Panda Garra

[FishyMcFishFace]

Got one today, he/she has coloured up lovely but he/she has been glass surfing for about 5 hours now, just up and down and up and down. Occasionally he/she will cruise around and land of things but then revert to glass surfing up and down. Should I be worried? Other fish dont seem bothered and Ammonia/ Nitrite and nitrate levels are 0, all light are off apart from a table lamp. Such a lovely fish, should I be worried?

[Gillie]

I’ve never kept garras but glass surfing is quite common with a lot of fish when introduced to a new tank, I’d just leave him be & keep an eye from afar, he should settle in a day or so.

[Stephen]

Panda garra enjoy being in a flowing stream set up with well oxygenated water.
Panda garra can grow to a little over 3.5 inches.
They can also literally climb glass so make sure that your tank is tightly covered.

All the best

[FishyMcFishFace]

Panda garra enjoy being in a flowing stream set up with well oxygenated water.
Panda garra can grow to a little over 3.5 inches.
They can also literally climb glass so make sure that your tank is tightly covered.

All the best

he can certainly climb I purposely leaving ghe lid off while I am in the room to see if he leaves the tank, so far so good, he/she gets to the top and turns, lovely little fish.

[FishyMcFishFace]

Seems to have finally settled, he was all around the bottom and then seemed to make himself a den, he kind of backed up to a rock and reverse burrowed backwards to make a small hole. I'm guessing algae wafers and frozen protein food is best?

[plankton]

Sounds like a reasonable diet.