Crazy fish..

Last night i just found out the reason why i hear clic noises every night and sometimes in the afternoon while im at home..., they were coming from the 75gl tank.. a clic...clic... clic... and it stops, i tought it was the filter motor taking a du**, but last night i was having dinner and i looked at the tank and got him on the spot!!, the noise was coming from my 4" Male Kenyi banging the heater against the glass with his tail going in circles , im gonna try to get a vid from him but im afraid hes gonna break the heater and cause a big problem, any ideas why hes doing this???

It may be when the light comes on I had a krib that would attack the heater every time the light came on to warm the tank.

I have also seen fish attack the heater, they usually get bored with it after a while.
They do sell heater guards, they are a plastic sleeve thing that slips over the heater so that if a large fish hits it it wont break.

My lovely "Jaws" attachs the heater and the only time does is when he's raising fry then again he'll attack anything that isn't his g/f or fry when he's in that mode.

yeah what im gonna do today is move the heater to the other side of the tank, and see if that helps, cuz is right on his territory tho...

Ya defiantly move it if it is in his territory

lol this little fishys need to learn whos the boss here lol...

Maybe he can see his reflection in the heater.

that could be too, and hes too agressive also, when i stick my finger on the water around his territory, he attacks me lol

I have a black plastic heater so no fear of it breaking....you can also get an extra suction cup to slip over the heater and attach it to the tank wall so that it is attached top & bottom more firmly so he can't bump it into the tank.

good idea!! will try that too, i dont wanna show the fish he owns the tank, im the boss not him lol..

WRONG again Issac you know he's the boss!

He's the one that has you jumping through hoops...so.......

lol nop, you two are wrong , when he tries to attack me i slap him on the head and he runs away back into his little cave, and from now on every time i see him doing that imma treat him like a dog lol.. bad fish!

Just remember though we think we are in control Cichlids for the most own us humans!!! They shimmy with the fish dance for treats, others follow us around as far as the tank allows, if they stare long enough they'll get a treat, etc.... they redecorate if it's not suitable LOL

I used to have cichlids, I know how hard it is to resist them! LOL

Now I deal with a little black ocellaris clown who thinks he is a piranha!

Now you know what I feel like when trying to do something in Martha's side of the tank, I have slapped her plenty of times!

You slap her then feel guilty admit it. She has you wrapped around her little fin.

Not really, that brat has broken skin more than one time!

That's funny like my Jaws really don't like his personality but dang he produces some beautiful youngsters with the right g/f.
Then there's my Missy who isn't naughty when working in the tank she just wants lots of pets LOL even with fry she's a nice girl.

Most of my fish try to 'help' way too much!

Yeah sometimes they help... sometimes they act spoiled.. lol

And sometimes they wind up outside on the concrete in the driveway because they got a little to curious about the siphon hose. Lol

lol good point..

Seen that more than once!