William
Aquarium Advice Addict
I woke up this morning to my Banjo Catfish doing his little " dead " act again.
He's fooled me with this before, and I've actually had him scooped out to be flushed on more than one occasion before he would twitch to let me know he was alive [ I've since learned to be extra cautious with him ]
Well this morning, I found him laying in a very peculiar way, I tap the glass... my normal test to see if hes alive, because he'll twitch his fins or eyes at the tap.
He didn't do it, I tried a few more times, before reaching into the tank with a net to nudge him to see if he would react.
No reaction.
I spent 10 minutes trying to get a reaction from this fish, so now I *know* its dead and go to scoop it out, Hes out of the tank water and I look down at him.. It dosn't feel right, so I put him back in the water, get him out of the net and let him sink to the bottom of the tank like a rock.
What does he do when he gets there? Moves his fen a 32cnd of an inch. More than enough to let me know hes alive.
I'm about to the point where I hate Banjo Catfish, Their to danged placid for their own good. Hes more decoration in my tank then he is an inhabitant.
He's fooled me with this before, and I've actually had him scooped out to be flushed on more than one occasion before he would twitch to let me know he was alive [ I've since learned to be extra cautious with him ]
Well this morning, I found him laying in a very peculiar way, I tap the glass... my normal test to see if hes alive, because he'll twitch his fins or eyes at the tap.
He didn't do it, I tried a few more times, before reaching into the tank with a net to nudge him to see if he would react.
No reaction.
I spent 10 minutes trying to get a reaction from this fish, so now I *know* its dead and go to scoop it out, Hes out of the tank water and I look down at him.. It dosn't feel right, so I put him back in the water, get him out of the net and let him sink to the bottom of the tank like a rock.
What does he do when he gets there? Moves his fen a 32cnd of an inch. More than enough to let me know hes alive.
I'm about to the point where I hate Banjo Catfish, Their to danged placid for their own good. Hes more decoration in my tank then he is an inhabitant.
although I am sure your banjo cats puts you through a lot of stress!
