Gary Lange
Rainbowfish Study Group of NA
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> From: BLang1234 at aol.com
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: [RML] C. bleheri
> Date: Thursday, March 06, 1997 10:42 PM
>
> Since the list has been frighteningly quiet the last few days, I
thought I'd
> throw out something I've been wondering about for a while. I
maintain
> Chilatherina bleheri and have been amazed at the number of times
I've had to
> pick them up off of the floor. When I feed them they just go
bonkers. A lot
> of the time they will start swimming totally erratically(like
upside down,
> sideways, etc.). Maybe they just bashed their heads on the side of
the
> aquarium while going nuts. All the other rainbows in the tank seem
to behave
> themselves. They just seem to do this at feeding time. Any thoughts
or
> similar observations? A friend who got some eggs from me reports
the same
> behavior. My best guess is that it is just a characteristic of
> Chilatherina's. Several people have mentioned that C. sentaniensis
is a
> rocket with fins. Maybe they just get too excited.
> Brian Lang