My friend and her husband have a 30gal with a jack dempsey in it. She asked me today why is he tossing the plants about in the tank. I jokingly said well maybe he just doesn't like em. I honestly didn't know what to tell her someone please help!
2006-11-15 10:22:06 · 3 answers · asked by Amanda R 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Check out the site has a whole bunch of stuff on the fish this is what it said about plants..
In general, forget live plants. Your Dempseys will uproot them and/or shred them. Use plastic plants instead. Weight them with lead strips. Or smear tank sealer on their bases and roll them in dry gravel the same color as your tank gravel. After they dry, toss them in and let the Dempseys re-arrange their furniture however they prefer. (And they will re-arrange it. Dempseys like to pile all their gravel at the front of their tank.)
2006-11-15 10:49:22 · answer #1 · answered by Jackson 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Either he is bored, or doesn't like the decor in his tank. Jack Dempseys are very strange fish and they do unexplainable things. I used to have one that watched tv and he would change colors according to his mood, so we knew if he liked a program or not.
Good luck with 'Jack'
2006-11-15 14:49:41 · answer #2 · answered by thesharklady1 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The tank is kind of small so he could have an issue with that. Does your friend have lots of caves and other hiding spots for him? If not maybe the fish is knocking the plants over to hide under them.
2006-11-15 10:53:33 · answer #3 · answered by Nunya Biznis 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