Lighting / Auto-timers / Acclimating / JUMPERS

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Just put in auto timers for lighting in fish room and came home same night to find 1 of my new fish on the floor... Had these guys before and never known to jump but it did this time..! If a fish gets spooked it'll flip out like normal no matter what kind of fish pretty much.. just a little annoyed though that after trying to acclimate the fish for few days, getting new timers on lights would make him jump *through the filter gap like not even a few inches... dang.
 
Consider this: a number of years ago I recall my family would put in night lights that were a small ity bity 15 watts. they were just little plug-in-the-receptacle type of lights. Some had a small switch on them. But today, for that same 15 watts you can get a LED floodlight. So lighting today has changed drastically. In my fish room I have two of these very small wattage lamps that are at the ceiling in the center of the space. One is only 7 or 8 watts and its as much light as a 60W incandescent. This one remains on 24/7 The wattage is just so small. no need to ever have the fish in total total darkness. It keeps them from being startled when the lights come on. The 2nd is a day light and comes on during the hours of the day to simulate a more brighter ambient which would indicate day time. It shuts off with a timer with the aquarium lights come on. It is I think only 12 or 13 watts. Maybe you already have some ambient light, I don't know, but at the very least everyone should consider to have something like that. Of course, circumstances differ. I don't advise it in a room such as a bedroom. On the other hand, there's always a question as to why fish jump. One time my wife was in the room when one just plopped out of the tank and flopped around on the floor. She was shocked to say the least. She did manage to get it back into the tank. Bless her soul! But why? and why then? It remains a mystery to us.
 
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Consider this: a number of years ago I recall my family would put in night lights that were a small ity bity 15 watts. they were just little plug-in-the-receptacle type of lights. Some had a small switch on them. But today, for that same 15 watts you can get a LED floodlight. So lighting today has changed drastically. In my fish room I have two of these very small wattage lamps that are at the ceiling in the center of the space. One is only 7 or 8 watts and its as much light as a 60W incandescent. This one remains on 24/7 The wattage is just so small. no need to ever have the fish in total total darkness. It keeps them from being startled when the lights come on. The 2nd is a day light and comes on during the hours of the day to simulate a more brighter ambient which would indicate day time. It shuts off with a timer with the aquarium lights come on. It is I think only 12 or 13 watts. Maybe you already have some ambient light, I don't know, but at the very least everyone should consider to have something like that. Of course, circumstances differ. I don't advise it in a room such as a bedroom. On the other hand, there's always a question as to why fish jump. One time my wife was in the room when one just plopped out of the tank and flopped around on the floor. She was shocked to say the least. She did manage to get it back into the tank. Bless her soul! But why? and why then? It remains a mystery to us.
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Hey what's up i have a few different lighting levels for the room + for each tank too. The timers for this incident were actually the background out of tank lights for the evening setting / ambient lighting. It illuminates the tank from underneath the tank giving cool reflections from water flow against the wall too. Had it manually turned everyday for months just wanted to do a little tune up i guess just bad luck too. Fish room also have tanks facing each other and 1 light is on 24/7 as its also misting for water flow like a mini fog maker for fountains.. it's pretty cool.
 
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No short-bodies, but I do have some younger Filament barbs available, nice 3" size that are now sexable. Of my older Filaments, I have 3 males that spar each other daily. They are with 4 females. I think that 4 males with 3 females would make a great set. They are active and strong swimmers. Make great tank-mates.
 
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No short-bodies, but I do have some younger Filament barbs available, nice 3" size that are now sexable. Of my older Filaments, I have 3 males that spar each other daily. They are with 4 females. I think that 4 males with 3 females would make a great set. They are active and strong swimmers. Make great tank-mates.
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TigerBarbs.com said:
No short-bodies, but I do have some younger Filament barbs available, nice 3" size that are now sexable. Of my older Filaments, I have 3 males that spar each other daily. They are with 4 females. I think that 4 males with 3 females would make a great set. They are active and strong swimmers. Make great tank-mates.
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here's my filament from 2016 also my 1st youtube post ever
 
Thanks for sharing. I see only one. :( They love to be in small packs, 6 to 8 is really good. Right now I have a tank of about 20 which are 3" and they are very interesting to watch. I have a larger tank with about 150 of them in it (they're smaller about 2 to 2.5" which you probably saw in the videos as well. They too are very interesting to watch as they will swim in unison. The one you have in this video seems to have his tail washed out. Most of mine have good red/black spots in the lobes of the tail even at that size, but a few do have their lobes washed out. Not sure why, seems to be just part of their growing into maturity phase. Again, thanks for sharing.
 
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