Tang Salad
04/05/2007, 04:26 AM
I have a Scopas tang(3.5"), a Flame angel(2"), a Maroon clown(2"), and a tiny Hippo tang in a 120g. They've all been in the tank for over a year. No aggression, no (visible) disease, and plenty of caves and swimming room.
The strange thing is, within the last two months the Scopas and the Angel have become very jumpy. They spend most of their time moving in and out of the rockwork. When they swim out in the open, they frequently get startled and dart back in again.
In the past they'd all swim up to the feeding corner for feeding time; now they don't even do that. Instead they wait for the food to disperse and then eat it out of the water column.
They even get startled when they see me approach:(
All very strange as these are old fish showing a new behavior.
Any ideas what could cause this?
The only thing that came to mind is stray voltage, but I haven't 'felt' any and don't even know if this would cause jumpiness.
The strange thing is, within the last two months the Scopas and the Angel have become very jumpy. They spend most of their time moving in and out of the rockwork. When they swim out in the open, they frequently get startled and dart back in again.
In the past they'd all swim up to the feeding corner for feeding time; now they don't even do that. Instead they wait for the food to disperse and then eat it out of the water column.
They even get startled when they see me approach:(
All very strange as these are old fish showing a new behavior.
Any ideas what could cause this?
The only thing that came to mind is stray voltage, but I haven't 'felt' any and don't even know if this would cause jumpiness.