I got a new GBTA about a week ago and he's great as long as the lights are on. In the night after the lights are out he gets himself into trouble.
When I first put him in he was all inflated and bubbled up, very nice looking, strong foothold to where he was. He ate some mysis I gave him. He stayed like this all day long and was in the same place when I checked on him before I went to bed. The lights had been out for several hours when I checked too. It seemed like I got a good nem and would have no issues. Guess I should have knocked on wood.
I get up the next morning and he's under the rock he was on the day before, hanging upside down. I leave him like this for a few days and he doesn't move but looks dejected and deflated. So yesterday morning I flip his rock over so he's pointing up and he bubbles right up and eats again no problem. Stays like that for at least 12 hours and is good when I go to bed.
I get up this morning and during the night he let loose of his rock and got sucked halfway through a few of the overflow holes. I gently push his body back through the overflow holes and pull him off and stick him down in a shady spot between some rocks. All I had time to do before leaving for work.
Is this normal behavior for nems or is this one "Special"? I have 2 other birdsplatter GBTA's that are about the size of a quarter and they're doing fine and haven't moved much. They're all in the same general part of the tank as well, so no difference in lighting or flow.
When I first put him in he was all inflated and bubbled up, very nice looking, strong foothold to where he was. He ate some mysis I gave him. He stayed like this all day long and was in the same place when I checked on him before I went to bed. The lights had been out for several hours when I checked too. It seemed like I got a good nem and would have no issues. Guess I should have knocked on wood.
I get up the next morning and he's under the rock he was on the day before, hanging upside down. I leave him like this for a few days and he doesn't move but looks dejected and deflated. So yesterday morning I flip his rock over so he's pointing up and he bubbles right up and eats again no problem. Stays like that for at least 12 hours and is good when I go to bed.
I get up this morning and during the night he let loose of his rock and got sucked halfway through a few of the overflow holes. I gently push his body back through the overflow holes and pull him off and stick him down in a shady spot between some rocks. All I had time to do before leaving for work.
Is this normal behavior for nems or is this one "Special"? I have 2 other birdsplatter GBTA's that are about the size of a quarter and they're doing fine and haven't moved much. They're all in the same general part of the tank as well, so no difference in lighting or flow.