Why Fish Hide and What To Do About It
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- Опубликовано: 12 окт 2018
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This is a problem that many fish keepers deal with - why fish hide. In this video we talk about a number of reasons why your fish may be hiding.
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please help me , my fsh , angelfish, were friedly and nice, but now they wont eat and are scared and thee gills are not really moving please help i have done everythng i can do , 75% water change and there heater is one point and the pump works right even the plants are 100% please i dont know what to do, im really scared of loosing my babies, and all the angelfish are alone in the tank and they hide together
couold my angelfish be hiding away because they also only actife at night?
3 other things that can make fish hide:
1. They have staked out a territory.
2. There is a light behind us and as we approach the tank the shadow we cast spooks the fish.
3. The tank is too brightly lit. Fish that come from blackwater or water where there is plenty of driftwood or overhanging plants may not feel secure in a brightly lit tank - so they head for cover. I have found that have more subdued lighting on my oscar tank has calmed my fish down and lowered the aggression significantly.
Nice points!
MELODY MUNRO my tank holds a betta (got him today, might be because of the new tank) and it's super dark.
Just like us, fish have their own ups and downs!!!
When my fish hide, it usually means the environment (hiding places, aquascaping, etc.) is unideal
i believe that's the issue i'm having with the two angelfish i added yesterday. My pond is heavily planted.
Thank you so much for this wonderfully comprehensive overview!
I would also like to thank you for your explanation of how dither fish are used. It really shines through that you care about the experience and quality of life of all your critters, and I think it's important to tell people that sacrificing one fish another is really not okay.
We really enjoy your channel, keep rocking these videos!
Thank you! Appreciate you watching.
Well said.I have had almost all of scenario's You mentioned.Like when I bought 6 L129 Pleco's.I saw them for the first couple days and then they found hiding places and I hardly see them at all.When I do waterchanges I move stuff around and make sure they are OK.Great Video,Thank's for sharing
Good coverage there I'd say that would cover prob 99% of the cases of something in hiding
Love the video mate, keep up the great work. :)
Very good points....wrote all of them down in my fish book. Thank you.
Very cool! Glad you found it useful. Good idea - keeping a fish note book!
Good information over the years I’ve probably experienced most if not all...
love these videos! i'm just starting and this info is sooo helpful,,however could you think about saying the common names of fish when you say the big long names? lol...sometimes I can't figure out which fish you're discussing till i google to find the common name, over time i'll learn, but just a thought...again, awesome content!
Glad they are helpful! I try to use common names as much as possible. Some fish don't have common names, or the common names are not consistent. In those cases I just go scientific name. : -) Hope you are enjoying the hobby!
Great video thanks for the interesting info 👍
Nicely done man. Point on point good advice.
Thank you!
Great explanation. I did get distracted watching your Mbuna tank in the background love them
Ya, they are a goofy bunch! : -)
Very helpful video, thanks 👍
hi! thank you so much for being informative! this video really helped me. i have 3 male guppies and they are new. no issues about nipping so far or bullying but Tofu has the tendency to be shy when I approach the tank, he hides. he ends up staying there for a minute or so until I leave/aren't too close to the tank. but then once he doesn't see me he then becomes a normal, active guppy with his friends. they have a heater, filter and air pump that isn't causing high water flow, that all are constantly on. the guppies are very active and the tank has been pre-cycled. I think he might just be scared of me since it's been a day since he was introduced to a new tank.
Awesome video.
One I have been meaning to do for a long time, but I have never got round to doing it, Laugh out loud.
Anyway, I just want to say you did a great job. 👍
Thank you!
your language is so clear, thank you.
Thank you for this video. A few of my guppies are hiding in a cave I have in my tank. As you know guppies don't usually hide. This behavior started about a week ago. When you said that the fish may be sick a light bulb went off. I ran to my tank and started watching them carefully. I noticed after watching them for a few minutes that they have signs of internal parasites. I'm pretty sure that's what's going on so I'm going to treat them and see how it goes. Again, thank you!
