Skittish SRBD
#1 Guest_AMcCaleb_*
Posted 09 June 2014 - 02:42 PM
#4 Guest_AMcCaleb_*
Posted 09 June 2014 - 05:17 PM
I have a video of the tank that I just put together this weekend. I posted it in the photography section. I've got ludwigia that reaches to the surface but that's it. I'm just curious because none of the other fish seem anywhere near as skittish.Can you share a photo of your tank? It's possible that adding plants may decrease the scary open area and help the fish feel more at ease. Ceratophyllum is an example of a bushy plant that would cushion the blow of head hitting glass.
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#5 Guest_Skipjack_*
Posted 09 June 2014 - 08:40 PM
#6 Guest_AMcCaleb_*
Posted 09 June 2014 - 09:33 PM
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#11 Guest_AMcCaleb_*
Posted 09 June 2014 - 10:38 PM
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#12
Posted 10 June 2014 - 05:58 AM
All joking aside, how many SRBD do you currently have? I have a whopping 2 MRBD and see them spook more readily than other shiners. Nothing severe like you're describing. But they are the first to flee in the same settings you're describing; tank in living room, tank lights off, room lights on, people walking by. My thoughts would be to add more conspecifics. Safety in numbers although mixed species schools usually quell a lot of the flight response of even the most timid.
So who really needs an excuse to get more fish!? I say, get more fish as that 500g is going to look mighty empty with only ~50 animals in there.
#13 Guest_AMcCaleb_*
Posted 10 June 2014 - 06:11 AM
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#16 Guest_mikez_*
Posted 14 June 2014 - 12:24 PM
Like I was half joking---hit up Zimmermans for another 8 to 10! They will certainly feel more comfortable being in a larger school of their own species. That is honestly the first thing that I would do, in addition to what others have suggested.
That was also going to be my suggestion - as well as a bigger a tank as you said above.
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