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Hi,
So another question involving the A. baenschi I have been working with. I have noticed that they are being extremely shy. The 10 are in a 10gal tank with Turface, and about 6 or 7 pots, and a few annubias plants I had no room for anywhere else. I know this is not ideal tank structure for them, but I am still staging up a more permanent home for a pair or two that develop. Basically, even during feeding, they prefer to be tightly tucked into the backs of the flower pots, and those that dont get a pot huddle together underneath the sponge on my sponge filter. Noticing this getting bad enough that I would have to drop food and leave the room to get them to eat, i added a layer of oak leaves to the tank. They seem much more apt to move around now, but still remain completely concealed under the leaves.
Is there anything I can do to convince them to come out of hiding, or is this normal behavior for juvies/adolescents that they will hopefully grow out of. As I stated, I am working on staging up a new tank for a few of them... will be 20L with sand substrate, oak leaves and branches, along with a few annubais, java ferns/moss. Is getting this up the real answer, or is there more I can do in the mean time to ease their anxiety in the 10 gal?
thanks!
So another question involving the A. baenschi I have been working with. I have noticed that they are being extremely shy. The 10 are in a 10gal tank with Turface, and about 6 or 7 pots, and a few annubias plants I had no room for anywhere else. I know this is not ideal tank structure for them, but I am still staging up a more permanent home for a pair or two that develop. Basically, even during feeding, they prefer to be tightly tucked into the backs of the flower pots, and those that dont get a pot huddle together underneath the sponge on my sponge filter. Noticing this getting bad enough that I would have to drop food and leave the room to get them to eat, i added a layer of oak leaves to the tank. They seem much more apt to move around now, but still remain completely concealed under the leaves.
Is there anything I can do to convince them to come out of hiding, or is this normal behavior for juvies/adolescents that they will hopefully grow out of. As I stated, I am working on staging up a new tank for a few of them... will be 20L with sand substrate, oak leaves and branches, along with a few annubais, java ferns/moss. Is getting this up the real answer, or is there more I can do in the mean time to ease their anxiety in the 10 gal?
thanks!