Names of Fish Behaviors?

[Frank Castle]

Is there a scientific term to use when a stream of bubbles ascends from a fish's behind?

aeration.

 

[Yohanon]

Picks up a plant and moves it to the other side of the tank - redecorating

Moves all the gravel to one side of the tank - building mountains

Bites me during tank maintenance - being a real *******************

Sounds Like you have an Oscar or other large cichlid. Charming, aren't they?

 

[Yohanon]

Is there a scientific term to use when a stream of bubbles ascends from a fish's behind?

Fishflatulance?

 

[Yohanon]

My piranha gets mad at it's own reflection in the glass. It lowers it's head a little and kind of shakes. I'm assuming that this is some sort of threat display

 

[ehh]

Sounds Like you have an Oscar or other large cichlid. Charming, aren't they?

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/big-guy-and-little-guy.643248/
;-)

 

[tomojsg]

LOLLLL! guys please... i literally laughed out loud...

 

[JillianCreek]

Hi Jillian,

What cichlids do you have that are doing this?
Are they the same sex and species?
It sounds to me like one of two things.

It could be a dominance display.Two cichlids acting like this can be the start of a dominance dispute.This kind of behaviour can be the first signs of future aggression.
Or,it could be courtship behaviour. I have seen the behaviour you describe in cichlids many times when two fish begin to pair up.
It's hard to be definite without seeing it and that's why I don't think you will find such a list.
A lot of cichlids will behave in ways that can have the same appearance but mean more than one thing.
Courtship and a aggressive displays can look the same for example.

A lot of other behaviour is often linked to an illness or parasite or poor tank maintenance. These will be named and described as a symptom,so will already be categorised in health guides.
I also think cichlids are complex and diverse.I would be sceptical about any definite generalisation pin pointing a behavioural trait to one specific act.

I've seen this in two separate species. The first time was in the wild in a clear creek in Austin Texas. They were Texas cichlids and I had trained them to come up to me for food. There was a group of them and one particular fish singled out another and performed the slow wobble. I couldn't tell sexes, but they were both medium sized adults.

The second time was with two Paratilapia (bleekeri or polleni, whatev's). I had just introduced the newbie and the established fish did this. Again, I'm not sure of sexes, still learning.

So it could be a dominance thing or a mating thing. The Texas cichlids did it during the mating season. (I did see fry in the weeks before.) I was hoping for a name of this very obvious behavior.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

I think it's just referred to as courtship behaviour or displaying.

 

[Dee eng]

Or in other words, getting your boogie on! Haha

 

[markstrimaran]

Two males doing the "Pisces spin" This happen right before the " lip lock" were they bite each other, attempting to remove the other lower jaw. Then comes the much friendlier game of " hide n go seek"
The Victor will then do the " vibration shake" as he try to impress the females. The real "names" I am not sure. So fill free to correct me.