buttekoferi hates being photographed

[islander671]

any butto owners able to take pix of theirs? mine goes absolutly nuts when he sees the red stabilizer light that my digital puts out before a picture. was wondering if its just him or are there other cases. none of my other fish respond this way.

 

[Miles]

What's your temp? You could try lowering the temp as it sometimes 'cools' off the personality of the fish. My Buttikoferi has calmed down towards humans alot over the last 4-5 years, and enjoys hands in the tank, because then he knows he gets fed. He was actually trained to be pet on his forhead, and now he lays on his side like a dolphin to be scratched. He knows that any time he gets touched, he gets pellets.

or put a peice of tape over the red light..

 

[Miles]

or you could do this



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[butane216]

lol, and what exactly is "this"?

 

[buddah101]

Tilapia Butikeforii "butti"

Tilapia Butakeforii

Butti face

 

[islander671]

or you could do this

thats awesome! is he sticking his head above water?

 

[islander671]

Nice butti u have buddah. how big and what do u feed?

 

[islander671]

What's your temp? You could try lowering the temp as it sometimes 'cools' off the personality of the fish. My Buttikoferi has calmed down towards humans alot over the last 4-5 years, and enjoys hands in the tank, because then he knows he gets fed. He was actually trained to be pet on his forhead, and now he lays on his side like a dolphin to be scratched. He knows that any time he gets touched, he gets pellets.

or put a peice of tape over the red light..

temp is about 78. hes normally fairly timid. i think that red light triggers his mean streak. lol. i tried taping the red light but the camera takes crappy pix without it. hehe. there is a way to disable the light and still take good pix but i cant figure out how to do it.

 

[Nate_N_Nicole]

Sweet budda

 

[Gamble]

Is it true that they come from the same lake as the frontosa?
do they mix well?