I just picked up two Banggai CArdinals from Optimum last night. I stopped at the store over two days to observe, 1 was just fine but the other was a little concerning, this one stayed in the corner and had like a nervous twitch. When I would put my hand up to the tank it would swim away normal but then start back and twitch.
Anyway, I decided that it was OK and that it would likely change behavior once in another tank with a little rock and structure so got then and put into my quarantine last night. But still the same thing, this one fish kinda sits at a 30-degree angle facing downward and is twitching. I did read the females twitch to attach males but now I'm not really thinking this is what it is. Too early to say about feeding as it has only been in my tank for 12 hours or so.
They are in quarantine so I'm not worried about anything yet, and I've been doing a run of several weeks with Paraguard to medicate for disease, but I'm just wondering with this behavior if this fish is literally damaged in some way?
Thoughts?
Anyway, I decided that it was OK and that it would likely change behavior once in another tank with a little rock and structure so got then and put into my quarantine last night. But still the same thing, this one fish kinda sits at a 30-degree angle facing downward and is twitching. I did read the females twitch to attach males but now I'm not really thinking this is what it is. Too early to say about feeding as it has only been in my tank for 12 hours or so.
They are in quarantine so I'm not worried about anything yet, and I've been doing a run of several weeks with Paraguard to medicate for disease, but I'm just wondering with this behavior if this fish is literally damaged in some way?
Thoughts?
