Rip Silver-tip

[deni]

Hubbie fed the fish yesterday and found a dried-up silver-tipped tetra on the floor behind the tank. It must have jumped out through the gaps in the back of the tank. Weird thing is we've silver-tips for four years and never had one jump out of the tank before. What's the best way to cover over the gaps?

 

[n3ont3tra]

Sorry, I don't know how to cover the gaps, but I have question for you about the Silver Tips, as I just got a few.

I bought 6, and 3 of them are /very/ gold, and beautiful, and playful. 2 of them are very dull, and seem to hide in the plants more. I've watched them and haven't noticed any chasing of those two in particualr... They are in a 29 gallon tank, and when I feed them they all eat like normal, including the dull ones. Do you have any ideas of why they are like this?

Thanks,
neon

 

[deni]

Hmmm. There always seems to be one or two of ours that are a lighter colour than the others and tend to hide more. Maybe it's just that they're at the bottom of the pecking order.

 

[nath1]

i have silver tips and half are orange/gold and the other half are a duller lighter colour. i always presumed that half were male and half were female as they breed quite frequently (although they never get past the egg stage as my red eye's have a feast at spawning time!!) the dull ones are all the egg layers i think, sometimes difficult to tell as its such a blur when they are at it!
nath1