I'm glad it helped. Hope everything works out ok!
My guppies are also hiding
Very interesting as usual thank you for your time
And that's why I don't have kuhli loaches 😂
Hi😄
I love ur videos❤
I see my Kuhli a lot but I ad to add a lot of rocks and caves for them. When there wasn't a lot of places for them to hide thats all they did. Same thing with my Zebra loaches. It's funny though every time the Kuhli find a spot they really dig the Zebras steal it lol
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@@chelsealouise7923 lol, I've definitely changed my tune since 3 years ago...
@@GirlTalksFish wait you replied thank you so much I've been binge watching your videos im new to fish keeping ☺
Had Neon Rainbows that hovered in one place only. Moved out a pearl gourami who was alittle aggressive, but it didn't make any difference. Added more plants. No change. Decided take out the power head after seeing a display of them smiling calmly around the tank. Seemed like they liked the current, but it must have been too much. Now they occupy more than one place in the tank and seem to be less stressed when I walk up to it. It really does take some investigation sometimes. Good video.
Thanks for sharing your thought process.
I experienced bullying recently in my tank between danios & tetras. Great video as always!
My fish is getting bullying what should I do
yea for some reason one of my tetras (pink) is bullying one of my tetras (green), in fact its not only him all my other fishes (also tetras and angelfish), except for one are bullying him too. idk if its because they're territoriall fish, bc the green tetra always stays behind this one bick rock in the left corner of or tank, and the rets chill everywhere else. or if its becuase they're starving, even though i feed them alot which might be a bad idea. and today the green tetra was just straight up missing, it hought that one of the fishes just ate him, but then a couple mins kater he popped out of nowhere, so i guess he was just tryna hide from them now which is kinda sad bc they all used to be friends. i also dont know why he stays behind the rock all the time, maybe its his territory, but if so, th eother fishes sometimes go to the back and attack him too, or maybe he just scared.
Great tips as usual :) I learned the hard way to research fish 1st don't trust the fish store. They should at least know what size tank a fish needs and how aggressive they are haha. Nothing worse to me than watching peaceful fish being terrorized by a so called peaceful fish. They need to add more fish to the semi aggressive list. I think some are far from peaceful and with any kind of aggressive tag we will know not to buy these. I really don't like to return fish but I had the fish store sell me yoyo loaches for a small peaceful community tank. They got too big and chased everything in the tank nonstop.. I ended up with Zebra and Kuhli loaches which are truly peaceful.
Thanks bro
I got 5 to glofish and they adjusted to the thank so well, except for the blue dude. He was hiding all the time then died after 3 days. Returned him and got another blue.. this guy was hiding behind the plants for 3 4 days and I was able to gradually get him to come out with food, and now he happily chills with his crew every day and no more hiding! Lol makes for one happy fish keeper here!!! ❤ 🐟
I'm very surprised this video doesn't have many, many more views.
Both this one and "Doing These Two Things Can Prevent 99% of The Problems Fish Keepers Face" should be compulsory (or at least highly recommended) viewing for any prospective new fishkeeper and quite likely even experienced fishkeepers could benefit from a refresher viewing every now and then.
Thanks for watching!
@ 4:25 the fish with the yellow mow hawk is AMAZING…!
Good tips I recently got 2 dwarf gouramis for my 20 gallon and one hide by the filter and the other one hides behind decoration
Great video. Almost all loaches are like that.
Hey! Thanks for the video! Sadly I lost 2 tetras because of a betta fish and I didn’t realise the warning signs! A silly mistake! Sadly I had to take the betta back and replace it with some new fish who seem to be happy in their new home! :D
Sometimes it's part of the learning process. Glad you were able to adjust!
I would have gladly taken the betta haha, got mine today in a new tank (cycled and all) and won't come out of my castle. No other fish so I can't figure it out so I watched this video.
With the advent of supposedly programmable lights, I really wish the light companies would enable us to do lighting cycles designed to bring out the nocturnal fish.
