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man, do I have a weird fish or what...
By Nancy4Fishes from the Weird Fish department, Section Diaries Posted on Wed Aug 29, 2007 at 01:30:41 PM PST Tags: (all tags)

i have the weirdest fish. she is a black molly that i raised from birth, but she does the weirdest stuff. when she was a 2 week old fry, she used to enjoy going through the bottom slots of the filter hose. you know, the place where stuff gets sucked up. she would go in one side and out the other, over and over and over and over and over again.

more recently, about a month ago, i was using the gravel vacuum when she just disappeared. i got really freaked out when i couldn't find her in my 10 gal, and thought i had siphoned her up, even though it would be a tight squeeze for her in the tube. i couldn't find her in the bucket or vacuum, so i moved on to other theories. i thought maybe when i wasn't looking she jumped out of the tank and flopped into some corner, and i couldn't see her.

2 days went past and i still was clueless as to where she was. I was very sad, because i had grown attatched to her unique character.

on the third day, i went to go clean my filter media. i took it out and rinsed it, and when i went to put it back, there she was! it was so weird, but i was happy to see her! so was her mate, Barnabe, who had been lonely and depressed without her.

i have no idea how she managed to get trapped behind the filter media. she suffered an eye infection from the whole thing, but that's totally cleared up now. i have named her Elizabeth and she is expecting on the 21st of this month. i wonder how her kids will turn out...

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man, do I have a weird fish or what... | 18 comments (16 topical, 2 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: man, do I have a weird fish or what... (none / 0) (#18)
by hn00092000 on Sat May 13, 2006 at 06:24:52 PM PST

Re: man, do I have a weird fish or what... (none / 0) (#14)
by Nancy4Fishes on Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 02:31:07 PM PST

ok, unc. sorry to be disruptive. i'm still a bit new here. i'll make sure to stay on topic!

Re: man, do I have a weird fish or what... (none / 0) (#16)
by miskairal on Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 02:56:22 PM PST

Nancy what we're asking is that when replying to a particular comment by someone you reply below their comment and not as you are doing to the entire page/entry. Immediately below this comment of mine you will see a link on the left in green saying [Reply to This]. If you wish to pass a comment about this comment then use that link.

If you wish to start a whole new comment about, for example, your weird fish, then you would click the Post a Comment link.

Cheerio
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Re: man, do I have a weird fish or what... (none / 0) (#17)
by Nancy4Fishes on Fri Apr 07, 2006 at 02:07:32 PM PST

ooooooh, sorry for the bad communication on my part. yes, i will do my best to remember that!

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Re: man, do I have a weird fish or what... (none / 0) (#12)
by Nancy4Fishes on Mon Apr 03, 2006 at 03:18:41 PM PST

i could, but i'm so paranoid that the littlest thing will set my female off--into abortion. i get scared every time i do a water change! Barnabe, she can tolerate, but i just try to make everything as calming and comfortable as possible... so, how much do you think the heater to the 20-30 gal would cost?

Re: man, do I have a weird fish or what... (none / 0) (#8)
by Nancy4Fishes on Sun Apr 02, 2006 at 05:45:05 PM PST

yeah, miskairal, i sort of DO have a strange feeding schedule. on weekdays, i only give them one feeding a day, because of school and all. sometimes i'll feed them as soon as i get home and right before i go to sleep.

on weekends, i feed them more, since Elizabeth is expecting. that's also when i do my water changes. barnabe used to be skinny as well, because one of his brothers was a bit of a hog and very few of the other males in that batch grew quickly.

Re: man, do I have a weird fish or what... (none / 0) (#9)
by miskairal on Mon Apr 03, 2006 at 01:35:44 AM PST

Skip a whole day - that'll teach'em :)
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Re: man, do I have a weird fish or what... (none / 0) (#7)
by J-ME on Sun Apr 02, 2006 at 04:19:41 PM PST

I have a batch of guppy fry that are 3 weeks old. One of the (I think) males likes to swim under the filter tube and get sucked up. I have a water fall filter in the tank. I have to pull the filter out and dump the filter case out so he can go back into the tank with the others. And I have to do this about every other day. He is the only one that does it and he is to heavy for the tube to suck him up on its own he has to get right up next to it.
I love fish. They do some of the strangest things.
Happy fish keeping :-)

Re: man, do I have a weird fish or what... (none / 0) (#10)
by miskairal on Mon Apr 03, 2006 at 01:36:45 AM PST

I seem to remember someone else a long time ago mentioning that same behaviour here. I wonder if they were related :)
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just to clear up confusion, (none / 0) (#4)
by Nancy4Fishes on Sun Apr 02, 2006 at 03:02:43 PM PST

barnabe and elizabeth are the only fish in the 10 gal. i've been using it as a breeding tank. the babies will go to my science teacher's room after they are a week old. i checked and she has expierience with fish, and all the materials, except for a heater, which broke. she'll be getting a new one at petsmart this weekend, though..which i guess means she has one now. her tank is about 25 gals.

Re: just to clear up confusion, (none / 0) (#5)
by Nancy4Fishes on Sun Apr 02, 2006 at 03:09:16 PM PST

oh, and btw, guys...how much WOULD a heater for a 30 gal cost? my Sis got the wrong size for her tank...

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Re: man, do I have a weird fish or what... (none / 0) (#1)
by Jaymi on Sun Apr 02, 2006 at 01:54:12 PM PST

I have a cory who decided he was a guppy after one of his buddies died. Fish can be strange sometimes.

Re: man, do I have a weird fish or what... (none / 0) (#2)
by miskairal on Sun Apr 02, 2006 at 02:53:04 PM PST

I think that's the thing about fish that non fishkeepers don't realise. They DO have a personality all of their own. I've never seen a fish swim through the filter intake though - that is neat :)
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Re: man, do I have a weird fish or what... (none / 0) (#3)
by Nancy4Fishes on Sun Apr 02, 2006 at 02:58:28 PM PST

yeah, after about week 4 she was simply too fat to try the intake thing again. she is a bit different since the "trapped in filter" incident. now, instead of going to the surface to eat, she and Barnabe let the filter's current get it! they let the current sink the food, and on the way to the gravel, they eat it. it's a little annoying, though, because less of the food gets eaten, so i have to wait for them to be done (it takes a long time for the filter to get it) and then siphon the food out, or my tank would suffer ALOT.

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Re: man, do I have a weird fish or what... (none / 0) (#6)
by miskairal on Sun Apr 02, 2006 at 03:17:30 PM PST

Skip a feed ot two. It won't hurt them and might teach them manners ie. to eat at the table :)
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How "much" heater you need (none / 0) (#11)
by unclescott on Mon Apr 03, 2006 at 12:36:27 PM PST

may depend upon your room temperature. Here is a pretty useful chart:

http;//freshaquarium.about.com/cs/tipsandtables/l/blheatersize.htm

I think they are a tad low, but one wants a heater which doesn't go on and off a lot - which may mean it it too big.

Also, remember that you need some kind of water flow for them to be really efective. Just an airstone will serve, if there is nothing else.

Also, please do not go for the cheapest heater! Cheapies have a tendancy to stick and boil everyone. I would spend extra for a submersible heater, which will probably perform the best of any and last longer. Also it is easier covering the tank - which keeps jumpers and heat in.

To see what is out there, go to Google and Froogle Aquarium Heaters. Some of the on-line prices will be lower. But remember that is without shipping. Also, unlike your local shop, they don't take time to answer customer's questions. If is in your interest to shop from your LFS.

All the best!
unc

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