I have three lion fish along with several other predators in a 120 gal tank. all are doing fine except the peacock. He is eating shrimp (frozen and live) but is know bent sideways (shape of a lazy "C"
.He has trouble swimming. The water was tested and all is ok. I change the water weekly. temp 79f.
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sick peacock dwarf
ozz
Feb 21, 2006 08:12 PM
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zoolady
Apr 22, 2006 02:45 AM
Ummm, just a thought.... now I have not seen MY Lion do that.. but I have seen him do plenty of other crazy things..like tonights playing opossum after eating..heheh
But I have a puffer that does just what you are describing.. And it SEEMS like maybe he is sleeping when he does it.. He curls up as much as a puffer can curl. Tail all the way to his face and just floats around like that where the current takes him. Somtimes he wakes up and wont uncurl. He will just kinda flap his fins to get him wherever it is he thinks he is going. But he is perfectly healthy as I've seen other puffers do the same. So maybe your lion is doing this? If he is eating ok and no signs of disease then this is probably the case.... Interesting, that my puffer that does this also eats nothing but shrimp. Maybe it causes a drowsy effect. lol Your lions arent eating any fish at all???
