Why do fish do this?
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LedZep fan2
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Never seen that one before! I know my dad's midas blenny will actually let itself get sucked onto the side then swim off casually like nothing happened :spin2:
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
Seen a sargassum trigger do it around a korallia at a fish store
ChrisL1976
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Complete guess would be differing water currently around the pump may actually make it fun to spin around the pump housing.
I had a naseau tang that loved to swim right into the sump output flow and let the output push him along for 1/4 of the tank.....he'd swim back up and do it again.....over and over.
I had a naseau tang that loved to swim right into the sump output flow and let the output push him along for 1/4 of the tank.....he'd swim back up and do it again.....over and over.
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
How long have you had that fish? I notice that when I get new fish it takes a few days for them to get used to the tanks dimensions and they nose at the glass a lot - however that trigger I mentioned above kept doing it even after 6 months in the tank. He was a 3-4" trigger in a 125. He eventually jumped out.
I've had the fish 8 months. Its been in that tank for probably half that time. I don't consider it a new fish.
Also I think the tank size (58 gallon) is totally adequate for a dwarf angel, unless it is one of the largest ones.
The tang is a temporary resident, it was given to me for free because a friend was having some trouble with QT. The tang was quarantined and is going to a LFS soon.
He wasn't out when the lights came back on, but I remember someone posting a video of their Chaetodon larvatus doing the same thing. The reason it stuck out in my mind was because the fish was so hard to keep and there it was in the video doing laps around the powerhead. (I think he had a vortech as well, but can't recall for sure)
Also I think the tank size (58 gallon) is totally adequate for a dwarf angel, unless it is one of the largest ones.
The tang is a temporary resident, it was given to me for free because a friend was having some trouble with QT. The tang was quarantined and is going to a LFS soon.
He wasn't out when the lights came back on, but I remember someone posting a video of their Chaetodon larvatus doing the same thing. The reason it stuck out in my mind was because the fish was so hard to keep and there it was in the video doing laps around the powerhead. (I think he had a vortech as well, but can't recall for sure)
Monkeyfish
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My C. argi does this and nowhere near a powerhead. Every now and then he swims to the back of the tank and starts doing loops. After a minute or two he swims off. This fish is in a 180g tank, is well fed and probably the most "aggressive" fish in the tank so I don't think the tank conditions have much to do with it. I once asked him why he was doing this. He just looked at me like I was an idiot and swam off. Rude fish. 
With the pump off the fish could be trying to figure out how to get into the opening thinking it is a cave etc.
My new flame will swim into the powerhead (off) and then swim out.
My new flame will swim into the powerhead (off) and then swim out.
dzhuo
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That would be my guess as well. The powerhead just happen to be there. The fish is actually chasing his own reflection from the glass.
