Juliejacks
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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Hello,
I have a 120gal tank with 2 male Jack dempseys, 1 female Jack Dempsey, a pair of pink convict chichlid, a managuensis cichlid, and 3 plecos. For a few days my large male Jack Dempsey (6inches or so) has been slamming himself around in the tank and hitting things and just got himself stuck upside down in between some rocks. It looks spastic and uncontrollable. Sometimes he wiggles on the sand on his side. He has never acted like this and he's starting to get cuts around his head! When he is not doing this he is hiding which is not normal for him. Him and the JD female who he's had multiple "litters"(?) with have been doing the mating dance for a few weeks now they're not even hanging out in the same area... I just took everything Out of tank to do a good vacuum probably 4 days ago not sure if that has anything to do with it. Also removed an aggressive Kenyi cichlid that was bullying everyone. I have not tested the water yet. Does anyone have advise on why he is doing this??
I have a 120gal tank with 2 male Jack dempseys, 1 female Jack Dempsey, a pair of pink convict chichlid, a managuensis cichlid, and 3 plecos. For a few days my large male Jack Dempsey (6inches or so) has been slamming himself around in the tank and hitting things and just got himself stuck upside down in between some rocks. It looks spastic and uncontrollable. Sometimes he wiggles on the sand on his side. He has never acted like this and he's starting to get cuts around his head! When he is not doing this he is hiding which is not normal for him. Him and the JD female who he's had multiple "litters"(?) with have been doing the mating dance for a few weeks now they're not even hanging out in the same area... I just took everything Out of tank to do a good vacuum probably 4 days ago not sure if that has anything to do with it. Also removed an aggressive Kenyi cichlid that was bullying everyone. I have not tested the water yet. Does anyone have advise on why he is doing this??