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tetratech  Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4241 Kudos: 1074 Registered: 04-Nov-2003   | I never realized how much plants affect the behavior of fish, especially schooling fish. My tank was mostly driftwood with a few plants and the fish would move nicely from end to end. I recently added more plants to the sides and back and now my big school of cardinals sort of hover instead the stem areas of the plans. I like the way the tank looks, but I enjoyed the fish moving across the tank. My Scapes |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54 |     |
Babelfish         Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003    |  That does seem to be true.My white skirt tetras schooled for a day or so after I added a CO2 diffuser  .^_^ [hr width='40%'] It only hurts when I breathe"  |
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houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003 | Maybe my neons are just crazy like I am:%)but my 125 is heavily planted, and my Neons are still schooling, and my Emperors are still schooling, along with the fact that the Danties are trying to school with both of the above:%) Then again it could just be me...give them time...Heidi "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle |
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| tetratech Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4241 Kudos: 1074 Registered: 04-Nov-2003 | Hope your right, because I really enjoy the movement back and forth. They seem to hang out between the stems of my hygrophila sunset. I left alot of room so light could get through. Maybe if the stems were closer together they wouldn't do that. My Scapes |
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| Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003  | At work we have a display tank with a huge amazon sword in it, and there's a school of about 20 cardinal tetras living inside of it. Since the leaves on Amazon swords are pretty far apart, the cardinals can all still be seen easily. It is natural behavior, as they feel safer in there than out in the open, and I think it looks really cool actually.  I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash. |
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| tetratech Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4241 Kudos: 1074 Registered: 04-Nov-2003 | I'm happy their happy, but visually nothing beats a large school of cardinals going across the tank. My Scapes |
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divertran  Fish Addict Posts: 784 Kudos: 469 Votes: 165 Registered: 14-Nov-2004 | ya oughtta post a pic of it sometimes cory |
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| Brybenn Mega Fish Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1173 Votes: 1 Registered: 02-Mar-2003  | mine used to do that as well all my tetra tanks have been planted try a varied diet of live foods, that always brings out fish n keeps them active but cardinals will always remain close to the plants sorry bout ur luck |
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