Rainbow WOLF FISH Instincts - Surprising Behavior
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- Опубликовано: 17 сен 2024
- My first time keeping these wolf fish and I am surprise by an unexpected behavior.
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With the water low and then refilling, they are looking for a larger body of water. I think when you lower the water level, it indicates the dry season and when you start to fill the tank again, the splashing indicates water coming from a larger body of water and they want to to get to that larger body of water. You may be able to stop the jumping by using something to diffuse the water stream. Maybe try running the water through a collander or run a hose along the bottom of the tank to eliminate the splashing.
Why don't u put a extension on the pipe so it goes lower down the tank and try filling it with no bubbles to see if they jump or not
I agree, putting on an extension so it is below the water line the entire time the water change is happening should help.
Ya, I also think that might help.
I've been keeping different wolf fish for over 15 years. Erythrinus are probably the most active. I've had 2 in separate tanks next to eachother and they both differ drastically from eachother. One is very active and aggressive. The other more passive. Both although love jumping. Any surface agitation from my power head makes them go crazy. They slam my lids like little rockets. Sometimes waking me up at night. By far one of my favorites. Out of the 4 species I have now. And you don't need a 200 gallon tank to house them
@@revelation8974 13in is big for a hoplerythrinus Uni. Any wolf at that size can break a glass tank. Size wise I'd be more worried about and Aimara or a malabaricus.
I really think they’re trying to migrate to get out of your tank and they see that is a water source to swim up to try to get out @ StingrayBiology
Hadley CapeBreton I was thinking that it’s like they want to migrate up the stream
Great video
Cant wait more for!
i have a Erythrinus too.cool fish
I had these guys before and they used to do that too; and I believe it is a panic / flight response.
Thanks For Sharing !
They are probably just jumping due to sudden environmental changes since they actually live in areas that don't have fast moving water currents(creeks and swamps to be exact),so they could possibly think that the water splashing down is a rapid, giving them the urge to find a new place to rest,and they also have specific pH level requirements as well.
The instinct drives them to jump and change the pool of water when it's a heavy rain, they know the surface will be wet enough for them to jump from pond to pond or the larger body of water when it's raining more
Thank you for sharing this video. Very interesting about the wolffish. Love STINGRAYBIOLOGY. ❤️
Put a longer tip on your water pipe going into the tank with one of your bottom drain fixtures so the fish can't get into it and I will prevent all that splashing and that might help them not trying to jump out just try it never hurts to try something
Hi Kevin very nice video love learning about different fish.
I had one that did the samething I never knew why and could never figure out why. Glad to see this video
love the video and the channel as a whole
It’s possible that the faucet mimics them going up stream to spawn and the water change mimics a shrinking puddle
Its definitely an upstream response instinctively kicking in!
It's almost like salmon swimming up stream. Maybe it's like in their nature to swim up streams to avoid bigger predators
I dont know but they remind me of the large invasive carp that are in Australia when a boat goes along the river wsy they are in when the water is really agitated they leap out the water as well
This is fascinating.
Love very your channel! Been waiting for a video. I really want a ray - but I've never even had a fishtank so I'm gonna study up on it first. Don't wanna get in over my head and I know they get pretty big. Keep up with the awesome content Kevin, we live it
It very much does seem like they want to be up river. Natural instinct when it floods is not to be washed away in most creatures even us so that would be my guess. But thats a guess....where they were collected did it flood a lot and would the parents have to work at staying in an area during flood? lots of things to consider. Great video Kevin.
Hi @ stingray biology love seeing your content. I'm thinking you can just add an extra peice of PVC to the outlet to add the water into the water rather than at the surface and see if they still jump. If not you'll know its the splashing rather than the water lvl rise causeing the jumping. I think its a migration instict.
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My swordtails do the exact same thing when I top up their tank
I would say that as the amazon floods and recedes leaving pools that these fish get trapped in. they have to jump to new water sources for oxygen/food and to not dry out with the pool. I don't think putting longer pipe in will change this. I would trickle it in very slowly.
Great video Kevin thanks for all the info and awesome fish!!!! your Canadian fan Tim!!!
I suggest dry fitting pvc to drop the clean water return into the tank and have it flow horizontally and not vertically
Running water like that must make them think it’s a water fall
in Trinidad here they does this cuz that is more of a hunting tactic any disturbance on the water they are actually trying to attack
we have local here in Trinidad
Kevin that is so crazy! I didn't know wolf fish did this! Just goes to show Google doesn't know everything!
