TOtrees Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 (edited) What's your "I never see them" fish? My basement fish room includes a 40 breeder that doesn't really breed much except assassin snails and lemon bn plecos. There is a herd of habrosus cories (like 25 or more), half a dozen adolfo cories, a dozen rummy noses, 5 dwarf neon rainbows, plus the aforementioned medium sized bn's (4). Around 3 years ago, my 33 gallon display tank in the dining room sprang a slow leak, and rather than replace it I took it down and "rehomed" all the fish into the various other tanks. This included 20 kuhli loaches that I've had for around 6 years now. They went into a 20 high with a colony of rabbit snails for over a year, and when I took that tank down I moved them all to the 40. I don't think I've seen more than 3 at a time since then, like almost 12 months ago I think. But I'd bet they're all still there. 🙂 So, my answer is kuhlis. Edited July 29 by TOtrees 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mississippi fish guy Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 Mine would be my clown pleco. It almost never leaves its hiding spot in my 55 community tank. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 On 7/29/2024 at 1:56 PM, Mississippi fish guy said: Mine would be my clown pleco. It almost never leaves its hiding spot in my 55 community tank. yup, back when i had clown pleco's i have gone periods of 9 months without seeing it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOLANANO Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 I have a single Amano shrimp named Houdini that shows up once every few weeks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoryWithAKatana Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 I had 1 cherry shrimp that I added to my tank like a few weeks ago. I haven't seen it but I assume its somewhere..either its in my rock or its in shrimp heaven idk lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlindsey Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 I have a banjo catfish that appears from under the sand once a month. 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 For the longest time I had thought my skunk corys had slowly disappeared. Turns out not. After I started moving hardscape, all but 1 was still there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intothefuture1.618 Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 I have had neo shrimp in all my tanks and eventually decided to catch as many as I can out of the bigger ones so I can dabble in cichlids. Many weeks/months went by, many cichlids and rainbow fish later. I figured all the shrimp I missed would have been completely wiped out. Wasn't until I had an unrelated reason to turn the lights on in the room the tanks were in and I was super impressed at the amount of shrimp hanging out on top of my lotus leaves and all amongst the many stem plants. Apparently the shrimp I couldn't find have been secretly thriving at night despite some rather aggressive shrimp eaters! I had never seen a single one during the day in all the weeks since I thought I had gotten enough out that no colony would rebuild but they are very easy to find out and about at night. Nature found a way! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelplessNewbie Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 (edited) I have pygmy cory for which I never get a full count, always sighting only 4 to 6 at a time. My amano shrimp are similar, I only see 2 at a time. I think there should be 6 of them. I don't see bladder snails in my 65 gallon anymore, the tank had a ton of them before stocking. I expect they are there, maybe hiding under the ugf plate. Edited July 30 by HelplessNewbie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beach Cruiser Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Two Otos that survived an extended period of benign neglect. Now, all of a sudden, one has taken to being out & about during the daytime. I know they prefer groups & would like more but don't have a good source locally... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Clown pleco in my 100 gallon nanofish and bottom feeder tank is the clear winner for me. I haven’t seen him in so long that I don’t even know where he hangs out anymore. I can’t even remember for sure the last time I saw him because I wasn’t fast enough to get a pic of him. Most recent pic was back in September, so coming up on 11 months. I have seen him since then, but it’s been months ago. I use a flashlight and look for him periodically but may or may not find him. I haven’t for at least 4 months or more but that isn’t too unusual to not see him for months on end. 