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[garvondavis14]

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]

Is it the nitrate or the nitrite that is at zero?

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.

 

[TONO]

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.