Some aren’t too bad with how far the lights can be dimmed and colors changed.
Yah, that's why u need to buy 2 type of light to fix that problem
Awesome
Awesome 👍😍😘
Thanks for your long explanaitions. ..and also a very nice shirt. .where can I buy that? Would you ship it to germany? If you would. .I need it in size 7xl. .
It's a shirt from our club, but they only sell them at our local meetings.
bullying is such a pain in the rear. It turned all my ideas for my tank all upside down and I really had to scramble getting a new tank up for Mr. Mean Fish...all by himself!!!
Ya, that can really stink!
Jus want to know if the water ripples reflection flickering on the bottom can stress out bottom fissh?
That’s it! My husband and I are going to sneak up to the tank with the lights off and find the pleco that has disappeared. Literally from day 1 he’s been missing. We do have a huge rock that has a hole in it that he may be hiding in. We have looked everywhere else. We also lost one of our catfish. Hopefully they are only hiding. We have a mixture of Neons, guppies, angel fish, gold gourami, white skirt, catfish, zebra and a variety of tetras. But they are all community and I haven’t seen any bullying. Fingers crossed we can find them in the dark! By the way Great job! I learn so much from your videos!
Thanks for watching! Ya, I have had plecos that I only see a couple times a year!
I want that shirt! Does the club sell them online? Wish I could attend AE to meet you and some of the other tubers.
I don't think they sell them online, but they do sell them at the meetings. 😃
My small pink catfish (11 years) was alone for a year in his tank. He used to have a mate gold fish and two janitor fish but they all died. We all got them together.
I bought a two new glowfish as his mates but I noticed they've been hiding in one corner. I never suspected bullying because the catfish is weak already and it usually doesn't move around and is usually lethargic except for eating. Then i caught it pushing those two new fishes on the corner :--( i had to get another tank for the two new glowfish.
You just never know sometimes!
Thank you so much. I recently had 2 5cm. black moors. For the first three days, the light in my tank was off to settle them in. After few hours of the light being on I noticed that they started hiding by the filter. I've been searching for reasons why this might be and thanks to your video. I am going to introduce them to the light gradually, by feeding them with the light off. Ps at the pet store, the seller did not have lights on for his fancy tanks ( 3 tanks ) as he was just renovating his lighting system in the shop.
I turn the lights off when I feed if I have a shy fish so in like 2 weeks the fish dose not care when I turn light back on when feeding so in a mounth the fish is used to light
Thanks, I will try this during feeding times.
I'll try this. thanks
I’ve been having this issue with one of my tanks. I’ve got a 8” parrot chichlid, 6” male jack Dempsey, and 6” male & female bloodmouths (not a mated pair) in a 120 gallon. All of them hide from the blood parrot, and the blood parrot even hides a lot. The blood parrot was alone in this tank for awhile before I started adding. Is he(she?) just super territorial? He seemed more stressed and anxious when he was alone in the tank but now no one seems happy. I see all these videos with tanks of big cichlids swimming around with each other and it makes me realize there’s some major disfunction in my tank.
That could be a big part of it, the parrot was used to the whole tank being his territory. A lot of times when you see the larger SA cichlids working out it’s because they were added together when they were small, or the tank is over stocked to reduce aggression towards any one fish.
Really Love those breeds... Nice...
All my firemouths hide or stay around the bottom when the lights are on but they are getting used to the light slowly
Thank you so much for this video I have two goldfish that hide alot during the day under a bridge we have for them and clown around at night lol
Glad it helped! : -)
Hi
Just some feeder fish in a new 125 gallon tank. 5 originally one went to unknown a month goes by and remaining four do well triple in size . Add thee new fish of similar size & after four days they are suddenly dead. They were feeding well but appear emaciated. Now the original four are still doing well but hide and zip out to feed and head back to safety. Occasionally seen darting from one safe zone to another really fast. All are goldfish and were of similar size. Like they are really afraid of something.....
