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I'd say turn the light on every time you go in the room, they need to get used to it, once you get a hood light and turn that on they will be even more frightened since the light will be even more direct.

Leaving lights out will not help them adjust at all.

I had fish which would run into the tank if you turned the hood light on, they just have to learn the light wont hurt them.

Try a lower wattage bulb/bulbs so it's not as bright when it comes on.
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Maybe so, but I'm of the opinion that it's just too much too soon. Imagine aliens grab you and put you in a hot, steamy room with a wobbling green floor of jello and a machine in a corner that just screams and grinds all day. Your food is something you've never seen before, the place smells funny, your own turds swirl around you...you get the picture. A newly caught wild fish has got to be one of the most primally frightened creatures there are. The fewer shocks and "getting used to it"'s you throw at them at once the better. One thing at a time. That's why I like to use a bit of the native lake water, bring home a few of the local bugs, etc.
 
knifegill;4360975; said:
Maybe so, but I'm of the opinion that it's just too much too soon. Imagine aliens grab you and put you in a hot, steamy room with a wobbling green floor of jello and a machine in a corner that just screams and grinds all day. Your food is something you've never seen before, the place smells funny, your own turds swirl around you...you get the picture. A newly caught wild fish has got to be one of the most primally frightened creatures there are. The fewer shocks and "getting used to it"'s you throw at them at once the better. One thing at a time. That's why I like to use a bit of the native lake water, bring home a few of the local bugs, etc.
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that is a good example :P
 
knifegill;4360975; said:
Maybe so, but I'm of the opinion that it's just too much too soon. Imagine aliens grab you and put you in a hot, steamy room with a wobbling green floor of jello and a machine in a corner that just screams and grinds all day. Your food is something you've never seen before, the place smells funny, your own turds swirl around you...you get the picture. A newly caught wild fish has got to be one of the most primally frightened creatures there are. The fewer shocks and "getting used to it"'s you throw at them at once the better. One thing at a time. That's why I like to use a bit of the native lake water, bring home a few of the local bugs, etc.
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I suppose your theory could be correct, I really dont know, my fish dont flinch when our light comes on, never have.

They were exposed to us by being caught, placed in a minnow bucket, an 8 yr old boy playing tickle their fins while watching them do laps around a little bucket, then driven around for a good hour and a half to other fishing spots, then poured into an aquarium in our house where they can see us almost 24/7.:WHOA:

Oh then my wife is a glass tapper....she's always got to tap on the glass stick her face up to them and talk to them. :screwy:
 
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