clownbaby Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 I feel like there are so many fish species that are so secretive and keep to themselves so much -- I drop in those shrimp pellets for my pygmy cories, but I only ever see them during water changes... sometimes, anyway. So, show me or tell me about the fish[es] in your aquariums who are often never seen. The ones you feed and just hope they're not dead, because even if you looked for them, you wouldn't ever find them. Whether it's common answers -- kuhli loaches, I hear -- or fish that are atypical and just have a reserved personality. Let me see them!!!!! For me, it is definitely my pygmy cories. My otocinclus are also pretty shy, but in the early mornings I can catch them on the front glass, and I see them hiding in the plants now and again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOLANANO Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 (edited) I just bought this Bluefin Notho Killi and it’s strikingly beautiful but has been fairly shy my hope is that he will get bolder with time. His girlfriend is out and about without issue but she is kind of drab looking. Edited August 27 by NOLANANO 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clownbaby Posted August 27 Author Share Posted August 27 On 8/27/2024 at 11:33 AM, NOLANANO said: I just bought this Bluefin Notho Killi and it’s strikingly beautiful but has been fairly shy my hope is that he will get bolder with time. His girlfriend is out and about without issue but she is kind of drab looking. He is stunning! I haven't heard of these fish before. I quite like the female too (I love "drab" fishes that are grey/brown/kinda boring), but there is no doubt that the male is jaw-dropping. I will have to look into these fish a bit! I don't know too much about killifish, but they always intrigue me. I wish you the best of luck with your handsome boy -- hopefully he will start to show off a bit more! P.S. even out of focus, that wood piece in the back is amazing. The color is stunning, and the texture is perfect. Just wanted to say that looks awesome 🤩🤘 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOLANANO Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 I actually just rescaped my tank. I also didn’t know much about the Bluefin Notho killi fish either but I saw it in the store and did some research. When I went back, they had more so I bought a pair. There isn’t a ton of info online other than they are more of an annual species that live about a year. Which means you’ll be lucky to get 6-8 months in the tank. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scaperoot Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 I have 3 Pea Puffers (Hewey, Dewey, Lewey) in a 40 gallon community tank, and one of them only comes out when I feed them bloodworms. Every time I start to think he's passed away, he pops up to slurp some worms lol. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mississippi fish guy Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Mine would be 1. clown pleco 2. striped ralphael catfish (currently named Larry but I’m not sure if there is a way to sex them) 3. longear sunfish It is always hiding since the bluegill (which will be removed soon) bullies it whenever it sees it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clownbaby Posted August 27 Author Share Posted August 27 On 8/27/2024 at 2:40 PM, Mississippi fish guy said: Mine would be 1. clown pleco 2. striped ralphael catfish (currently named Larry but I’m not sure if there is a way to sex them) 3. longear sunfish It is always hiding since the bluegill (which will be removed soon) bullies it whenever it sees it. Mmm!!! I LOVE plecs!!! Bristlenose Plecos are what got me into fishkeeping. I was going back and forth between clown plecos and otos, but decided on otos because I heard from many that pygmy cories and otos enjoy each other's company. Still, I would love to have a plec again in the future. My old BN pleco had two moods: shy or aggressive. I am pretty confident that the behavior only came from me giving them really improper care. Regardless, I didn't know clown plecos were shy at all. Good to know 🙂 On 8/27/2024 at 12:31 PM, Scaperoot said: I have 3 Pea Puffers (Hewey, Dewey, Lewey) in a 40 gallon community tank, and one of them only comes out when I feed them bloodworms. Every time I start to think he's passed away, he pops up to slurp some worms lol. Gawsh darn! Pea Puffers are horrible. Why? Because THEY ARE SO DARN CUTE every SINGLE time I see them I just want to go out and buy a big tank full of them!!!! Goodness, what cuties! I love the matching names as well. Love the one in the foreground with the yellow-er color: so pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woowala Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 This thread gives me hope that my hitchhiker pygmy cory fry are still alive somewhere. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 i dont currently have any, but have had clown pleco's vanish for more than a year in my 120. about the time i used to figure hmmm it must have died, poof there it comes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 That would be my epiplaty dageti….sort of. I occasionally see an eyeball or nose poking out of plants or spawning mops. Even at feeding time I never see a whole fish. Im still trying to get full body photos after a few months to turn in for my BAP article. Im starting to resign myself to having to wait for the babies to grow up to get photos. I know both pairs are there because they each have their own spawning mop that is forever covered in to many eggs. They were stunning in the bag. I would not call them shy. I think they are just always hiding in the plants and mops laying eggs non stop. here is an internet photo. They really are beautiful I just wish they did their courting in the open so I could see it 🤪 of course just to make a liar of me before lights came on so not full color 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JE47 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 (edited) On 8/27/2024 at 12:31 PM, Scaperoot said: Hewey, Dewey, Lewey) Love the names especially, though I wonder if they are as troublesome as Donald Duck's nephews. I would agree my tail spot pygmy corydora hide most of the time except for two whom I assume are females. They love to swim as a pair and explore the tank they are really cute. Edited August 28 by JE47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlueBeetle Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 I'm super impressed some of you are able to get pics! I have a clown pleco that has been spotted less than bigfoot over the last 3 years. The only time I see him is when I conduct a military style sweep of the tank with a flashlight, and even then, its 5 minutes of squinting to make sure its not the top of a hillstream loach's head. