can't count fish! always moving/hiding.

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can't count fish! always moving/hiding.

Post by qumqats » Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:33 pm

I put 5 kubs in the 60G tank two months ago. I've never seen all 5 at the same time, only 4. I've been assuming that somehow I'd lost one.

NOT SO!! I finally saw all 5 last night!! YAA!! :)

darn fish can be hard to count!


Just like the skunks I have in the 30G.

I never see all 4.

So I remove all the decorations to do an annual cleaning. I see 3 skunks and think I've got everyone out. NOT SO! I eventually discover the never seen 4th one in the hollow log. Back into the tank he goes to recover as if nothing had happened.

Moral of the story, Don't worry if you can't find all your fish. They're most likely in there somewhere!
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Post by mistergreen » Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:09 pm

they go hiding days at a time too without eating.
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Post by helen nightingale » Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:10 pm

i know the feeling :roll: i have spent hours trying to tell the difference between whizzy striatas
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Post by Emma Turner » Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:27 pm

You lot should try doing an annual stock take of fish in a well-stocked, good sized fish store! :lol:

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Post by gorhaf » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:19 pm

there arent enought painkillers in the world to get me to do that your a brave woman emma or a very patient one
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Post by Martin Thoene » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:22 pm

I have no idea how many fish I have in my big River-Tank either for the same reason. Never can see them all at the same time, plus the P. cheni breed every so often and I get a few babies survive.

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