🤷🏻♀️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastie Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Indostomus Paradoxus was my fish, I still have one, though for few months I have assumed I didnt, and I started with 8 and never ever have I seen 8. I also had several pygmy corydoras, lost a bunch but still, didnt see the rest. After tearing down the tank, I have 2 left, moved to another tank. One I see all the time, the other I do not ever see but occasionally glimpse it so I know there are still two. I want to buy 10 more and see if it changes their mind about liking me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwcarlson Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 (edited) I had "six" kuhli loaches for awhile. I did not really enjoy them much, so I rehomed them all. Or... I thought I did, apparently I'd had 7. There was one loose one that I missed. It went into the new tank I'd set up and I didn't see it again for over 1.5 years. I assumed it was dead, but after netting out all of the fish, he showed up when I was netting out all of the shrimp to give away. Thankfully the guy taking the shrimp also took the kuhli loach. Edited July 30 by jwcarlson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastie Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 On 7/30/2024 at 2:00 PM, jwcarlson said: I had "six" kuhli loaches for awhile. I did not really enjoy them much, so I rehomed them all. Or... I thought I did, apparently I'd had 7. There was one loose one that I missed. It went into the new tank I'd set up and I didn't see it again for over 1.5 years. I assumed it was dead, but after netting out all of the fish, he showed up when I was netting out all of the shrimp to give away. Thankfully the guy taking the shrimp also took the kuhli loach. What other fish did you have with the kuhlies? I keep hearing this experience, and I only have 5 in a 360liter, since half of them didnt make it through the quarantine (ich), and I keep seeing them all the time, they climb up the plants, they hunt mosquito larvae, they slither around everywhere so I have vastly different experience than everyone else but not sure why 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwcarlson Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 On 7/30/2024 at 7:27 AM, beastie said: What other fish did you have with the kuhlies? I keep hearing this experience, and I only have 5 in a 360liter, since half of them didnt make it through the quarantine (ich), and I keep seeing them all the time, they climb up the plants, they hunt mosquito larvae, they slither around everywhere so I have vastly different experience than everyone else but not sure why 🙂 Initially, a bunch of swordtails, and they were out and about quite a bit with them. But I still just didn't like them. When in the next tank, a mix of tetras, some corys, a couple plecos... but it was much more densely planted. I just didn't hit it off with them, I guess. They're pretty neat fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mississippi fish guy Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 On 7/30/2024 at 7:27 AM, beastie said: I keep seeing them all the time, they climb up the plants, they hunt mosquito larvae, they slither around everywhere so I have vastly different experience than everyone else but not sure why 🙂 My kuhlies act similarly. My tank has almost no plants put it has a large piece of driftwood in the center that they hang around. The lights are dim because of all the tannins in the water. I often see them looking for food near the drift wood. I try to be sure they get plenty to eat since the corys will eat everything if too little food reaches the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 On 7/30/2024 at 1:52 AM, beastie said: Indostomus Paradoxus was my fish, I still have one, though for few months I have assumed I didnt, and I started with 8 and never ever have I seen 8. I also had several pygmy corydoras, lost a bunch but still, didnt see the rest. After tearing down the tank, I have 2 left, moved to another tank. One I see all the time, the other I do not ever see but occasionally glimpse it so I know there are still two. I want to buy 10 more and see if it changes their mind about liking me. I had bought more pygmy cories a while back to add to my smallish group and they got left in a QT for a bit because I thought some had passed (found one that died) and I wanted to wait a full month after the last passed. I had only seen one for well over a month. They were in a foam substrate over UGF tank - this only matters because I knew I would have to pull all plants / pots out which triggered the procrastination. Through crazy work schedule and laziness, they and the ember tetras they were with stayed in there for a while. I only ever saw one pygmy at a time and figured I lost most of the group. 😞 I caught everybody out of the tank early last week. I still had 9/10 pygmies and 18/20 embers. 🤷🏻♀️ Now the cories are in with the rest of my pygmies and the group is much bolder with higher numbers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 (edited) Do 1 million malaysian trumpet snails count? Edited July 30 by Lennie 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOtrees Posted July 30 Author Share Posted July 30 (edited) On 7/30/2024 at 2:52 AM, beastie said: Indostomus Paradoxus was my fish I had them for a bit. Super cool, not very rewarding. When you think they’re gone, you have to keep the tank running for weeks or more in case they’re just good hiders. Lol On 7/30/2024 at 11:24 AM, Lennie said: Do 1 million malaysian trumpet snails count? No. 😐 Another one from my tanks are my L397. I have 4; 2 each in 2 different tanks. In each tank I can see the tip of the tail of one of them where they rest during the day, but almost never see sign of the second. I have to sneak in hours after lights out to catch sight of them. I’m constantly amazed at how chonky they are. 🙂 Edited July 30 by TOtrees 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owb51 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 I have 2 kuhli loaches I added a few weeks ago, haven’t seen but one every once in a blue moon. Don’t know if I’m seeing the same one over and over again or what. 🤣🤣🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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