Firefish in Quarantine - Provide Better Hides?

[nickkohrn]

I checked in on my firefish this evening via a home camera, and I noticed it sleeping in the lower-left, but it's clearly fighting to keep itself in place. I have plenty of PVC fittings in the tan for it to shelter in, but it likes sleeping in the open. Should I add something else in the tank for it to possibly sleep within, around, or between, so that it doesn't have to battle the flow at night?

 

[leedsrhinojohn]

turn your 45 angled fitting on its side so it has the openings on both sides and the fish can swim through it.

 

[nickkohrn]

turn your 45 angled fitting on its side so it has the openings on both sides and the fish can swim through it.

I have a couple more in there that are on their sides. I turned this one on its end because I had a wrasse that liked to sleep at the bottom on one that was stood on its end.

 

[leedsrhinojohn]

Maybe try a small plant pot or something different from the grey fittings.
I have similar fittings and a plant pot and a cheap little plastic rock cave in mine.
Or it could be he just likes it there.

 

[nickkohrn]

Maybe try a small plant pot or something different from the grey fittings.
I have similar fittings and a plant pot and a cheap little plastic rock cave in mine.
Or it could be he just likes it there.

I’ll give that a try. Do you keep them in the tank if you need to add medications or copper?

 

[AZMSGT]

They find their happy place and that’s where they stay. I have 2 red and 1 purple in QT right now. They tend to tuck into the side of the PVC pipe and glass bottom.

 

[leedsrhinojohn]

I take out the plastic rock and plant pot out just to be on the safe side, not really sure i need to but better safe than sorry.
I leave the grey fittings in permanently as they wont soak up anything, but i always just give them a quick wipe with ro water and dry them before going back into a fresh dt if ive had to use medication.

 

[rkpetersen]

Can you reduce the flow?

 

[C-Reefer]

Whenever I've qted firefish and I've put 3 through seerate QT's, they would always get themselves into the smallest hide they could find, I put 1/4", 1/2", and 1" PVC and elbows in and they would always pick the 1/4" PVC straight pipe.