BN acting weird

Ratlova30 said:
Every time I take in a bristlenose they won't come out of their hiding place for a long time. For instance someone dropped off a whole bunch of fish a couple weeks ago. One of the fish was a adult BN and he was tucked up in a piece of decor and wonldn't come out. Finally after two weeks I decided to do a water change on the tank he was in and so I started to lift the decor he was in so that I could vacuum and he swam right out but he was in that decor for over two weeks. I would consider it a normal thing, just give him time and he may feel more comfortable having the tank lights off.
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I'm afraid that he will starve. how long can he go without food? and do you suggest i move the rocks that he's between??
 
rockhoe14er said:
I have a green terror, firemouth, carpintis, and jaguar. They don't seem to mess with him at all because he's so much larger. The jaguar only did this after he was just added. It was pretty interesting to see because the jaguar was hovering above him for a while then chommped down... very unexpected. Alright I will try some zuchinni and see if he takes a liking to that.
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Well, I don't keep cichlids admittedly, but from what I understand Jags are really aggressive and get pretty big. I would think the BN might be intimidated just based on the fact that BNs are kind of peaceful and shy. Mine def won't come out if they feel threatened. What size tank are they in? I dunno, maybe you can get some better responses from cichlid keepers on here, but I think that might be some of the issue, or it may just be personality related since some BNs are super shy. I hope the zuchinni helps bring him out some. :)
 
Update. I moved his cave and turned out the lights and he seemed to try the cucumber for a bit but then moved to another places in the tank. I ended up switching the cucumber with a piece of zuchinni and put it in the same spot and he doesn't seem to be interested yet. I put his cave back last night and he's been in there ever since.
 
rockhoe14er said:
Update. I moved his cave and turned out the lights and he seemed to try the cucumber for a bit but then moved to another places in the tank. I ended up switching the cucumber with a piece of zuchinni and put it in the same spot and he doesn't seem to be interested yet. I put his cave back last night and he's been in there ever since.
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Try green beans
 
Your link does not work for me. you can hot the insert image button and attatch a pic link if you want to show it here. :)
 
Thats a pretty BN. I know you said your water params are good and your tank has been cycled a few months, but your water looks a bit cloudy to me. Is it the camera or is the water actually kind of white cloudy ish? If it is then you could be going through a bacterial bloom or a minicycle that could be stressing the fish and adding to his inactiveness. He is really cute though.
 
Yeah, it seems like the water is pretty cloudy, but I am not sure if it is a byproduct of the photo, or if it is actually cloudy like that. If it IS cloudy, then as Ash said, it is probably a bacterial bloom, which would stress him and make him less active and more shy. I would run another test on the parameters.
 
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