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 On 8/27/2024 at 6:14 PM, Woowala said: This thread gives me hope that my hitchhiker pygmy cory fry are still alive somewhere. Pygmy fry are very robust. I’ve had full grown pygmy show up in tanks I moved plants I did not know contained eggs to months prior. I even had some in my fatso laetacara dorsigera tank. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beach Cruiser Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 (edited) 2 mystery Otos. They miraculously survived the extended Algaepocalypse & only surfaced during a full tank tear down. Now it's like they owe me money. 😕 Edited August 28 by Beach Cruiser 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herefishie Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Without a doubt it's my Snowball Pleco. He literally hides in a cave all day long. It's a shame because he is cute. I presume he comes out at night to eat but since I'm asleep, I never see him. I would never get another one for that very reason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clownbaby Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 On 8/28/2024 at 5:45 AM, Guppysnail said: Pygmy fry are very robust. I’ve had full grown pygmy show up in tanks I moved plants I did not know contained eggs to months prior. I even had some in my fatso laetacara dorsigera tank. That's good to hear! I hope to maybe try inducing breeding on my pygmy cories. My only doubt is my black neons are convinced they're starving to death (they are certainly not) and will eat literally everything. At first I thought they were munching on my ludwigia -- turns out they occasionally eat my bladder snail's eggs. So I highly doubt that even if they did breed that the eggs would survive haha On 8/28/2024 at 7:33 AM, Herefishie said: Without a doubt it's my Snowball Pleco. He literally hides in a cave all day long. It's a shame because he is cute. I presume he comes out at night to eat but since I'm asleep, I never see him. I would never get another one for that very reason. How DARE you make me fall in love with yet another pleco species!!!!!! I hadn't ever seen a Snowball Pleco and omg they are so freakin pretty! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woowala Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 On 8/28/2024 at 8:45 AM, Guppysnail said: Pygmy fry are very robust. I’ve had full grown pygmy show up in tanks I moved plants I did not know contained eggs to months prior. I even had some in my fatso laetacara dorsigera tank. It would be nice. I've never been much into catfish but the fry are cute as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelplessNewbie Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 On 8/27/2024 at 8:10 PM, Guppysnail said: my epiplaty dageti Wow, that is a beauty!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWilk Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Amano shrimp. Mine are the worst algae eaters I have ever seen, the only way I make sure they are still alive is to sneak up on the tank with a flashlight at 2am and inspect the driftwood. Their little eyes glow at me as they crawl around, and then they vanish back into the shrimp dimension. They’re baffling. I have no idea where they go. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guupy42 Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Sometimes, Nerite Snails will go into hiding, and they are unseen for up to a few months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 On 9/20/2024 at 1:52 PM, HelplessNewbie said: Wow, that is a beauty!!! I finally got a bit better of a picture showing the actual purple color 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrophyllum_minus Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 I have two blue eyed lemon plecos (young but probably male and female- hopefully). One is always out and one is often hiding in the driftwood cave. But I don't think that reaches the level of disappearing act that many of you all have mentioned with yours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 On 9/20/2024 at 7:49 PM, Retrophyllum_minus said: I have two blue eyed lemon plecos (young but probably male and female- hopefully). One is always out and one is often hiding in the driftwood cave. But I don't think that reaches the level of disappearing act that many of you all have mentioned with yours. My blue-eyed lemons are absolute showboaters compared to my clown pleco. I’ve gotten 3 sightings within the last month of my clown pleco and I’m pretty sure that’s a record! It’s usually a sighting every 3 to 6 months and sometimes even longer between. I sometimes catch more glimpses of him but very often too late to get pics or it’s only a pic of a dark crevice where only me knowing it was a clown pleco there is my only consolation prize for bad fish pic of the month. Here’s a phenomenally good pic of his backside from last month. 😂 🤣 🤷🏻♀️ 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago On 9/20/2024 at 1:59 PM, Guupy42 said: Sometimes, Nerite Snails will go into hiding, and they are unseen for up to a few months. Yes. Mine does that like crazy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justnotrook Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago (edited) Easily my hillstream loach. He pops up every couple of months and then goes into his *Hillstream loach dimension* On 9/27/2024 at 4:42 PM, Whitecloud09 said: Yes. Mine does that like crazy! Only my king koopa Nerite does this, the red racer and horned tricolor are always out and about Edited 15 hours ago by Justnotrook 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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