Sammy Islam
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Hey people hope all is well!
Recently my male ram has been hiding a lot, he seems to be out and about during the 2nd half of the photo period. When he's hiding, i can usually find him hanging out in the left hand corner in the rotala. He's still eating loads but just hiding. Hiding so much the shrimp are confident to come out a lot more.
My first thought was high CO2, but nothing has changed in months and he's usually always out and about without any signs of stress. I thought maybe because he has got much bigger the CO2 is effecting him more. I consider him the biggest fish because he's really thick (even though my "red robin gourami" is bigger in size). The gourami is also showing signs of stress by breathing really slowly and not moving alot compared to the smaller honey gouramis.
So i have turned my CO2 down, drop checker green, but he hasn't come out of hiding. I also have good surface agitation, from a lily pipe and a small pump in the opposite corner and do big 80% water change a week. He's fully out and about after lights off, when the co2 levels are much lower.
My second thoughts were the male and female had laid eggs and maybe he was guarding them, but thats doubtful as i don't think they have paired, and the female can be seen pretty much all the time.
Tank info:
• AS900 186L (probably 150L with soil, hardscape & plants.)
• Filter - oase biomaster 600 with glass lily and surface skimmer intake.
• Additional small pump in opposite corner to glassware
• Lighting - twinstar 900SA II 100% 10/11cm above water, 8hrs total photoperiod, 45m ramp up & down.
• Water - Tap, degassed PH 7.9, GH22, KH 13, with CO2 PH7.3, temp 24°c.
•EI ferts, co2 on 2.5hours before lights, and off 1hr 15m before lights off.
Recently my male ram has been hiding a lot, he seems to be out and about during the 2nd half of the photo period. When he's hiding, i can usually find him hanging out in the left hand corner in the rotala. He's still eating loads but just hiding. Hiding so much the shrimp are confident to come out a lot more.
My first thought was high CO2, but nothing has changed in months and he's usually always out and about without any signs of stress. I thought maybe because he has got much bigger the CO2 is effecting him more. I consider him the biggest fish because he's really thick (even though my "red robin gourami" is bigger in size). The gourami is also showing signs of stress by breathing really slowly and not moving alot compared to the smaller honey gouramis.
So i have turned my CO2 down, drop checker green, but he hasn't come out of hiding. I also have good surface agitation, from a lily pipe and a small pump in the opposite corner and do big 80% water change a week. He's fully out and about after lights off, when the co2 levels are much lower.
My second thoughts were the male and female had laid eggs and maybe he was guarding them, but thats doubtful as i don't think they have paired, and the female can be seen pretty much all the time.
Tank info:
• AS900 186L (probably 150L with soil, hardscape & plants.)
• Filter - oase biomaster 600 with glass lily and surface skimmer intake.
• Additional small pump in opposite corner to glassware
• Lighting - twinstar 900SA II 100% 10/11cm above water, 8hrs total photoperiod, 45m ramp up & down.
• Water - Tap, degassed PH 7.9, GH22, KH 13, with CO2 PH7.3, temp 24°c.
•EI ferts, co2 on 2.5hours before lights, and off 1hr 15m before lights off.
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