severum acting weird

[wilsonriverfish]

Ive seen my full grown severum unkown sex acting very weird. He/she stay close to bottom and moves back and forth back and forth. Kind of weird just wondering if anyone else has seen there fish do this. I have 2 severums one is full grown and one is half grown, The fish is healthy and the tank parameters are dead on. ?*thumbsups

 

[Pure]

is the one moving backnforth also doing a shimmy shimmy dance every now n then...It could be spawning behavior.

 

[wilsonriverfish]

Ok ive thought about it I think maybe the fish is constipated because i gave it a piece of chicken and it looks like hes having trouble digesting it. Its about 1/8 inch out of his anus and i think he was rocking back and forth to shake it off. or they are getting ready to bread the other severum is shaking sometimes.

 

[straitjacket]

Sounds like spawning behavior. The thing that's hanging down is likely the genital papilla, or breeding tube. It's usually quite thick and blunt on a female. Male's should be tapered and pointed though theirs doesn't really become all that noticable comapred to a female's. It might also explain the fish's plumpness. Full of eggs?
On a side note, no chicken for the sevies. They really shouldn't be eating those sorts of animal proteins anyway as it could cause more damage than the treat is worth.
A better snack for them would be romaine lettuce or other fresh veggies. *thumbsups