Are koi more shy than goldfish (common/comet)?
I have a couple that we purchased last weekend and they are very shy - darting when ever we turn the room light on and whenever i sit near the tank, they hide in the corner... they sit on the floor of the tank.
The comets we had in the same room were just fine with the lights.
I have now taken out the lights that were pointing towards the tank and that does seem to have calmed them a little, but they are sooo shy!
They wont eat til after 5pm, and then they will come sniff the food VERY slowly in case i happened to be poisoning them!
However, i know they are OK healthwise, as i can walk through the room when its dark and i can see their shadows swimming around in the middle of the tank as they should... but as soon as i turn ANY light on - even a far away light, down they go!
They are just Hariwake (i think) - platinum color with a little yellow on the head.
Nothing expensive - or large right now - just 3 to 4 inches and just from the LFS
I have read that Chagoi are "friendlier" - because they like food more!
Maybe they are next on the list once i get these two out of QT
I have a couple that we purchased last weekend and they are very shy - darting when ever we turn the room light on and whenever i sit near the tank, they hide in the corner... they sit on the floor of the tank.
The comets we had in the same room were just fine with the lights.
I have now taken out the lights that were pointing towards the tank and that does seem to have calmed them a little, but they are sooo shy!
They wont eat til after 5pm, and then they will come sniff the food VERY slowly in case i happened to be poisoning them!
However, i know they are OK healthwise, as i can walk through the room when its dark and i can see their shadows swimming around in the middle of the tank as they should... but as soon as i turn ANY light on - even a far away light, down they go!
They are just Hariwake (i think) - platinum color with a little yellow on the head.
Nothing expensive - or large right now - just 3 to 4 inches and just from the LFS
I have read that Chagoi are "friendlier" - because they like food more!
Maybe they are next on the list once i get these two out of QT