Reply To: Are Yours Scared Of You?
Jimbo this same thing has been bugging me for ages. Mine were in a small quarantine tank for two weeks when i bought them. They were extremly nervous and didnt come out much even with the room light off and me sitting ten foof away.
I then placed them in a 140litre tank which is 2ft wide and 2ft deep, they were like another species altogether, bold,confident and didnt even flinch if i pressed my nose up against the glass. This tank held various tetras and pencilfish and some floating plants.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvGe9O52ruM
You have seen my shed (fish-house) and i have just moved the CPD’s into a tank of their own with the hope of breeding them at last.. As soon as they went in they have hid at the back and will not come out even for bloodworm or flake, they wait until the food reaches the back before eating.
I think it may be something about feeling exposed?? maybe in the wild they live in huge shoals of hundreds or even thousands? after all, they must be near the bottom of the foodchain in their natural waters, and the fish we are keeping are essentially wild or f1 generation.
I am going to experiment with large shoals against small, when or if i get any fry.