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Re: spooked by light (was: Need a few suggestions)
alsup at localnet_com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need some help. I have 8 Fp. Cinnamomeus young in a 10 gal.
> tank, bare except for some Java moss. I've got a lighted hood
> with a Penn-plex Aquari-lux 15 watt bulb. If I leave this light turned
> on, the fish almost panic trying to hide in the moss. Yet without the
> light, the moss has not been doing well. The fish are about 1 inch
> to 1.25 inch long at this point.
>
You said you have a "bare tank except some Java moss" ... it's my impression that a lot of fish get spooked not by the light per se, but by seeing their reflections and movement on the bottom surface of the tank, which acts like a mirror. Try putting down a thin layer of substrate and see if that has a calming influence.
HTH
Doug Dame
Interlachen FL
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