Anyone else keep fish they never see???

[Fat Homer]

I don't think its necessary to see all fish all the time, and actually feel it makes things more interesting to have them pop in and out of view.
Kind of like that old sexual friend that calls randomly for a ......

Interesting choice analogy but i like it...

Hello, Nicely planted tank. Looks like they might have been growing for awhile and propigated?

Yes, thank you for posting the thread. I have 2 striated Kuhli loaches that looks like an eel, but aren't the real thing like your's. Very shy and hide in the dungeon of a multichambered castle. I sometimes clean under the castle and may or may not see them. I put food near one of the entrances to their 'cave' .
I suppose if I put food gradually further away they might come out, but I don't want to stress them. They will rarely come out at night or even day.

Are you looking for other fish compatible with yours? Cat shark is supposed to be suitable with puffer and larger fish with your Eel.

Lol, no im actually quite happy with my current stock and dont mind playing hide and seek with my fishes, especially when it comes time to clean and maintain my tank...

Nothing like suddenly seeing a puffer dart out of no where or an eel poke its head out at you just as you are trying to clean beneath everything...

 

[koipie doll]

Yes, I have a sailfin pleco and a galaxy plec. Need I say more? Though the sailfin is a bit more adventurous than the galaxy.

 

[Worldwideaqiatics]

i have a zig zag eel i see every three months

 

[celebrist]

I see my banjo quarterly, same with my mystus

 

[Fat Homer]

i have a zig zag eel i see every three months

Yes, sounds about right, a friend of mine went through the same thing for about 2 years till one day it disappeared for a lot longer than 3 months...

6months later he dismantled his tank and till this day the fishes body is no where to be found... we often joke that he may have got out the tank and flew out the window somehow lol...

 

[fishhead0103666]

I have a goby I have only seen about 6 times since I got him 2 years ago.

Other than that I have a decent amount of catfish that don’t come out to much since I give them pvc pipes to hide in.

 

[Warborg]

All my fish hide when there's little activity. Some will come out when I'm around the tank. Most will show up during feeding.

 

[FINWIN]

I don't think its necessary to see all fish all the time, and actually feel it makes things more interesting to have them pop in and out of view.
Kind of like that old sexual friend that calls randomly for a ......

Now, that's enough of that. This is a family show!!

 

[Niki_up]

Yes I have the same problem!

90g tank
2 jack Dempsey’s, one is 5-6 inches the other is 8-9 inches
3 molly
1 sword
4 Honduran red points
2 bleeding heart tetras

12 fish and it looks empty all the time

 

[Zanzag]

Never as the focal point of the tank but i like including lurkers like SA bumblebees. Its been a good month ive seen them twice.