Hi Folks,

Bit of a strange one this. I've been keeping fish of various shapes and sizes for over 17 years, just started keeping Tangs (9 little brichardi and 1 frontosa) anyhoo, these guys are always out at the front of the tank whizzing about. This evening we had a touch of a thunderstorm outside and when i went to feed them there wasn't a fish to be found. One was spooked and stuck to the filter intake (was ok though) another had wedged himself between the wall of the tank and the background and the rest were hiding behind rocks. I've never seen this before (except with weather loaches) is it unusual for tangs to do this?
As a sidenote i have a malawi tank in the same room opposite the tangs and they were fine.

i think its got to do with the sudden drop in water pressure or something it would be like having an empty tank !

had a bit of a thunder and lightening storm here today and specifically watched my tanganyikans as i'd read this post, but they payed absolutely no heed to it and carried on as normal chasing each other round the tank.. my brichs didn't get fazed at all.. no frontosa at present but maybe due to the fact they come from deeper water the barometeric pressure may affect them more??
Seamus

hi sheag hows it going

right personally ive no experience of my fish doing,as youve just said,but i am a kken angler to and i know from experience
in this field that all fish do respond to the weather,ie drop in temperature in the air,full moon, i could go on

so id say that maybe the sudden change in the electricity in the air could have told your fish theres trouble ahead as im sure its built into their brains

but just watch them the next time a storm comes ur way and if they do the same id say this is what it is down to the static in the air

i know it sounds mad but believe me its true