I didn't know anyone used dither fish as targets.... I tried guppies with apistogramma the apistogramma wouldn't come out still. changed to neon tetras and now they come out.
I have two banjo catfish with them. Thought they were dead. Now they come out to eat and play, sometimes during the day even. I found them by accidentally squishing one. That is some great armor.
I absolutely love Banjo catfish. I keep three so I may see one every week or so LOL.
That's too funny! : -)
If any one as advice i have 5 glofish tetra and 5 kuhli loach in a 20 gallon. At the kuhli loach go crazy they love the tank but the tetra stay hidden at all hours 4 are always shy since i got them 2 months ago but the 5th one wasn't but he's hiding now too
I've had a 55 gal tank setup for about a month now with a 4 inch Jack Dempsey, 2 3-4 inch Synodontis hybrid catfish, and a Albino Senegal Bichir. Yesterday i added 2 3 inch African Cichlids. I know, you arent suppose to mix the South American and African Cichlids, but i found a couple people online saying it worked for them so i wanted to give it a shot. The Jack Dempsey has been chasing them around every once in a while the past day. No biting just chasing them around briefly. Is this just going to last for a couple days or so while the Jack establishes dominance? Or am i going to have to find this Africans a new home?
Hard to say for sure. I have seen it work, but I have also seen it turn into a problem. Just keep a close eye on them.
Wet useful video I mite try taking my wave maker out then my fish hide all the time I have a plastic house rock type thing and my vc 10 is always in there I have a dragon blood aswell tha hides in a tunnel I have then have few others tha hide at the bottom of the tank in the corner I have my outake pipe from my filter making surface movement on the water if I pushed it down under the water so there was no surface movement will they come out more aswell?
Hard to say. Some fish are skittish just because that's their personality, or they need more confident fish to bring them out. It's certainly worth a try. If nothing changes you can always try something else.
Prime Time Aquatics oh rite ok thanks very much I have removed my wave maker and there out wheeyyy Must of been that few good job glad I saw this video
A few months later? What kind of cleaning set up have you got
I have 2 butterfly koi fish that I recently got at first both were just exploring the tank but now one of them just hides and it gets scared when I get near the tank. The other also hides when I get close to the tank to look at them but just keeps swimming towards the back. Idk what I’m doing wrong ☹️
Any recommendations for shy yellow labs?
Sometimes other types of mellow mbuna like Pseudotropheus acei can help. Also, some larger tetras may bring them out as well.
My rainbow shark always hides there are only danios and a dwarf gourami. He don't eat a lot.
I found they like caves and rock piles. They often come out more as they age.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics ok thank you, it found its favorite hiding places in between two fake leaves that sit against his cave
Two of my biggest fish ( 8-10 inch gold severum and 8-10 inch frontosa) in my 125 community hide the MOST and it's very frustrating. I turn off the lights and walk away and they come out and swim free and are enjoying life. But when I turn on the lights to feed or just observe they hide behind the sponge or in the rock cave. I also have a school of silver dollars, a few tin foils, blood parrots, and 2 juvie severums. What can be the cause and how can i convnice them it's safe to come out. Thanks for the video.
My guess is they don't like the activity of the tin foil barbs. My severums don't like the activity of my tin foil barbs in my 150.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics The tin foil barbs actually school with the silver dollars so they definitely add to the activity of the tank. When I turn off the light and observe from afar, the two big fish actually come out and are swimming freely, with the tin foil barbs and silver dollars. Could it be me and/or the lights? or still the tin foils?
I have 6 angels only in a 40 breeder heavily planted who hide except at feeding time. What fish should I add to bring them out. They are totally healthy and tank parameters are excellent. Ruled out all the other things you talked about??????????? Thanks
You could certainly try some smaller rasboras or tetras? They work wonders for some of my shy fish. : -)
@@PrimeTimeAquatics THANKS!
i added 2 angels to my stock pond yesterday, and it's heavily planted as well, and still no signs of them. I only have guppies and minnows. They haven't floated up dead or anything, i guess we'll have to wait and see!
