Stella Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 When I do water changes sometimes I swear the fish seem to enjoy the excitement of something different happening in the tank! The bullies get really, really, annoyingly curious. I often have to stop and shoo them away and have caught them in the vacuum before. The kokopu just seem to get really excited, but quite different from when scared (like avoiding a net). All my fish (natives) eat invertebrates so it is not like I am stirring up food for them. Has anyone else found similar things with their fish while doing water changes etc? Stella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 They get used to whatever happens regularly... I usually have to push my big pleco out of the way when I vacuum his tank, and allways have to check the bucket for small guppies that have done the pipeline trip :roll: Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 yeah native fish love it. especially when the new water is going back ito the tank through the return they all go swim in the return flow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted May 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 yeah native fish love it. especially when the new water is going back ito the tank through the return they all go swim in the return flow Very much so! Notably my kokopu. Whoever said they liked *slow* water?! The thing I forgot to say in my first post was that all my fish are wild caught, most within the last year, so it is not like water changes (or humans for that matter) have been going on their whole lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 I got a good tail slapping and a few pecks tonight from a discus who had eggs (normally have to push the blighters out of the way) and usually have to fend off the oscar. All of my fish are used to me having my hands in the tank, except my bristlenose and agassizi who usually run and hide :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoll Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 My Oscar stalks the vacuum... He's managed to bite me a couple of times, drew blood once. Also tends to do a spectacular "fast turn" at the surface and spread water ofer me and a good 3-4 metres of floor. Gavin.... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me love fishy Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 My butterfly rams and serpae tetras love it when i gravel vac and they try to eat the stuff going up the tube and can't suss out why they can't get to it. I have to be careful that I don't suck them up though, and most of my fish enjoy it when new water is poured into the tank, they like to go with the flow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 My fish all hang around the uplift hoping to nab bits dislodged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 Most of our fish tend to try to eat the flyng debris that goes up the gravel vac, or ignore it, they'e very used to it. Have recently started having problems with our largest Oscar taking offense to my presence in the tank. They love playing in the hose water and alll of our fish perk up when we add cold fresh water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Gunner Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 SpidersWeb - Do you add cold water straight from the hose without dechlorinator? I'm wondering if lower hutt water has chlorine in it and whether it would be safe just pouring cold water straight in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 I do the same, just spray water in from my hose. Chlorine evaporates really, really quickly with aeration -and spraying from the hose counts as aeration. When I first got my Oscar he was afraid of the gravel siphon, now he just ignores it and begs for food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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