SilverBlade86 Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 It's been 2 weeks now that I've added a new male BN to my tank after my main male died. However, I've never seen him at all during the past 2 weeks! Its like he just disappeared. The tank isn't heavily planted, it just has a piece of driftwood in it. I'm getting worried, I've lost 3 males in this tank so far, but the 2 females in it are getting along just fine. Unless its the females that are driving the males to suicide .. :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Give him a flower pot or some other "cave" so he can hide and doesn't have the girls hassling him all the time LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Hes in there somewhere......dim the lights and try putting in a spirulina disc or a slice of cucumber to tempt him out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBlade86 Posted August 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 There's a bamboo pipe in there but no one uses it, not even the females. I've tried dimming the lights and putting out some food but only the females respond. It's weird really. Any other suggestions before I pull out the driftwood to search for him? Out of the 3 males in the tank, I've only recovered 1 body ... hmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Just checking that you have tight fitting lids on your tank. I lost several bn before I discovered that when they went zipping up the sides of the tank cleaning they went straight over the top. Found them all krispy at the back of the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 i wouldnt see mine for ages, he was usually upside down under the driftwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 i wouldnt see mine for ages, he was usually upside down under the driftwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jn Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 Any news? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBlade86 Posted August 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 Yes, I just went searching around for him, looking closely at each side of the tank. I THINK I saw him hiding under the driftwood, just as smidey said. I just wonder why he isn't using any of the caves I put in for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jn Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 cuz he knows you can see him if he's in those?? 8) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 I just wonder why he isn't using any of the caves I put in for him. You've obviously never had pets or children before... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBlade86 Posted August 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 cuz he knows you can see him if he's in those?? 8) :lol: I guess so heh. Will put more in to give him a selection You've obviously never had pets or children before... Pets I had, children ... thankfully not yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me love fishy Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 I had a small bn go awol for over a month and thought it was dead, but just came back out of nowhere one day, they can be so hard to spot on driftwood, I hope your bn is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolette Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 I have 2 small bn, one is only 3cm long if that and they are the most sociable bottom fish. When I had just the one I never saw it but got him a mate and voila there they are... Cant say the same for my new goldspot pleco... it wont come out from under its favorite bit of driftwood and I swear it knows when I am watching the tank and refuses to move at all till I have gone. Never work with small animals or children...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketman Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 my GFs sister had a BN that i put into her tank for her, and that used to go awol for ages at a time, then one day we changed the water and it was completely gone, no body, nothing to say that it used to be there at all, no carpet jerky around the tank either, and it had a tight fitting lid.... go figure, cos i begin to wonder if the aliens abducted him... along wiv the sis and removing both thier brains and swapping them... :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolette Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 eeww.... twilight zone stuff.. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBlade86 Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 I finally found out what happened to my male BN. Found 4 baby BNs in the tank today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBlade86 Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Make that more like 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBlade86 Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 -1 now, saw a couple of Swordtails poking at one BN baby. I think it was already dead when the swords got him, but still that's one less in my tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 If you can see 6 or 7 then my guess is there will be more that you can't see. Congrats :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBlade86 Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Thanks, but the ironic part was I was cursing the male BN for hiding so much. At least I know it definitely a good breeding area as I have absolutely no idea where he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBlade86 Posted August 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 I am about to release my fighter into the tank because he was nipping the tails off guppies in the other tank, will he attack my mini BNs? They are around 1-2cm in size at most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 my fighters don't touch my bn, they go up to have a look and nose at them but leave them alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBlade86 Posted August 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 Cool, thats a relief. Now, my fighter has gone missing. :-? Perhaps I should start up a "Fighter gone AWOL thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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