newt0524
01-14-2007, 07:04 PM
hey all
i posted a week ago about my pacu, see pacu with burn.
anyways, to recap, i had moved his tankmate (clarias catfish) out of his tank into a larger one. the pacu is alone in his tank now as he will not be making the trip to the large tank. with this said, the tank he is in is right at the point of being too small for him. he will be moving on in about 2 weeks.
since he has been alone, he has been quite lethargic. last week, he wedged himself between the glass and the heater (previous post) and made no comotion or effort to move and suffered a burn to his side. my wife had to move him away from the heater as he wouldn't by himself. we then put a plastic container around the heater with about an inch of access at the top (for water circulation).
so, today i was sitting on the couch when i heard a splishin and a splashin. i look over to see the poncho (the pacu) had madehis way into the container with the heater, and was trapped until i let him out. he did not manage to burn himself but was quite traumatized by the trapping. as mentioned there was only about 1" of space for him to get in, so it was a concerted effort to get in there.
i know this sounds ridiculous but.....is poncho so sad by the loss of his tankmate that he is suicidal???!!!!! can anyone explain this behavour???? has anyone expierienced this behaviour????1111 contantly trying to press against the heater???
what the hell is going on?
please offer some advice
newt
i posted a week ago about my pacu, see pacu with burn.
anyways, to recap, i had moved his tankmate (clarias catfish) out of his tank into a larger one. the pacu is alone in his tank now as he will not be making the trip to the large tank. with this said, the tank he is in is right at the point of being too small for him. he will be moving on in about 2 weeks.
since he has been alone, he has been quite lethargic. last week, he wedged himself between the glass and the heater (previous post) and made no comotion or effort to move and suffered a burn to his side. my wife had to move him away from the heater as he wouldn't by himself. we then put a plastic container around the heater with about an inch of access at the top (for water circulation).
so, today i was sitting on the couch when i heard a splishin and a splashin. i look over to see the poncho (the pacu) had madehis way into the container with the heater, and was trapped until i let him out. he did not manage to burn himself but was quite traumatized by the trapping. as mentioned there was only about 1" of space for him to get in, so it was a concerted effort to get in there.
i know this sounds ridiculous but.....is poncho so sad by the loss of his tankmate that he is suicidal???!!!!! can anyone explain this behavour???? has anyone expierienced this behaviour????1111 contantly trying to press against the heater???
what the hell is going on?
please offer some advice
newt