There like missiles there just rocketing out the water with eas..thats cool
Its an migration response to the lower water level. Some people might even say its a response to the rain after a dry season. Filling the tank up below the water level might solve the problem. Greeting from the netherlands.😁
Maybe when it rains where they are from, the rain knocks the insects down close to the water and they jump to get them.
Look at Kevin with the Fresh Cut Fade :p
Has nothing to do with panic or flight reactions. The wolf fish can breath oxygen and is known for going from mud puddle to mud puddle to survive and migrate between bodies of water.
How is the little Platinum one doing ?
pls give us a new video asap , when you feed the platinum ray and the striped ray I wish to see them in a good way
What's happening with the little white ghost ray leucistic pup??
Kevin how’s the platinum ray doing???!
Most predator fish eat these small fish. The way some predator fish eat them is to create lots of air bubbles around the school of small fish to confuse them. Then the predator opens it’s mouth and it’s easier for the predator fish to eat the prey.
Where is the platinum stingray???
What about the platinum?
Run a hose to the bottom and fill perhaps....
Just a suggestion but I'd put a peice of PVC onto the 90, long enough to stop the splashing when you do water changes. That is very interesting behavior, i believe your right about them swimming of waterfalls.
I used to go fishing for wolf fish in Panama, and they love to jump outside the water to eat the lures
This is natural instinct showing migration behavior. You adding water in the manner you are replicates a stream or waterfall which is a way out of their current situation.
Add an extension hose to your water outlet so that water enters their tank from below them...on the bottom of the tank. And yes they will injure themselves if you continue with everything the way it is 👍
Aren't Wolf fish a invasive species?
I wish you made this video 2 years ago found mines on floor dead
Like to see updates on the little albino striped pattern.
Reinaldo I think is the current the rainbow wolf fish is scare thank s
Wolffish in the ocean like temperature changes. They tend to swim up to divers hands or their face. Whichever is uncovered
"in the ocean" wtf are you on about?
hello Kevin . you only show us the striped ray ,what about the "platinum ray"did it not survive or ... ?
I sold it. I have another one coming soon.
They think the path that the water is coming from. Is a place for them to go explore. Thats my only thought
I think they're jumping up rapids maybe..
@stingraybiology try extend the PVC pipe so it goes underwater and see if they'll jump
Are you planning on creating a new breed with the new maze looking stingray you bought for yourself? How crazy would when stripes and round spots are put together. 😁
Maybe add a longer vertical PVC pipe down under the water so there is minimal splashing
Looks like they are trying to swim up stream could also be that they are looking for the oxygenation hate to say it but if they chuck they food then they are stressing
They see it as up river
Can you put a down tube on to stop the surface agitation?
I thinking it’s something with the wet and dry season in South America. Definitely looks instinctive though!
Is the new really white 1 you got okay was hoping to see it again
Due to my research, they mimicking to climb up a waterfall like in nature
Haven't seen new video to ask this ? Hope everything is okay
But whats the smallest freshwater stingray and how much would they cost
Can you put styrofoam at the top of the aquarium? May protect their heads or maybe some bubble wrap?
Extend the PVC so it fills under the water line.
very interesting, some of the comments sound correct, why don't you just add water and let the extra water run out the overflow, that way the water never recedes
Sometimes they have to be with thier group because they are small so they hed upstream to the group
I know it’s been two years and white night but do you ever get any more wolf fish for sale?
One fish u don't wanna put ur hand in the tank with cause I did that when I was young an didn't know what they where an thing literally almost bit my finger off an why don't u ever see people have trout or salmon as a pet fish
Pump the water into the tank under the surface and dont let it splash, that should stop the jumping!
Like people said i would try putting a pipe to the bottom.. and maybe even put a sponge on the end to defuse the water
What if i have two HOB will they still jump
Do you ship to DC? If so how much for the hi fins? My favorite fish
Maybe I missed a video where he said, but why does he have the biological media floating in some of the tanks?
What's the name of your website been looking for somebody has got quality stuff in California I'm in SoCal
Are they any relation to the fish that jump in one of the major rivers that Beast
Do these guys go up streams??
Maybe they think they’re being attacked and they’re trying to escape
I believe these fish are able to breath air. I suspect the fish are jumping through the high oxygenated surface created by the water intake.
Sharon Goodman That was my thinking too. You can see them jumping into the water as it is coming out of the pipe.
That’s wild, I just got one today and now I’m wondering how I’m going to do water changes lol
do you have bowfin for sell?
How much for the wolf fish
for sale??. I need couple
They think it like a falls or trying to migrate
You selling these wolf fish?
You need to give them cover this species needs it to feel comfortable. Just toss a bunch of cheap floating plastic plants in
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Migrating to mating grounds maybe
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