My husband and I have a large aquarium with several Tetras. Just a day or two ago, a small rockish/flowery looking prop was knocked over, and a low coral prop right next to it was covered up with the pebbles we have at the bottom of the tank. I am certain that the fish did it because my husband and I live alone, with nobody else coming into the house. We have had the fish for about nine months, and they have never done this before. Any answers on why this would happen?
2007-07-21 17:39:13 · 3 answers · asked by Elisabeth 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
I wish I could tell you what kind of Tetras they are...my husband did the fish buying :) There are 2 orange and two are leopard black and grey, all a little over an inch long. We also have one striped and one spotted black and white fish about the same length but a lot skinnier. We have a 46 gallon tank (somewhere around there) and no underground filter--we've considered it but haven't gotten one.
2007-07-21 17:53:15 · update #1
The prop didn't have air in it as I haven't removed it from the aquarium in quite a while. What is odd is that the gravel under the now fallen prop is what is covering the coral prop. It's like someone intentionally knocked it over, then pulled the gravel out from under it and put it on top of the other prop. Maybe I'm going to have to chalk it all up to fish ghosts, haha.
2007-07-24 05:06:55 · update #2
First of all, it doesn't sound like those are Tetras at all. Guessing from the orange and black and white one, I would say they are either Platies or Mollies. I don't think those fish could have knocked over an ornament like that without some help, so it is quite possible that there was air trapped under it.
Nosoop4u
2007-07-22 04:58:37 · answer #1 · answered by nosoop4u246 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you've got quite a mystery! Some additional ifo about you tank might help. What kind(s) of tetras do you have (or how large)?
Do you by any chance use an undergravel filter?
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Well, not having an undergravel filter blew my idea that the airstone was too far down the tube and was trapping air underneath that got released beneath the plant and then the bubbles came up, they knocked the one over and threw up some gravel onto the other!
Was the flowery one something that could have trapped air underneath? Maybe it it was removed for cleaning recently, it wasn't turned upside down to release the air. The may have given it enough buoyancy that the fish could have knocked it over if they were swimming around quickly and ran into it. If th base of the first was large enough, it could have had some gravel over it which spilled onto the other as it overturned.
2007-07-21 17:50:04 · answer #2 · answered by copperhead 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they just got excited and smacked it. some fish have been known to suck up a specific color gravel and sort them. some just like to decorate themselves. i had a pleco, brutus, he was a monster at 7" and he like to knock over the castle for fun
2007-07-21 17:47:36 · answer #3 · answered by Chris P 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