manic depressive fish

[aidanchick]

Ok, I just came home from work and well was looking at my fishies like I normally do when I get home from a stressful day at work.... when I realized I had'nt seen my Red-Tail Orange shark I bought a 3 days ago in two days! I checked the temperature, yup temp. still the same, checked in hiding spots, no dead fishy body.. started my search around the tank (though I have a lid that covers like 99% of the tank (only opening for filter and heater) and... who's body do I find, but my red-tail orange shark!. ... I have had many red-tail orange sharks for a few years now and I have never encountered a suicidal one.

Where his body was located he would have had to clear like 3 inches long, and get some good height approx. 3 inches as well....

I recall hearing splashing in the tank the other night/early monring, just thinking it was normal fish behaviour, or well just some of the fish fighting or something... But Never would I have guessed it was my red-tail orange shark commiting suicide!

I use to have a Pleco. that just to jump out and onto the Filter water run off area alot... He would sit there and let the water run past him

I wounder if I could still get my refund for him. The store I get my fish at have a 7 day refund policy. If your fish dies in 7 days they refund it. Though that only counts for water type deaths, and you have to bring in a sample of your tanks water for testing..... My fish was manic depressive or something that still counts right? LOL!

Has anyone encountered any of their red-tail orange sharks jumping out of the tank like that?

 

[shimpboat]

Awe man, that is a trip. Thank you for a good laugh, but I'm really sorry to hear of your loss. I have a Kenyi cichlid that hid from my husband last night. I saw him before I left for work and when he went to feed, couldn't find the fish. He finally showed up this afternoon.

 

[geKo]

Maby you should try to figure out the reason why he wanted to leave your aquarium. Remeber their is a reaction to every action so this could mean he didnt like the water levels or another fish was mean to him.

Fish dont just jump out of their tanks for no reason...
Im not trying to sound mean but i think if your planing on getting another RTBS you should consider finding the reason for the first sharks reason of leaving your tank!

 

[catfishmike]

i doubt that the shark left for a reason unless that reason was to curb it's natural tendencies.most fish come from water that moves much faster then water will ever move in an aquarium.so this fish was probably swimming into the current and got carried away(no pun intended)i have two yoyo loaches in a 5 gal. eclipse tank and it's not unusual to find my loaches in the filter area(stupid bugger got scraped real good on his head last time he did it too)

 

[adamj]

speaking of missing/jumping fish

one of my knight gobys are missing... strangest thing, one day only two showed up for feeding, i havent found a body or remains anywhere in the tank nor anywhere around the tank. where could it have gone?!

 

[geKo]

Originally posted by adamj
speaking of missing/jumping fish

one of my knight gobys are missing... strangest thing, one day only two showed up for feeding, i havent found a body or remains anywhere in the tank nor anywhere around the tank. where could it have gone?!

Hehe same with my 30gal. I lost 1 platy and 1 oto and i dont know how they left lolz

 

[SheepdogLover]

Sorry about your fish, but I just bought two Serpae Tetras a week ago, and one of them disappeared the day after I put it in there. Then the other one disappeared, and while I was cleaning the tank today, I lifted up the cave and I tilted it to get all the water out, and two moldy, half-eaten Serpae Tetras bodies popped out. Eurgh...it was disgusting. They fell into the tank and all the fish ran up to it to see if it was edible.
I hate dead fish.