Hey my Heros Notatus is so shy, every time time I pass by the tank he swims away to the other side of the tank and try's to hide. Do you think his shyness will ever go away?
Why so shy?
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Tank bred or wild caught? I know it's a new addition so hopefully it will gradually grow accustomed to you and other people in front of the tank. I've found Heros sp. to be either very personable or quite shy - so keep in mind theres a chance that it won't act 'naturally' when theres movement in the room.
Sencion88;2925168; said:
Consider it from the fishes perspective.
Tank raised: Fed by humans as soon as free swimming, probably in a room with plenty of other tanks so grows accustomed to both human movement, interaction, tank cleaning, etc. - Essentially stored in a glass box its whole life, where it's used to having humans tend to it.
Wild caught: Living a natural life as an adult species in it's huge natural environment when it's suddenly netted, bagged, sent to a warehouse and quarantined where it's stuck in a small glass box and can't hide or escape from what it would interpret as predatory movement.
Give it time.
my wild dovii still hide when i go by the tank unless im dropping some pellets in then they could care less where i am. just takes a little time to adjust but once he knows that seeing you = food he will get over his shyness. also try putting other fish (good eaters) in the tank. imo if they have to compete for food they are way more active and will do what the others are doing.
Natural_Born_Killer;2925974; said:
It is...that's why, imo, the importing of wild caught specimens should be kept at a minimum. don't get me wrong, we have to bring in wild caught sometimes to improve blood lines etc but there's no need to consistently bring in more and more wild caught specimens of the same species.
Get in enough to get a good breeding population <when possible> and then you can still sell pretty much all F1 stock. It has seemed to me over the years that that's what Rapps does.