Has anyone kept exasperatus cichlids?
Spend $300 on plants and rocks for amazing aquascape only for them to group in a corner.
Awesome vid. I have a yellow tailed damsel that has been hiding. Today is day 4. She is 1 out of three and have not witnessed bullying. She is hid out at the back of the tank under a rock. Possibly protecting eggs. My worry is this is day 4 of NOT eating. Do I disturb her or leave her another day?
I would just leave her. Fish can go a long time without eating. She feels secure there for some reason. Just make sure she does not show obvious signs of disease.
Prime Time Aquatics thank you for your response. I am happy to say day 6 and she is out like she ever left. 😋
i have two betta fish with 4 goldfish and 2 angelfish but they always hide under the plants or goes behind the filter , i thought that they were shy but as soon as i moved them to a bowl to clean the tank they fought contentiously fought with each other so whats going on
Male Bettas will usually kill each other if kept together. Females bettas left with males bettas are often killed if they don't form a pair, and the female may be killed even after they breed. Two female bettas will usually fight if left in a small tank. I would separate the two of them.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics unfortunately i have only one tank and its pretty big according to their tank also the blue one eats properly but the red one eats it and spills out immediately so what should i do (size 1.5cm each betta and currently i cant get peas )
Ayush Kumar goldfish aren't tropical, shouldn't be in a tank with those fish, it will either be too hot for the goldfish or too cold for the other ones. Also I really hope either the betta fish are girls or have a divider. Even with two girls if it's to small...
3:36 what's that Grey fish at the middle of that tile stone?
Here you go! ruclips.net/video/CahZrWXoJno/видео.html
What is the fish with the the yellow stripe from front to back on the top of their body around the 4:30 mark?
Those are sulfur head cichlids. Cool fish!
i have a L052 that hides all day comes out only at night or with minimal ambient lighting .If its out with tank lights on something is terribly wrong with the tank
I have fish like that too. They're like canaries in a cool mine. If they are showing signs of stress, something is wrong and I can usually catch it before it impacts the other fish.
I have a 12 inch black shark in a 8ftx2ftx2ft 275g aquarium with 6 guppy's, 18 cardinal tetras, 18 rummy noses, I have 9 silk plants & 7 decorations & he just hides in a 15" cave.. the tank is fully cycled I have more fish in quarantine it's been 2 months..
That's not uncommon - they like their caves. :-)
My guppies were living actively swimming at the front of my tank for more than 6 months, but now today they are all hiding behind the plants behind at the background and swimming slowly, come out only when there is food... My shrimps are totally fine ... I never changed or moved my set up. What do you think happenned ?
Maybe something spooked them during tank maintenance (assuming no other fish have been added)?
Hi. I have 10 Molly Leopard and suddenly today I can't find two of them. I have a 120 liter about 32 galon tank and its impossible for them to hide in the vegatation. The only way they could have hide is in a shell. But I don't think so since the shell is not that big. And I have about two inches of sand in the bottom. Any idea what could have happened to them. I have no other fishis in the tank.
Thanks in advance.
Usually if I can't find them in the tank I start looking for them around the outside of the tank or even in the filter?
I’m the 1000 view.
Clown loaches disappear for hours with no trace... and then the horde appears! I find more quality hiding spots equals more active fish. That and dithers.
Mine get really excited when it's time to eat!
What fish can I use to help my gourami feel comfortable? I have one with 4 guppies, I noticed it started hiding because the guppies try to bully it. I was thinking about getting some tetras?
Those could work.
Just bought a new 10 gallon tank and 3 guppies. They have been staying right by the filter for the last 3 days. Not sure what is going on? They only come out to eat and then go right back to the corner where the filter is at. We do have lights going too. Not sure if this is normal? What do you think is going on?
As long as they are coming out when it's time to eat it might just take some time for them to get used to the new environment.
My Danio fish are all over the tank during the night but make the tank look empty during the day.
