Are Fish Really Happy....

[fluttermoth]

I used to have a rescued cichlid (never did find out what species he was) that was 'in love' with my best mate. Whenever she sat next to the tank, he'd start digging pits in the gravel, 'shimmy' up and down the glass and then swim backwards into the pit, waggling his pectorals and puffing out his cheeks.

"come with me to the casbah..."

 

[FishBlast]

I used to have a rescued cichlid (never did find out what species he was) that was 'in love' with my best mate. Whenever she sat next to the tank, he'd start digging pits in the gravel, 'shimmy' up and down the glass and then swim backwards into the pit, waggling his pectorals and puffing out his cheeks.

"come with me to the casbah..."

Lol another fish who recognizes faces.

 

[fluttermoth]

We think it was her red hair; the oscar didn't like her for the very same reason! He used to spit gravel at the glass and make that horrible 'oscar face'.

Good job she's a fishkeeper herself, or she'd have been very confused!

 

[FishBlast]

We think it was her red hair; the oscar didn't like her for the very same reason! He used to spit gravel at the glass and make that horrible 'oscar face'.

Good job she's a fishkeeper herself, or she'd have been very confused!

LOL gravel-spitting!

I do remember that swordtails seem to like red stuff. When I was a kid I had this piece of red paper, and all the swordie males seemed to follow it anywhere I'd put it around the tank and wag their tails at it.