strange behaviour

Kath · Post by **Kath** » 17 Apr 2003, 00:20

Recently my otherwise healthy synodontis catfish has been rolling onto his back and "playing dead". He does this for a few seconds, then swims around normally after that. He seems to do it more when other fish go near him. I've had him about 2 years now, but I'm not sure how old he was when I got him, he was about 6" long. The only thing I've changed recently about the tank is to get him a new cave as a hiding place, as he outgrew his last. Has anyone seen anything like this before? The tank's 36x15x12", and the temperature is around 24 degrees.

Post by **Silurus** » 17 Apr 2003, 01:08

Synos have been known to swim upside down every now and then. Doesn't sound like too much of a deviation from the norm to me.