Zilla
05-09-2010, 09:27 PM
I don't think this is anything to be concerned about, it was just one of those weird Bosie things that I've never seen before.
After spending most of the day in the kitchen, I finally got around to doing a water change on the 55. It was standard vacuum / water change, nothing exciting.
When I was finished, my female Bosie picked up a piece of gravel and was carrying it around in her mouth. At first I thought it was stuck in her mouth, but she eventually spit it out. I hung around the tank to see if she would do it again, and no sooner did I think it, she grabbed another piece of gravel and did a few laps around the tank with it, then placed it roughly where she placed the other piece she had in her mouth prior.
After all of that, it was a few minutes of acting like she was looking for something, then it was on to bigger and better things. Sparring, schooling and just being a Bosie. I haven't noticed if there has been anymore more 1,2,3 gravel pick up as I've since shut the tank lights off and don't really feel like spending the evening peering into the tank to see if she does it anymore.
Is this common Rainbow behavior? If so, what does it mean? The tank is fed daily so it's not a hunger thing unless she thought the bits of gravel were pieces of wafer that I feed the cories, although she didn't try to chew the gravel, she just carried it around.
After spending most of the day in the kitchen, I finally got around to doing a water change on the 55. It was standard vacuum / water change, nothing exciting.
When I was finished, my female Bosie picked up a piece of gravel and was carrying it around in her mouth. At first I thought it was stuck in her mouth, but she eventually spit it out. I hung around the tank to see if she would do it again, and no sooner did I think it, she grabbed another piece of gravel and did a few laps around the tank with it, then placed it roughly where she placed the other piece she had in her mouth prior.
After all of that, it was a few minutes of acting like she was looking for something, then it was on to bigger and better things. Sparring, schooling and just being a Bosie. I haven't noticed if there has been anymore more 1,2,3 gravel pick up as I've since shut the tank lights off and don't really feel like spending the evening peering into the tank to see if she does it anymore.
Is this common Rainbow behavior? If so, what does it mean? The tank is fed daily so it's not a hunger thing unless she thought the bits of gravel were pieces of wafer that I feed the cories, although she didn't try to chew the gravel, she just carried it around.