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- From: johnh@tigger.rl.af.mil (John Hawthorne)
- Subject: Re: cichlids
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.154702.23542@pool.info.sunyit.edu>
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- References: <1993Jan17.043422.23004@bnr.ca> <1jh4b2INNgc2@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:47:02 GMT
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- >In article <1993Jan17.043422.23004@bnr.ca> Justin Wintour, justin@bnr.ca
- >writes:
- ...
- >>One last query - my unside down cat fish has taken to lying next to the
- >>intake tube on my mini aqua clear. I thought it was being sucked in, but
- >>after turning off the filter, he struggled to remain there. My question
- >>is if these fish come from naturally turbulant water, or is he just a
- >>little weird! (She/he is the only one of her/his kind in the tank, if
- >>that could affect behaviour. It is a mystery to me!)
-
- I would say that this is normal behaviour for an upside down cat.
- Mine is about 10 years old and has always liked to hang out in one
- spot next to an object of some sort, often a filter tube. I'll bet
- that if you give yours a nicer place to hide, such as under a rock,
- you will hardly ever see it.
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