Re: NANFA-- snorkeling, snapping sound, redhorses

B.G. Granier (bgkajun_at_worldnet.att.net)
Wed, 8 Aug 2001 19:21:35 -0500

Hi All,

If I may chime in here, I had just done an aquarium maintenace job today and
as I was finishing up my housekeeping chores on this LARGE Texas cichlid
male's tank, I heard a weird noise, kinda like a squeaking sound.........

I was stooping down to collect my tank-cleaning gear, and had my head and
ear really close to the front glass of the tank. It sounded like
short-bursts of chalk on the blackboard (if anyone can remember that.) : )

When I looked up and into the tank, this fish was biting the glass with his
rather large incisors! Evidently, he'd had enough of me already, and was
defending his terrority!

I got a kick out of that, and promptly gave him some of his favorite food!

BG
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark <mbinkley_at_columbus.rr.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 7:38 AM
Subject: NANFA-- snorkeling, snapping sound, redhorses

> I have observed this in a shorthead redhorse in an aquarium. It's loud.
> You could hear it all the way across the room. The fish was only about
six
> inches long. Kind of sounds like a rock striking another rock. That's
> what I thought is was at first, but I started watching and caught him it
> the act. I think it was just mouth movement. Do they have otoliths or
> some sort of membrane that could produce the sound?
>
>
> Mark
> Columbus Ohio USA <))><
> mbinkley_at_columbus.rr.com
>
>
>
>
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