Leo has just been adopted 1.5 weeks ago, I found him on the back of the shelf at one of my LFS. He was living in less than an inch of water in a 6 oz. drink glass. He just looked at me and that was it, I had to save him. He now resides in a 4.5 gal. by himself with some java moss and a piece of java fern narrow, and a cave that he was scared of at first but now uses.
His water temp is 78, I do a PWC every 2 days of 25% or more, fom the bottom with a gravel vac. My substrate is PFS, I don't disturb it much.
Sometimes he just hangs there in the water in the same shape he had to be in when he lived in a glass. I thought he was dead at least twice, it's like he doesn't know he has more room now but he does swim around the whole tank. And, he twitches! It's not a contortionist type twitch but is definitely noticeable and uncomfortable looking. Does anyone know why he's doing this and can I help him at all?
I haven't checked his water params much since I do alot of PWC's, it's a side to side twitch.
Despite bunlet giving me a heart attack with that message LOL, Leo did in fact have 2 whites salt like flecks that I noticed 3 days after I got him. I treated the water with salt and put his temp. to 80 ( I was going higher on the heat but they dissappeared at 80 degrees) , they are gone now and have been since the second day his heat was up.
I had a filter in until yesterday because I read that air from it will not be good for his plants. I have to buy one that doesn't give air bubbles at the same time.
