I agree with Rhomzilla. The P. nattereri that I keep, which is deformed, has lived for years in a bare tank with no deco or gravel. The fish does fine.RhomZilla Posted on May 4 2003, 06:11 PM
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Theres pros and cons to not having and having decors. Its been proven by most that a bare tank will help your fish be more adaptable to your presence and become less skittish. Having no decors also would help decrease fights all over the tanks since theres no territorrial spaces for them to fight over with. And then again, it can cause more fights because there are no divided territorial space. Plus decors would give them a place to hide and at the same time, liven up your tank.
I have never seen a P with drop eye. Actually, the huge majority drop-eyes I have seen are silvers/black aros. Aussies and Asians rarely develop this defect. I don't think it is caused by looking at the bottom of the tank, I think it is caused by the development of fat behind the eye socket.InSinUAsian said:I have my Spilocf in a bare tank at tha moment. No big deal.
My question is do P's develop drop-eye like arrowannas can? I think that "drop-eye" is what it is called. I thought that was caused by keeping fish in glass bottom tanks and them being able to see thier own reflection, and them always looking down.
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True.. they are know to be called "masters of ambush"memen said:i think a bare tank is not very good for the happiness of nattereri, they love stay hidden between plants and mangrove roots.
some person on the AT or PFish forums just said today that Arrowanas get drop-eye in tanks without gravel, because the reflection causes them to look downwards constantly. Thats making me paranoid about no-gravel in tanks now, regardless of the fish specieRhomZilla said:True.. they are know to be called "masters of ambush"memen said:i think a bare tank is not very good for the happiness of nattereri, they love stay hidden between plants and mangrove roots.![]()
What about a tank with no gravel what-so-ever?? What effects would that do??