before it started leaking because i wasnt sure it was ok for plecos).
So guys and gals, can anybody help me help Jackie Blue?
my mom had him since i was in diapers, and I'm 19 now. He's the last of her breeder fish. And it could be old age, but i don't think it's that alone, because it started immediately after the first move.
