Just occurred to me - the hiding is most likely a response to impaired vision- it can’t see clearly so it wants to hide from possible predators....
Jay
Jay
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I'm not sure what the rubbing is about. The jury is still out if fish feel pain like we do, or if it is something called nociception.He is swimming around A LOT more now, and earlier today I thought the eye looked better (not sure now, maybe same).
He spends a fair amount of time rubbing the eye on the tank glass. He gets himself in position and just sort of wiggles with his eye on the glass. I've also noticed him suddenly curve his whole body to the side of the eye as if in great pain, and then race down the tank and then rub. He doesn't seem to know what to do with what I think are pain episodes, other than swim somewhere as fast as he can.