We removed the picture on the back and she swimmed out of her hiding spot. She only comes out whenever we aren't passing by or anything. She mostly hides behind the decoration I have bought. She comes out when we feed her dried frozen shrimp. She then comes back down after a while.
Flowerhorn isn't swimming
- Thread starter Mr_Chemical
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Flowerhorn people love to keep the fish in completely bare tanks for some reason. I don'tpersonally get it. The decorations definitely would make the fish feel more comfortable. It's just a hybrid cichlid, it's still a cichlid. As a small little guy, with no other fish in tank and with no décor, chances are it'll stay hidden. Maybe it makes it a little easier to keep detritus off the bottom; but if you have a big enough tank and take care of it, that shouldn't be necessary.
I haven't mentioned this before btw, but 25 gallon tank will be too small in a couple months for a flowerhorn.
Keeping bare bottom tanks is a lot easier for people that are struggling with there fish or water quality, you get more time to concentrate on solving the problems you might have with your fish, water quality, or filtration instead of worrying about cleaning gravel and dealing with dead spots, trapped food e.t.c. . if you can eliminate anything from the long list of possible reasons that you are having problems that's got to be a good thing for people struggling.. I personally keep at least 7 of my tanks bare bottom as the maintenance is so much easier and maintaining a fishroom is a lot of work, I keep a lot of large fish aswell that can hurt them self on decorations. and let's face it the water clarity in bare bottom tanks is all ways going to be better.. allot of new people getting into the hobby don't understand how important it is to clean gravel and most don't bother.
50 gallon is good for flowerhorn.. my Flowerhorn is loving his bare bottom 50 gallon tank.. the only advise we can give people is advice based on the success that we have had in our own experiences.. everyone has a different experience..
Well, to each their own. It probably would make maintenance a bit easier; but I'd rather my fish feel comfortable and my water changes take 10 extra minutes, than vice versa. Of course, I'm not saying no fish can be comfortable in a bare bottom tank, some probably adapt just fine to it. The OP is having problems with the juvenile fish being shy, and in my experience, a bare or mostly bare tank makes shyness 10x worse.
And I will agree to disagree about 50 gallons being enough long term for a flowerhorn.
Hahaha, of course how could I have forgotten.
Demon012
Sure it can work... but in this situation, the guy is asking why the fish is shy. Being in an empty glass box definitely can contribute to a fish feeling shy. Can some fish live like that and not be shy, or get used to it and become outgoing? sure of course. Never said all fish living in bare tanks are shy, just that it can be a factor, and if your trying to get a fish NOT to be shy, adding some décor is a good idea.And flowerhorn in 50 gallon... how long is a 50 gallon? 36 inches? for a 14"+ max fish? sounds like a wonderful life to me lol
