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BryceM · 11-24-2007, 09:46 AM

I've had fish for over 20 years now and have certainly seen my share of "missing" fish that have made a seemingly miraculous comeback. Most often this is a loach or other bottom dweller that found a hiding spot for a while, but this week another fish really surprised me.

I set up a 8"x8"x8" nano about three months ago. The original inhabitants were 3 pearl celestial danios (galaxy rasboras). I had one male and two females in the tank. I was disappointed at the result since they were painfully shy and wouldn't even come out in the open at feeding time. In stark contrast, four others roam around my 46g tank on a continuous basis.

Eventually two of the fish disappeared, leaving a single female that I saw once in a while. I finally decided to net her out during a big trim and I returned her to the 46g tank with the others. Four new white clouds went in the nano and have been doing marvelously for the past 3 weeks.

Yesterday while feeding the white clouds I counted 5 fish!!! Needless to say, another female galaxy rasbora has made an appearance after 3 weeks in hiding. Galaxy rasboras are small fish, but this is a 2 gallon aquarium!!!!!! Where on earth could it hide? All four sides of the nano are exposed, leaving approximately zero hiding places. I'm starting to wonder if the male is in there somewhere too.

11-24-2007, 09:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
BryceM Administrator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: South Central Idaho, USA Posts: 4,262 iTrader Ratings: 42 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 178534	What is your best "hiding fish" story? I've had fish for over 20 years now and have certainly seen my share of "missing" fish that have made a seemingly miraculous comeback. Most often this is a loach or other bottom dweller that found a hiding spot for a while, but this week another fish really surprised me. I set up a 8"x8"x8" nano about three months ago. The original inhabitants were 3 pearl celestial danios (galaxy rasboras). I had one male and two females in the tank. I was disappointed at the result since they were painfully shy and wouldn't even come out in the open at feeding time. In stark contrast, four others roam around my 46g tank on a continuous basis. Eventually two of the fish disappeared, leaving a single female that I saw once in a while. I finally decided to net her out during a big trim and I returned her to the 46g tank with the others. Four new white clouds went in the nano and have been doing marvelously for the past 3 weeks. Yesterday while feeding the white clouds I counted 5 fish!!! Needless to say, another female galaxy rasbora has made an appearance after 3 weeks in hiding. Galaxy rasboras are small fish, but this is a 2 gallon aquarium!!!!!! Where on earth could it hide? All four sides of the nano are exposed, leaving approximately zero hiding places. I'm starting to wonder if the male is in there somewhere too.