Any fish experts on mn?

[Kelly1978]

I have a large parrotfish, I think she is about 3 years old now, and she keeps digging in the gravel. I'm curious to know why, is she nesting? She is a funny character anyway, very tame, and follows you around from behind the glass, but she is the only parrotfish in the tank, so she can't be laying eggs, surely?

I'm no good with fish but I can make a nice roast chicken!
I thought fish dig through gravel to look for bits of food?

she deliberately picks it up and piles it all up next to the hole though, it doesn't seem to be rooting so much as digging, iykwim.

You can keep away from her with your stuffing too!

She's clearly on a mission! Maybe she's trying to escape?!!
Roast Seabass is delicious with vegetables!

One of my Tetras did that and piled food into all the gravel as well.

Have you checked your nitrate levels? Mine were way to high in the tank!!!!.

Not much else to suggest.

Are you talking about a type of Cichlid (ie tropical fish) or the marine parrotfish?

If it is a cichlid, then it's possible it's a nesting type behaviour. Our Kribensis do this all the time - but then they lay eggs at the drop of a hat.....anyone want babies????

I thought you were going to talk about cooking fish.....

cichlid - I've never actually seen her lay eggs, but then even if she did I don't think they would stay there for very long - something would gobble them.

Why does everyone want to eat my fish?

never heard of kribensis, they are very pretty. Don't you find that the babies get eaten or do you have the seperation things?

The Kribs are very easy layers, and very good parents.....but that is still not enough to protect them from the rest of the fish in the tank. The problem is we have swamped the local fish shop with our offspring, and have gnerally run out of anyone to give them to. So have resorted to leaving well alone, and they have come to a sort of natural population control now! I try to view it as an extra food source for them.....