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Hey guys
It's now 3 days i have been following what the raphs are doing lately.
2 last days the biggest of them(the male),i belive started to come out very often and swim back and fourth...he never did that before.
It seems like he was looking for something,like a spot/place!
Well tonite he did the same thing but this time the other raphael(female)..came out aswell and did swim back and fourth but only a few times and then stopped at the corner of the tank.
The male(i belive it is) started to swim back and fourth again and stopped on top of the other raphael.
Then later the male went in to the cave of the wood and i could see some bubbles(air) coming out of the cave,then the female went in after he came out of there.then they start the swim thing again.
Sombody knows what they are doing..just playing around?
Here are the pics, escuse the panaque...he was just interested what the raphaels was doing

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Sounds like normal nocturnal catfish behavior to me. Just playing around

Yes i belive so too!..it's just that they have never done this before.

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I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.

Yeah, fish can surprise you at anytime. Just like when people see their clown loaches lieng on their sides. They think that they are dead or sick.

I also think its just normal nocternal behavior. my raphael moves alot at night. what time of the day did you see this? well i think its just normal but if it seems unusal to you then id say just keep watching for awhile. try and write down what happens. that way you can use it later on to figure out if somethings wrong or if its some kind of pattern. lots of luck.


The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we dont know what to do.

Some very erect dorsals there, they might be up to something... quite rude My choccy doradids have been up to much the same sort of thing.

"maybe its just the air, or the way your fins glint in the moonlight"

Get them a room

The male is also doing this at daytime.I was watching them for hours last nite ..What i also noticed was that they didn't eat at all!
I will take notes and see if this behavior will be going on still.
Thanks guys

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I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.