The Puffer Forum

Perhaps one or more of you can give me some insight on this.
I housed my GSPs with figure eights since I have had them, about a year maybe a little less. I recently split them up so I could raise the salinity for my spotted friends. They always played together and swam circles around eachother up and down the glass. Since I have separated the two GSPs from their figure eight friends, (two weeks?) they do not hardly ever play, I have only seen them come out of hiding once or twice, and that is after I turn out the light. Their only other tankmate is a green scat. Any ideas as to their change in behavior and habits? The scat does not seem to be showing any aggression towards either of them so I do not think that is the problem. Their color is fine and all params are better than ever since the 8s moved out. am-0 ni-trace na-trace PH 7.8 SG 1.007 and rising. The only thing I have changed is the SG, which I have been doing very slowly so as not to shock my fishies. Their color is fine usually, sometimes I will catch them with a little gray around their lower jaw, but other than that, no signs of problems. I just did a water change and there was no change in their behavior. Any ideas?

You said there was a trace of nitrIte? That needs to be zero, as I'm sure you know. Up your water changes and monitor it. What were the nitrIte levels like before the swap-over?
Did you move over some of the filter media with the gsps?
It's poss that they could be a bit confused by the move and the abscence of the F8s, if they'd got along quite well, but I'd make the NO2 readings a priority for now, and see how they go.
Pami.

I say trace because I think the color was different than the color chart, (sometimes I can't really tell?) I test at least every three days and all levels were up, hence the move of the other fish. The GSPs did not move from the tank, the figure eights were moved to a new, cycled 55 gallon. They are showing no change in behavior.