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This is a fairly long thread please do read though. (Questions at the bottom)
I have had 2 yoyo's for about a year now and at first they were really active but after a fairly short period of time they decided to get lazy.
Ever since they have both found an area to just lay there all day.
To try and get them out a bit more i bought another yoyo, they are a bit more active when they see the new (tiny in compoarison) my biggest one chases it away but the one in between seems to want to follow it in a non-aggressive way.
I think the new yoyo is slightly wary and cautious of the biggest one. (to be fair he is a monster in comparioson) Because of this i think he is more scared when the other one follows and swims with him.
Also in the rare occasion when one of my bigger 2 are out they are really timid and tend to dart for cover if there is a quick movement outside of the tank. When i see either of the bigger 2 out i approach slowly and sometimes they dont notice or dont mind but then within seconds of me watching them they dart for cover anyway.
I know it is a loach characteristic but i have seen big clown's swimming all over tanks in a shoal. Is there any food that they relish besides snails? I dont really want to use food to get them out but i suppose i could use the method of 'taking away' (i'll use snails as an example) 5 snails one day, 3 the next etc.. would this make them more acitve? I have brine shrimp, bloodworms and white mosquito larvae which they like but danios and neons spot it on the bottom and eat them all.
Does anyone know if i can do anything to make them more active as a 3?
I cant see my biggest one being friendly tbh he's really territorial. My middle one is friendly toward the younger one but they are both timid about the big one.
Thanks for reading.
I have had 2 yoyo's for about a year now and at first they were really active but after a fairly short period of time they decided to get lazy.
Ever since they have both found an area to just lay there all day.
To try and get them out a bit more i bought another yoyo, they are a bit more active when they see the new (tiny in compoarison) my biggest one chases it away but the one in between seems to want to follow it in a non-aggressive way.
I think the new yoyo is slightly wary and cautious of the biggest one. (to be fair he is a monster in comparioson) Because of this i think he is more scared when the other one follows and swims with him.
Also in the rare occasion when one of my bigger 2 are out they are really timid and tend to dart for cover if there is a quick movement outside of the tank. When i see either of the bigger 2 out i approach slowly and sometimes they dont notice or dont mind but then within seconds of me watching them they dart for cover anyway.
I know it is a loach characteristic but i have seen big clown's swimming all over tanks in a shoal. Is there any food that they relish besides snails? I dont really want to use food to get them out but i suppose i could use the method of 'taking away' (i'll use snails as an example) 5 snails one day, 3 the next etc.. would this make them more acitve? I have brine shrimp, bloodworms and white mosquito larvae which they like but danios and neons spot it on the bottom and eat them all.
Does anyone know if i can do anything to make them more active as a 3?
I cant see my biggest one being friendly tbh he's really territorial. My middle one is friendly toward the younger one but they are both timid about the big one.
Thanks for reading.