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Posted by Duncan on January 24, 2008, 6:59 pm
Please log in for more thread options I have a stunning but reclusive gibbiceps catfish who lives in a terracotta
urn in my Juwel 180 aquarium. I see the whole fish once every few weeks (and
he's always bigger than I remembered!) and the rest of the time I can only
see the tip of his tale. I say "his" - "he" might be a "she" but then I
couldn't call him Boo Radley. Has anyone any ideas (apart from removing his
urn, of course) how - like his literary namesake - I can make him come out?
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Posted by oliverkelly on January 25, 2008, 3:45 am
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Try putting a bit of cucumber in. Weighted down with lead weight or a
"screwcumber" which is designed to let cucumber sink to the bottom.
That might termp him out !
Remember to remove it after a couple of days if any of it remains
uneaten.
> I have a stunning but reclusive gibbiceps catfish who lives in a terracotta
> urn in my Juwel 180 aquarium. I see the whole fish once every few weeks (and
> he's always bigger than I remembered!) and the rest of the time I can only
> see the tip of his tale. I say "his" - "he" might be a "she" but then I
> couldn't call him Boo Radley. Has anyone any ideas (apart from removing his
> urn, of course) how - like his literary namesake - I can make him come out?
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Posted by Edward Cowling London UK on January 26, 2008, 11:00 am
Please log in for more thread options >I have a stunning but reclusive gibbiceps catfish who lives in a terracotta
>urn in my Juwel 180 aquarium. I see the whole fish once every few weeks (and
>he's always bigger than I remembered!) and the rest of the time I can only
>see the tip of his tale. I say "his" - "he" might be a "she" but then I
>couldn't call him Boo Radley. Has anyone any ideas (apart from removing his
>urn, of course) how - like his literary namesake - I can make him come out?
>
>
Fish born in the wild can be a bit skittish. My silver sharks will
frolic and play until I go near the tank and then they hide behind the
rocks. Had them for years, size of a bus, yet they still run for cover
:-)
I find sitting still on a chair about 4 feet from the tank works
wonders. They will come out and frolic about again.
--
Edward Cowling "Must go - to find Shrodinger's Cat !"
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Posted by Duncan on January 26, 2008, 4:44 pm
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>>I have a stunning but reclusive gibbiceps catfish who lives in a
>>terracotta
>>urn in my Juwel 180 aquarium. I see the whole fish once every few weeks
>>(and
>>he's always bigger than I remembered!) and the rest of the time I can only
>>see the tip of his tale. I say "his" - "he" might be a "she" but then I
>>couldn't call him Boo Radley. Has anyone any ideas (apart from removing
>>his
>>urn, of course) how - like his literary namesake - I can make him come
>>out?
>>
>>
> Fish born in the wild can be a bit skittish. My silver sharks will frolic
> and play until I go near the tank and then they hide behind the rocks. Had
> them for years, size of a bus, yet they still run for cover :-)
>
>
> I find sitting still on a chair about 4 feet from the tank works wonders.
> They will come out and frolic about again.
>
> --
> Edward Cowling "Must go - to find Shrodinger's Cat !"
>
The instinct to hide from some predators must be hard-wired in some fish. I
once had some angelfish that I know were tank-bred in the West Midlands.
They never showed any reaction to people or cats near their tank, but one
day I was moving a life-sized sculpture of a long-legged wading bird - like
a hunter's decoy - and the fish went into a total panic as I carried it
past. Head-first into the gravel, sideways-on under the filter, snout-first
into the tank sides (always makes me wince when they do that!)etc. Inborn
terror of the belly and legs of a leggy bird!
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Posted by teranews on January 27, 2008, 2:08 am
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>I have a stunning but reclusive gibbiceps catfish who lives in a terracotta
>urn in my Juwel 180 aquarium. I see the whole fish once every few weeks
>(and he's always bigger than I remembered!) and the rest of the time I can
>only see the tip of his tale. I say "his" - "he" might be a "she" but then
>I couldn't call him Boo Radley. Has anyone any ideas (apart from removing
>his urn, of course) how - like his literary namesake - I can make him come
>out?
>
I would treat him the same as any other pl*c or ancistrus type catfish.
I have weighted veg. I use a long handled planting tools to remove anything
not eaten after a day. Spinach, and lettuce work for some, but as already
stated, cucumber slice works very well. I haven't personally tried it, but
I'm told courgette slice works very well.
I would only feed this way once a week. He may respond better if another
fish also likes this food, and become very territorial over the food. A
Black Ghost Knife Fish would make a great tank mate to act as competition
for cucumber.
--
Rich
http://www.richdavies.com/tropicalfish
http://www.richdavies.com/liverpool-v-havant.htm
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> urn in my Juwel 180 aquarium. I see the whole fish once every few weeks (and
> he's always bigger than I remembered!) and the rest of the time I can only
> see the tip of his tale. I say "his" - "he" might be a "she" but then I
> couldn't call him Boo Radley. Has anyone any ideas (apart from removing his
> urn, of course) how - like his literary namesake - I can make him come out?