Butters

Hey guys, I'm just wondering if anyone else has fish that do some crazy/whacky stuff that you just love to see. Some of mine are:

One of my cherry barb males (who I call crack fish) swims circles around my mystery snails when they are on the wall of the tank

My mystery snails climb to the highest point hey can get to and just drop all the way back down to the bottom (landed on one of my cories once!)

my cories use the broadleaf plants in the tank as hammocs

Hope to get some replies!

MissMTS

lol. My snails do the same thing.

All eight of my plecos cuddle together on the same piece of driftwood.

When I pay attention to my betta Dumbledore, he swims around the tank flaring every two secconds as if to say "hey mom, look how beautiful I am".

One of my black neon tetras doesn't school with the other thirteen tetras. At first I thought he might be ill, but he has been like this for months. I guess he's just anti social, lol.

I'll probably think of more later, but I just thought I would add to the thread

Lucy

My betta watches baseball while my husband sits next to the tank and gives her a play by play.

Steve113

My ADF makes a point of crawing under my plec while he's feeding off the tank base. No reason why, He just climbs under him. My plec obviously doesn't take too kindly to this and flicks him away with his tail - but he just comes back! :P

Allie

My blue hap pair, Malawi cichlids. They always stare at me from a far...I move my hands & they follow. They constantly watching me.
Our Datnoid Scooby RIP was famous for following me around when he wanted a piece shrimp. My angelfish pair do the same.
I love the way betta are so into just you. I mean you can literally look one in the eyes at LFS store and they win you/me right over. They do pick you.
I love how you can get betta to do trick for food. JB hops up for food every time. He looks so silly.
I love how my Blue panaque pleco swims around like he is on speed at night.
He flies all over the tank. lol

FishnFry

My 9" P Polleni always does his "Feed Me dance" whenever somebody comes near the tank. He wins my son's heart that he now wants to feed him more often. Whenever I thaw a frozen krill/shrimp I put the little glass container on top of the tank and he will stay there staring at the food.

Alessa

my platies and guppies. they just start chasing each other going up and down the glass one after the other... after 5 minutes it is just hillarious!

my otos: they sometimes sit on top of a snail and hitch a ride!

then my betta. whenever there is some food particle stuck to the lid the would just "sit" and stare at it from under, then jump and try to get it just like a dog!

mrsmuffin

My BN pleco that I lost last week (RIP) used to "fall asleep" while sucked up underneath his driftwood and fall off. He would end up laying on his back on the gravel!

fins

my glo-fish ogre sits at the outflow from the filter when the lights on and just sit there and stares at it.

Butters

lol, those are all pretty good! Today when I was playing halo, I saw Tom (my betta) staring at the screen watching me play. After I got done playing he just looked at me and pouted until I turned the game back on! I thought it was pretty funny.

tanker83

I love watching my clown loaches dance together! its so funny. I also love catching them resting or sleeping when they are on their side. its so cute!

Fishzone08

When my silver dollars get a shock, they play dead for about 5 minutes. The first time this happened, I was horrified and I nearly flushed them down the toilet.

Butters

Lol, risen from the dead! Well, I guess I'll keep it going.
My platy Foley will stop my 2 male swordtails most of the time they are fighting. The swords look at each other, fins all erect like and then here comes Foley, goes right in the middle and the two swords swim away. A little peacekeeper he is!

pinkfloydpuffer

My puffers give me a little nip sometimes when I put my hand in the tank.
My bettas Donovan and Winter both give me nips sometimes too.
Of course all of my bettas do "the dance" whenever they see me.
Everytime I come in the room, both of my puffers come to the front and watch me intently.
My rubbernose pleco won't leave his clay pot when it's in there.
There's probably more, but I can't think of them right now...

Red1313

My bett Ray hangs upside down vertically in his plants... no idea y he just does it lol.

capekate

My Cardinal tetras always get me laughing. The three of them always head for the water flow under the filter and they look like they are on a carnival ride. I can just hear them yelling 'weeeeee' when they take a ride on the current.
The current will push them along til they are fine again. But they all turn around and go back for another ride. They do this all the time, it is so funny to watch.

pinkfloydpuffer

Lol, my puffers do that too! It's hilarious!

jgon_

I love the way my corys pile up on one another and just lay there looking so happy. Or when one takes off its like a synchronised airshow of pudgyy planes scooting around the tank.

Also, my betta always stares at me while im working and gives me this "You never feed me!!!!! Don't you love me!!!? " look.

Bede

I Love:

how my betta wiggles at the top of the tank when he sees me walk into the room.

when my normally shy and peaceful Keyhole Ciclid decides to make a nest and then chases off any and every fish that DARES to come near it.

it when a pellet gets stuck behind a rock and my cories all find it and all you can see is mass of happy,wiggling tails, they remind me so much of puppies!!!

I used to love sticking my hand in the SW tank and letting our pair of cleaner shrimp clean it. We sold the tank last week due to some financial difficulties. Stupid economy.

heartsongsinger

I had a fish that was doing back flips one day.

But my favorite was Dirk (a male swordtail, R.I.P.) would chase other fish away from the girl he was courting, even other girls.

Chris123

my fish always do the dance even when i just fed them