Why do my fish Nose rub?

tcarswell

tcarswell

Bichir guy
Jan 7, 2009
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My fish (my new Africans) About 3 out of the ten of them spend half their time nose rubbing and running around against the glass. My parameters are perfect. There is nothing wrong with their water. Plenty of filtration but it seems there is always a fish nose rubbing and it bugs the hell out of me. This is 8 African cichlids and a poly sen Bichir in a 55 gallon. :)

Thanks all ,
Tcarswell
 
Also they are fed well and the light is on 12 hours a day.
 
I've read some where that one possible cause of fish rubbing up on things could be because the water is high in some metal. I don't remember which metal it was though. But having this higher level irritates their skin and makes them rub against things which isn't always the best for them. I'm sure someone else will chime in though.

But then again I have seen a lot of fish do this for no reason lol
 
thebrandon said:
I've read some where that one possible cause of fish rubbing up on things could be because the water is high in some metal. I don't remember which metal it was though. But having this higher level irritates their skin and makes them rub against things which isn't always the best for them. I'm sure someone else will chime in though.

But then again I have seen a lot of fish do this for no reason lol
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Thanks for the reply. Id be curious to see what the cause is... I mean these are 1.5 inch fish in a 55 gallon. Totally in the mid to low range of stocking and they are acting like its a 10 gallon :swear::mad2:

Please help and thank you the brandon
 
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I had the same thing happen with a couple of feeder guppies in a 30g. Guppies are gone and I now have 11 danios in that tank and none of them do it. The only difference is that I have driftwood in the tank now. One explanation I've read is boredom, so maybe the driftwood makes the tank more interesting?
 
it could be that as they are new fish, they are still acclimating to life in your tank. my green spot puffer spent the better part of the first two weeks in his tank pacing the back corner because the tank was unfamiliar to him. after an adjustment period, though, he started relaxing and stopped pacing unless its water change day.
 
inkyjenn said:
it could be that as they are new fish, they are still acclimating to life in your tank. my green spot puffer spent the better part of the first two weeks in his tank pacing the back corner because the tank was unfamiliar to him. after an adjustment period, though, he started relaxing and stopped pacing unless its water change day.
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Could be it. Thanks for the reply.

And yeah the tank is very heavily decorated. I got tons of lava rock caves and hollow logs and plants. The auratus is the only one that uses them lol he claimed the log. The other fish do not even go near my expensive rock work lol :swear::swear::swear::swear:

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See , plenty of toys and they don't play with them haha
 
Actually, where Africans are concerned that's pretty lightly furnished. I'd want to at least double the amount of rockwork. You want to be looking at emulating the stuff on the background.

An auratus can't work long term in there. If it turns out to be male mass murder is on the cards.
 
lol I keep hearing that. I am moving the Bichir to a 100 gallon and he does not mess with the Bichir maybe he can share space. Other wise if the auratus can't get along with the bichir he will share space with the gulper :)

Also yeah the rock work is a little light in that photo I got double that now. I got some neat piece im working on drilling and sanding as well .
 
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