lets list some fish and their quirky habits!

In my new tank it looked like my Clown Loaches had smoke coming out of their gills. I had to look real close to see what was going on. I have playsand as my substrate in my new tank and my clown loaches suck it up in their mouths and blow it out though their gills. The sand is so fine that it makes a small cloud when it comes out of their gills.

Before I got this new tank running 2 weeks ago , I didn't even know clown loaches sifted the sand for food. I have sand in my old tank, but its a black coated sand thats to big for them to sift through. You can learn something new when you do something different.

Here's some pic's of my clown loaches-

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My crayfish does give a care in the world if I'm sitting there... unless I'm eating a subway sandwich, when he comes over and begs like a puppy dog.
 
One of my Mollies rides the bubbles up the back of the tank, floats over to the filter return and rides the current across the top and down the front of the glass. Swims back to the bubbles and starts over.
 
Yea I saw Finding Nemo. I laughed maniacally at the scene. It reminded me so much of my Rosey Barb. I can just imagine the whole tank full of fish trying to roll over to the pond only to be eatten by the 2 1/2 foot koi after they gained their freedom.:D
 
when i had my oscars they would scrach them selves along think 1 rock their was nothing wrong with them lol

my male A.stuartgranti 'usisya' try to spawn with the red empress females and he likes to bury his tail in the sand

my jags move the gravel infront of their loges etc so they only have to defend 1 end
 
all of my white clouds are very peaceful except for one, who's one love is to chase the other white clouds around like a danio.
 
My fish kinda float around in the water....flapping their fins....breathing..maybe looking around some...checking out the other fish....floating around some more, flapping fins.
Well, you get the idea.
 
When im feeding my mbu puffer cockles my silver dollars try to steal them!If one manages it then it spend the next hour or so swimming round as fast as possible getting chased by the other three SD's.Eventually it'll lose them by hiding in the plants or under the driftwood, but if they spot it the chase starts again!

I dont understand why it takes them hours to eat a bit of cockle yet they can rip a nice plant apart in a few seconds!
soooooooo annoying!:laugh:
 
My mbuna are usually out and about swimming around the tank, but as soon as i open the lid and put the food in they swim into the rocks and hide. There they wait about 10 seconds and watch the food floating around from the safety of thier caves. Suddenly one will dart for a flake and all of them start darting. But they only eat one peice and return to thier cave. Then wait a few seconds and dart out again.
Once all the food is gone they all come out and return to thier normal swimming around the tank.

Very strange. :eek:
 
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