Anyonelses fish do this?

[Leftysav]

2 days ago I came home and I counted my fish(I'm a little OCD and I always want to be aware that they are ok) and I was missing a fish. I looked everywhere outside the tank and in. I found my rainbow stuck between the heater and my co2 ladder. I let her out and she had about a half inch burn mark but seemed ok.

So today I came home and counted and again I was missing one. The picture below is what I found. It took about ten minutes w a hammer and ice pick to break the rock open and get her out.

Does anyone else have a daredevil fish???

 

[foster53]

I have had bows do the same thing. Great fish, just not real bright. I ended up taking everything out of the tanks that they could possibly get caught in.

 

[DCLXVI]

I don't know if "daredevil" is the best word for it

Do you have any hiding spots for it? maybe that's why it keeps getting stuck in tight spaces.

 

[Leftysav]

Yhea. She's dumb and one of my other males is dumber. I can tell them apart from the group now cause of the "scars". I have short bus fish, dumb and dumber!!

They've been in there a year w that rock and no problems. The last 2 days they've been acting crazy...

 

[foster53]

I told you there not the brightest fish in the world. I have been keeping and breeding them for over 10 yrs. They haven't gotten any smarter

 

[Chronos313]

I once had a dwarf gourami get stuck in the open hole of a pirate ship. I got him out but I felt bad cuz he got hurt. Other then that. No issues

 

[Leftysav]

I told you there not the brightest fish in the world. I have been keeping and breeding them for over 10 yrs. They haven't gotten any smarter

You've been breeding them? I would be interested in that. Any suggestions tips on boesemani breeding. I've had them a year so I would think they are ready to go..

 

[foster53]

Boesmani's are easy to breed. Put your male and several females in a separate breedind tank. Condition them with lots of frozen foods, live foods, and premium veggie flakes. Put a breeding mop, or a large clump of Java Moss in the tank. The females will deposit eggs in the mop or the moss. After you get a nice amount of eggs, move the mop, or moss to a separate 10 gallon tankwith some of the water from the breeding tank and a mature sponge filter, with a slow bubble going. Don't do any water changes on the fry tank for at least 2 weeks. When the eggs hatch out, you will need some very fine foods, Sera Micron, Hikari first bites or Golden pearls will work for a first food You will need to have some live baby brine shrimp ready after they are large enough to take the BBS. After they get a little larger you can start adding crushed flake. Remember rainbows need a lot of vegetable matter in their diet, at least 4 days a week. They need a varied diet and pristine water conditions. Caution!! Once you start breeding bows you will not be able to stop