I got 2 fish and a new aquarium I have ever thing for them.how can I get them to Come out I wish I could
I have 3 bule Ram in a 10 ga tank for 6mouth and the big ram in the tank keep changing the small one I got a lot what can do
You may have to remove one of them. They might not have enough space to call their own.
Looks like the three largest residents of that last tank need to move up to a much bigger or at least a longer tank.
Ya, that's something I've talked about in a few previous videos. I Agree
Thank you. Can you please do a video series on how to treat various diseases and infections you mention? How do you treat ick? How about internal parasites? Tapeworms? Bloat? Fin nip? Head injuries? Ammonia burn?
I will add it to my list. : -)
i have had a black moor for around a year in a very small tank which resulted in him not growing really at all. i recently purchased a 30 gallon tank off an old couple who had tropical fish inside. there was four tiger barbs and two gouramis. without really agreeing to it i ended up with the fish previously in the tank. i knew the tigers would be problematic with a black moor but i tried it and they have nipped his tail a few times but mostly leave him alone. my parents won’t let me take the tigers out of the tank for a week though so that the black moor can “settle in” but the black moor is just in the corner all the time and i would hate it if he died.
could you tell me how long my black moor would last under the stress?
Goldfish don't last as long as other fish when they are not eating. Their stomachs are smaller and need a more consistent supply of food compared to other types of fish. I would try to get the other fish back to a petstore as quickly as possible. The gourami will most likely be an issue at some point as well. Hope everything works out ok!
Synodontis Catfish -in my 90 gallon stays inside a large driftwood only at night to eat ?
Possibly!
Black sharks are considered aggressive fish aswell
I stop the water flow and hes out again, ty very much
Ya, they often hide when the water flow is too high. Glad he is out and about again.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics Gracias 🙂
Please help! My 6 discus fish swims freely and happy in the tank only when i am away!! but goes into hiding whenever i go near their tank. I put their food in tank and just ignore it. I have to leave them in order for them to come out and eat! I already have them for 2 months, and still not improving! What should i do?
Sometimes dither fish can be helpful. Maybe investigate what types of schooling fish people have had success keeping with discus. The schooling fish tend not to be as skittish and can teach the discus it's ok.
Idk if someone can help me but i just got 2 bristlenose plecos and they wont come out to eat even if it night, they sit behind the filter and when they do come out they disappear the second i come in. I rly dont know what to do
That can be very normal. In some tanks I never see them. In other tanks they are out a lot more. Part of it depends on the tankmates.
I just put my tetras in the display tank today after they quarantined for a month. They are the only fish in the tank and the water parameters are good. But they are hiding. Is this just because of the move and they will settle in soon?
They often come out once they settle in.
I have two Clown Plecos and a Kuhli Loach that live together in a hollow rock shaped ornament. I've seen a Pleco's eyes by shining a flash light at the entrance and only saw the Kuhli Loach once in two years when cleaning the tank. The three live secluded lives together. I am their guardian ;-{)
I have fish like that too!
I added 2 small angels to my pond yesterday and I still havent seen them. I only have guppies and minnows in there. Could it be the aquascape in the pond? It's heavily planted with guppy grass and other plants. Help! :(
That could be it.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics They showed and showed out yesterday, they're doing great!
I have a banjo for 3 yrs or more, see him bout every 6 months or so, lol. He was a freebie though so no biggie
Sounds about right. Haha
I got 1 first time I went to the store he was very active fish
so decided to to get 1 more now my first fish hide all the time and my 2 one he allover the place . What could happened??
