I have a stunning but reclusive gibbiceps catfish who lives in a terracotta 
urn in my Juwel 180 aquarium. I see the whole fish once every few weeks (and 
he's always bigger than I remembered!) and the rest of the time I can only 
see the tip of his tale. I say "his" - "he" might be a "she" but then I 
couldn't call him Boo Radley. Has anyone any ideas (apart from removing his 
urn, of course) how - like his literary namesake - I can make him come out?

Try putting a bit of cucumber in. Weighted down with lead weight or a
"screwcumber" which is designed to let cucumber sink to the bottom.

That might termp him out !

Remember to remove it after a couple of days if any of it remains
uneaten.

On 24 Jan, 23:59, "Duncan"  wrote:
> I have a stunning but reclusive gibbiceps catfish who lives in a terracotta
> urn in my Juwel 180 aquarium. I see the whole fish once every few weeks (and
> he's always bigger than I remembered!) and the rest of the time I can only
> see the tip of his tale. I say "his" - "he" might be a "she" but then I
> couldn't call him Boo Radley. Has anyone any ideas (apart from removing his
> urn, of course) how - like his literary namesake - I can make him come out?

In message , Duncan 
 writes
>I have a stunning but reclusive gibbiceps catfish who lives in a terracotta
>urn in my Juwel 180 aquarium. I see the whole fish once every few weeks (and
>he's always bigger than I remembered!) and the rest of the time I can only
>see the tip of his tale. I say "his" - "he" might be a "she" but then I
>couldn't call him Boo Radley. Has anyone any ideas (apart from removing his
>urn, of course) how - like his literary namesake - I can make him come out?
>
>
Fish born in the wild can be a bit skittish. My silver sharks will 
frolic and play until I go near the tank and then they hide behind the 
rocks. Had them for years, size of a bus, yet they still run for cover 
:-)


I find sitting still on a chair about 4 feet from the tank works 
wonders. They will come out and frolic about again.

-- 
Edward Cowling    "Must go - to find Shrodinger's Cat !"

"Edward Cowling London UK"  wrote in message 
news:gMMEDrA4k1mHFwCX@genghis0.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Duncan 
>  writes
>>I have a stunning but reclusive gibbiceps catfish who lives in a 
>>terracotta
>>urn in my Juwel 180 aquarium. I see the whole fish once every few weeks 
>>(and
>>he's always bigger than I remembered!) and the rest of the time I can only
>>see the tip of his tale. I say "his" - "he" might be a "she" but then I
>>couldn't call him Boo Radley. Has anyone any ideas (apart from removing 
>>his
>>urn, of course) how - like his literary namesake - I can make him come 
>>out?
>>
>>
> Fish born in the wild can be a bit skittish. My silver sharks will frolic 
> and play until I go near the tank and then they hide behind the rocks. Had 
> them for years, size of a bus, yet they still run for cover :-)
>
>
> I find sitting still on a chair about 4 feet from the tank works wonders. 
> They will come out and frolic about again.
>
> -- 
> Edward Cowling    "Must go - to find Shrodinger's Cat !"
>

The instinct to hide from some predators must be hard-wired in some fish. I 
once had some angelfish that I know were tank-bred in the West Midlands. 
They never showed any reaction to people or cats near their tank, but one 
day I was moving a life-sized sculpture of a long-legged wading bird - like 
a hunter's decoy - and the fish went into a total panic as I carried it 
past. Head-first into the gravel, sideways-on under the filter, snout-first 
into the tank sides (always makes me wince when they do that!)etc. Inborn 
terror of the belly and legs of a leggy bird!

"Duncan"  wrote in message 
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>I have a stunning but reclusive gibbiceps catfish who lives in a terracotta 
>urn in my Juwel 180 aquarium. I see the whole fish once every few weeks 
>(and he's always bigger than I remembered!) and the rest of the time I can 
>only see the tip of his tale. I say "his" - "he" might be a "she" but then 
>I couldn't call him Boo Radley. Has anyone any ideas (apart from removing 
>his urn, of course) how - like his literary namesake - I can make him come 
>out?
>
I would treat him the same as any other pl*c or ancistrus type catfish.

I have weighted veg. I use a long handled  planting tools to remove anything 
not eaten after a day. Spinach, and lettuce work for some, but as already 
stated, cucumber slice works very well. I haven't personally tried it, but 
I'm told courgette slice works very well.

I would only feed this way once a week. He may respond better if another 
fish also likes this food, and become very territorial over the food. A 
Black Ghost Knife Fish would make a great tank mate to act as competition 
for cucumber.

--
Rich
http://www.richdavies.com/tropicalfish
http://www.richdavies.com/liverpool-v-havant.htm







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