That's odd. I have only seen gudgeons ie of a handful of things, jumping, major injury from darting into a hard surface, starving from a hunger strike, and obvious bacterial infection.
It didn't jump Because I have my top completely covered. I should have taken a pic. Any thing I can do to help the other 3 settle better? My qt is in the kitchen and we have been avoiding going in there when we see them out.
Just providing cover, pvc is usually sufficient.
@Humblefish brought up that this was a male and I have another in the tank. I have noticed that there is 1 less shy and another in time typically follows. Do they pair up?
They are more social than firefish. So even though firefish will pr up and kill the third, dartfish will remain social. I have had and seen groups from as few as 2 to as many as 12 without issue.
Im going to be tempted to get a few more once these are through quarintine unless that would be a bad idea. I like the group thing and when I got these 3 were together while 1 had moved itself into the next tank.
They are a little skinny so I wouldn't be surprised if the fourth was too weak. Adding a group of gudgeons to an established group shouldn't pose a problem.Here's a pic of the 3 I got at the store that were together, didn't get a pic of other:
The skinny part is why I'm going to hold off on treating. Granted I'm super tempted to do half a dose of Prazipro sooner rather than later. Those signs are just to tell tell. Baby gates are up to prevent dogs from going in the kitchen to decrease activity there.
Hardest part is sitting there and not moving to be able to watch them lol
