WHY CAN'T I FIND HIM
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JamesTasker
Fish Crazy
Is it in the tank in your sig? PLenty of hungry fish in there. BUt bristlenoses are great hiders and have good camoflage o maybe you just can't see him.
Fish Fingers
Fish Crazy
Yeah i wouldn't worry my two bristlenoses go missing all the time. How long has he been missing for?
hello. No he's not in the one in my signature. I've just bought a 4.5 gallon and he's in there.
Need not worry now.
When i set up the tank i put a sponge/stones filter and where the bubbles come out at the top is quite big. I wondered if the baby sucky (that's his name) would swim in there. I thought no, cause the bubbles were coming out.
I just cleaned it to be sure and there he was. He fell out into the bathroom basin and into the plug bit. I tryed to grab him but he fell down the drain.
So i quickly unscrewed the plumbing and got him out. pretty good for a girl I think
anyway. he's back in his little tank. I changed the filter to a little wee sponge filter that I had which he can't swim into!!!!!
I think he'll be my favourite fishie now. my little superman guy
Need not worry now.
When i set up the tank i put a sponge/stones filter and where the bubbles come out at the top is quite big. I wondered if the baby sucky (that's his name) would swim in there. I thought no, cause the bubbles were coming out.
I just cleaned it to be sure and there he was. He fell out into the bathroom basin and into the plug bit. I tryed to grab him but he fell down the drain.
So i quickly unscrewed the plumbing and got him out. pretty good for a girl I think
anyway. he's back in his little tank. I changed the filter to a little wee sponge filter that I had which he can't swim into!!!!!
I think he'll be my favourite fishie now. my little superman guy
JamesTasker
Fish Crazy
Is he OK? I hope so, and I'm glad you found him.
hello. I guess I can laugh about it too now. I'm definately happy that i found him. I'd never seen one as small as him
He seems fine. He's swimming around the tank sucking on things. I will keep an eye on him tho cause soaps and stuff go down the drain and all. But he seems fine. I just fed him a little bit of brocoli to munch on. thought he could do with the boost.
I'm very very happy tho.
He seems fine. He's swimming around the tank sucking on things. I will keep an eye on him tho cause soaps and stuff go down the drain and all. But he seems fine. I just fed him a little bit of brocoli to munch on. thought he could do with the boost.
I'm very very happy tho.
Even the fries of bristlenoses are pretty tough... I didn't even know my pair spawned until I found a fry at about 2cm in size. I have 20 of them right now, and out of the 20, where did I find 5 of them? In the filter... I guess they got trapped in there for a while (at least a week or two).
All of them are still healthy and growing...
I guess they got trapped in there for a while (at least a week or two).All of them are still healthy and growing...
my little guy was only in the filter for about 2 days but I was expecting that if I found him in there, that he would be long dead. I reckon any other fish would have been.
It's really quite amazing to me. He's still fine, 24 hrs later. I thought he might get sick from the soap residue in the drain, but he's not. Very cool
It's really quite amazing to me. He's still fine, 24 hrs later. I thought he might get sick from the soap residue in the drain, but he's not. Very cool
schzaam
Fish Fanatic
he could be hiding under a rock or burrowed some were but if it has died a fish can rot very quickly so just you must look for the bones becasue it send you nitrate high if their re dead fish in the tanks
Bigjula
New Member
They seem to love the current. Mine try to climb into my HOB filter at night after lights out. I dont think they've ever made it in, maybe they have and have come back out again. 
They love to hang upsidedown on the wall of my tank right above the bubble wall and let the bubbles run over their bodys. Pretty cool fish I reckon. B)
They love to hang upsidedown on the wall of my tank right above the bubble wall and let the bubbles run over their bodys. Pretty cool fish I reckon. B)tstenback
Hopelessly Addicted
sushi said:hello. No he's not in the one in my signature. I've just bought a 4.5 gallon and he's in there.
Need not worry now.
When i set up the tank i put a sponge/stones filter and where the bubbles come out at the top is quite big. I wondered if the baby sucky (that's his name) would swim in there. I thought no, cause the bubbles were coming out.
I just cleaned it to be sure and there he was. He fell out into the bathroom basin and into the plug bit. I tryed to grab him but he fell down the drain.
So i quickly unscrewed the plumbing and got him out. pretty good for a girl I think
anyway. he's back in his little tank. I changed the filter to a little wee sponge filter that I had which he can't swim into!!!!!
I think he'll be my favourite fishie now. my little superman guy
That is one of the best fish stories that i have heard in ages and it has a happy ending 
cometcattle
Go Hawks!
Happy you found him.
Tough little guy, eh.
Tough little guy, eh.
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