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	how go i get my YoYo to stop eating the heater??
victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004	Hey guys, I havent fed my fish yet, and i hear the "clicking" sound that comes after the clwon loaches are eating their pellets. And since i know that the clowns dont "click" without food, or when their happy, i looked in the tank. I saw my YoYo loach eating the plastic around the heater in the tank. What can I do?? I dont want the stupid thing to electricute itself and the other fish, and i dont want to take my heater out (since it is finally warm enough to keep windows open.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	umm. maybe he isn't eatting it, he him swim by it and it looks like he is eatting it. idk never heard taht one b4.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004	Well, he was up there nipping at it, and you can see grooved cut out of it from his "tooth" He has never done this before either, he just started it like a week ago.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003	try moving the heater to another place in the tank...place some drift wood in front of it so it isn't quite so easy to get through, hope and pray he knaws that tooth down, feed some tough veggies...that's my thoughts though I don't know if they will help...my betta still acts as though he is spawning with the heater in his tank heidi "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Plastic? All my heaters are glass to the plastic top which I keep out of the tank so I can adjust temp. Otherwise there's the suction cups which wouldn't cause any problems if chewed on. My yoyos love swimming behind the heaters and in loops around the suction cups but have never chewed on them. Moving it or putting another object there might distract him. Yoyos have very short attention spans and I can't say they are the smartest of fish. They do develop habits easily. Since he's found something to do he's likely to keep chewing on it. He'll probably forget about it in no time if you change things around.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
Fish_lover Fish Addict Posts: 742 Kudos: 176 Votes: 0 Registered: 14-Nov-2001	maybe ur yoyo is just bored and needs more companions?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004	Well, there are more YoYo's in the tank (i cant tell if only 1 is doing it, they look alike and are the same size) Also, there is no place I can put it in the tank (I have an eclipse hood) Sorry if i didnt make any "come backs" but i forget what people said Im not trying to be hard, but there is nothing i can really do (that i can think of)
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
hca Fish Addict Posts: 783 Kudos: 434 Votes: 211 Registered: 06-Mar-2004	put something in front of the heater- wood/ rock/ plants- something to distract them.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Get a different heater? I don't know... What was that thread comparing fish to dogs? Yoyos are terriers happy go lucky, always bouncing around, but when they get interested in something they never let it go.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53


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