Disappearing Sengalus

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thefredpit

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well I got a scare today I walked by my tank and couldn't find my albino sengalus, Harley, I searched the floor behind the tank and didn't see him. I picked up all of the decorations repeatedly, no Harley, well the 3rd time I picked up the large decoration on the left he shot out of the bottom from where he had been hiding inside the decoration.

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This isn't the 1st time I've had a fish hide inside this type of decoration. The last time it war a tire track eel and 2 rope fish. But this is just so out of character for Harley he never hides. Then 5 minutes after we find him I catch him burrowing under he center decoration. But 2 hours later he was back to his normal self begging for food. I don't think I've ever been mad at a fish till today but that scare actually truly made me mad lol I just had to vent. Has anyone else ever gotten mad at your fish?

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Tricky senegal. Only downside with those hollow wood decorations is that the senegal might get stuck deep in there, and not make it up in time to breathe. I had small clown loaches in the past where there'd be 6-8 hiding inside deep and would not come out.
 
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thefredpit said:
well I got a scare today I walked by my tank and couldn't find my albino sengalus, Harley, I searched the floor behind the tank and didn't see him. I picked up all of the decorations repeatedly, no Harley, well the 3rd time I picked up the large decoration on the left he shot out of the bottom from where he had been hiding inside the decoration.

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This isn't the 1st time I've had a fish hide inside this type of decoration. The last time it war a tire track eel and 2 rope fish. But this is just so out of character for Harley he never hides. Then 5 minutes after we find him I catch him burrowing under he center decoration. But 2 hours later he was back to his normal self begging for food. I don't think I've ever been mad at a fish till today but that scare actually truly made me mad lol I just had to vent. Has anyone else ever gotten mad at your fish?

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I got mad when mine tried to hide in my Jaguar cichlid's mouth.......

The Poly has since been rescued - I scared the Jag into spitting him out - and my neighbor has him in his community tank
 
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Didnt know jad will do that to a poly, ive seen jag nip and beat up a poly but not swallow them.
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oh yea, man....Jags are voracious pescivores, might as well be called Mini-Largemouth Bass. They fight, jump out of the tank, dig, EXPLODE at the surface to eat insects, and swallow WAY more food/bigger prey items than they need to sustain. Piggies in my book
 
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