It's probably getting bullied by the other fish.
yea for some reason one of my tetras (pink) is bullying one of my tetras (green), in fact its not only him all my other fishes (also tetras and angelfish), except for one are bullying him too. idk if its because they're territoriall fish, bc the green tetra always stays behind this one bick rock in the left corner of or tank, and the rets chill everywhere else. or if its becuase they're starving, even though i feed them alot which might be a bad idea. and today the green tetra was just straight up missing, it hought that one of the fishes just ate him, but then a couple mins kater he popped out of nowhere, so i guess he was just tryna hide from them now which is kinda sad bc they all used to be friends. i also dont know why he stays behind the rock all the time, maybe its his territory, but if so, th eother fishes sometimes go to the back and attack him too, or maybe he just scared.
yea for some reason one of my tetras (pink) is bullying one of my tetras (green), in fact its not only him all my other fishes (also tetras and angelfish), except for one are bullying him too. idk if its because they're territoriall fish, bc the green tetra always stays behind this one bick rock in the left corner of or tank, and the rets chill everywhere else. or if its becuase they're starving, even though i feed them alot which might be a bad idea. and today the green tetra was just straight up missing, it hought that one of the fishes just ate him, but then a couple mins kater he popped out of nowhere, so i guess he was just tryna hide from them now which is kinda sad bc they all used to be friends. i also dont know why he stays behind the rock all the time, maybe its his territory, but if so, th eother fishes sometimes go to the back and attack him too, or maybe he just scared.
If you get keep them in large groups that sometimes helps - 10-12.
I have a female convict fish she only comes out when the fish tank light is off . What can I do and she's not eating
Make sure there is no illness in the tank and water parameters are ok. Also, dither fish may be helpful - something the size of rainbow fish.
Can I put an angelfish with a parrot fish?
I have seen it done, but I'm hesitant to do it because parrot fish can be to pushy for angelfish and sometimes bully them.
Hi great vid but why is my green terror so scared of me he isn’t shy because he is always out when I’m not there but as I go near the tank he goes and hides in the rocks.
I have fish like that too. My entire group of rainbow cichlids goes behind the rocks whenever I come to the tank. I can watch them from across the room in full action mode - walk by them and BOOM - back under the rocks. They didn't used to be like that. Some times dither fish are helpful.
Thanks
I just brought 4 blood red parrots....all of them hide lol i was watching them for bout an hour (to watch how they are doing), i must have seen 2 lol i was like "at least i know i decorated enough "lol
That will change - they tend to be very active fish once they are comfortable. :-)
@@PrimeTimeAquatics i found the secret lol i had to hand feed them blood worms lol once i did that, i guess i no longer was a threat lol now they just happy lol i also took out a cave so they have more room to swim. i think the amount of space they have scared them. I did get them from a store that had like 10 in a 10 gallon aquarium.
I'm at my wits end :( my four adult platys have all been hiding since I did some tank maintenance for the first time in a month because there were new fry (30% water change, gravel vacuumed, trimmed/moved around some water sprite, cleaned the glass), and their fry are swimming around like nothing happened. The adults have all been huddled under my sponge filter and seem really spooked ever yesterday when I did the maintenance. I'm able to entice them out with food and they eat normally, but when mealtime is over, they go right back to hiding. Water parameters are perfect, and there's no sign of disease. They're usually so active and friendly, so this is a drastic behavior change. Did I really just scare them with their first major tank cleaning? I feel like I betrayed their little fishie trust :(
They can be a little weird like that. Usually with time they come back out.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics Thank you for the reassurance, I appreciate it more than you know. I just really love these little goobers and want them to be happy and healthy!
I recently bought a new goldfish and it just hides all the time. Only time I sometimes see it, is when the lights are off. I never see it out during the day. I have 2 other goldfish in the tank with it
Sometimes it takes a week or so for them to feel comfortable.
I thought they were just resting. I only have one betta and he disappears sometimes
My clown pleco is not really active he only stays on the glass for like 15 and moves like a couple of inches from it🤧
That is totally normal. I see mine like once every few months. : -)
My blood parrot fish is hiding...what should I do?
My jaguar killed all his goldfish tank mate and now he is hiding all the time. He is only 2inch
Hi
I have a group of 5 black skirt tetras and 1 hides in a cave all day. The other 4 move in a group together with no issues.
That started happening with some tetras I had too.
But it's weird because all 5 are very healthy and the larger one is the 1 who hides. Yet it's not consistant, some days he's with the other 4.