i have 2 tiny stone sucker fish in a 2 foot tank with four fancy goldfish. they always hide behing the filter and i never see them..they were ok for the 1st day..but now i never see them. even if i put in food they wouldnt react. i only got these fish 3 days ago...any one know wat i can od? or will they always be like this?
2006-12-21 08:34:49 · 11 answers · asked by Answer me please 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Many "sucker" type fish are nocturnal and you will not see them during the day.
When you feed them you want to do this after you turn off the lights, otherwise the other fish will "steal" their food.
However to "unshy" fish in general you can use dither fish. These are very active fish that are always out and about. Many shy fish will become more active if they see other fish swimming about. This is because if there were predators around the other fish wouldn't be out and about. So seeing them makes the shy fish more comfortable.
A fish that is often used as a dither fish is the zebra danio.
2006-12-21 12:41:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They likely need more time to adapt to their new home. Usually, the more hiding places you give them, the more they will feel secure to come out in the open. Removing hiding places often increases stress and causes the opposite reaction, a fish that is constantly trying to hide...
2006-12-21 08:48:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-20 23:42:58 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give em a few days maybe. Or put something in the tank that will make it look like they're hiding behind it, but you can still see them.
2006-12-21 08:43:22 · answer #4 · answered by Be Still and know He's God 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I just bought an elephant nose fish and hes hiding too... He wont eat either. I guess their time will come.
2006-12-23 04:03:08 · answer #5 · answered by jen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't unshy fish. Unshy isn't a word. Maybe not shy. Maybe they didn't like it other after the first day.
2006-12-21 08:38:01 · answer #6 · answered by Kristen H 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am not familiar with that type of algae eater, im assuming these are tropical, which in that case they are likely to stress and die especially if the temperature is unstable,
2006-12-21 09:17:42 · answer #7 · answered by Bob K 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
DONT scare him.after a while, he'll get used to u.also, since their plecs(stone sucker fish) they dont usually eat food u feed him. they feed on algea. your goldfish shouldnt be shy though... they might be nipping at your poor plecs.
2006-12-21 10:44:55 · answer #8 · answered by Shadow(betta boy) 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
fish are not dogs, they are not tame, nor can you take them to obeident school. if you were stuck in a glass box were you had no privacy wouldnt you look for a place to relax too?
2006-12-21 08:44:24 · answer #9 · answered by chrissys08 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
maybe something is scaring the fish they should come around more soon
2006-12-21 08:39:02 · answer #10 · answered by kat_luvr2003 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