Path: utzoo!hoptoad!ptsfa!ames!hc!lll-winken!gryphon!richard
From: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Neon Tetras
Summary: Your fish are wimps
Message-ID: <2270@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: 24 Jan 88 23:15:34 GMT
References: <21756@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>
Reply-To: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <21756@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Ram-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu (Ashwin Ram) writes:
>
>I have a school of five neon tetras which seem to be doing great except for
>one little thing.  When the aquarium light goes out (assuming there isn't
>too much light in the room outside), the tetras are ok for about 15 seconds,
>then school breaks up and they scatter and dash madly all over the place,
>faster than I've ever seen them move.  This continues for about half a
>minute, then they stop wherever they might happen to be (anywhere from down
>at the bottom to right up at the top an inch from a curious angelfish's
>nose).
>
>It looks like it takes them about two or three minutes to become oriented to
>the sudden darkness.  None of my other fish do this.  I don't know if it's
>something to worry about, but it sure is weird.
>
>Any explanations?  Is this normal neon tetra behavior?

This happens from time to time, with some species. They are
freaking out vecause of the sudden change in light.

Either that or they are complete wimps, and you should buy them
a night light.
-- 
      "...and before too long I might, see those flashing red lights" 
                          richard@gryphon.CTS.COM 
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