garvondavis14
05-02-2005, 4:19 PM
okay, i remember reading a post that had to do with this before, but i forget what it said. i have several young mbunas and every now and then they will rub their side(s) on the crushed coral in the bottom, or on a rock. i thought maybe that meant the nitrate was high, but it was at zero. im just wondering what the reason could be. thanks
blueturq
05-02-2005, 4:34 PM
Is it the nitrate or the nitrite that is at zero? :confused:
I think that by fish rubbing against things, it's called body lice.
Others here will hopefully help you out a little more than I can.
It's normal if they do it now and then. (sign of aggression, territorial dispute) But if they do it often I would suspect ich or some other external parasite.