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I just caught Felix flaring at my teapot of all things. He's just really flare-crazy tonight, I don't know what's gotten into him.
And, of course, when I take it away, he does the happy dance.
The happy dance is very involved. It starts with his zipping back and forth across the front of the tank at least twice, then looping in front of his thermometer and circling up between its suction cup and the bottom of the filter, then back and forth across the tank again. Repeat until he's satisfied with having expressed his exuberance, then he stops and spreads out his fins in contentment or goes to rest on top of the thermometer's suction cup.
That's the "I scared away my enemy" happy dance. He also has a slightly different dance for catching his food in the filter's current. He even spent a whole day whizzing around when I first put him in his tank. Not tank surfing in particular, just zipping around everywhere with his fins at full sail.
Now he's... dude, I don't even know what he's flaring at now. The corner of his tank? The exposed bit of desk where the teapot is sitting? Can he, like, see his reflection or something? I don't know. I think I just picked (or was picked by) a weird fish.
Anyway. Do any of yours have crazy, elaborate happy dances? I know people have mentioned that their fish dance for them, but this guy's just got a whole routine memorized or something.
And, of course, when I take it away, he does the happy dance.
The happy dance is very involved. It starts with his zipping back and forth across the front of the tank at least twice, then looping in front of his thermometer and circling up between its suction cup and the bottom of the filter, then back and forth across the tank again. Repeat until he's satisfied with having expressed his exuberance, then he stops and spreads out his fins in contentment or goes to rest on top of the thermometer's suction cup.
That's the "I scared away my enemy" happy dance. He also has a slightly different dance for catching his food in the filter's current. He even spent a whole day whizzing around when I first put him in his tank. Not tank surfing in particular, just zipping around everywhere with his fins at full sail.
Now he's... dude, I don't even know what he's flaring at now. The corner of his tank? The exposed bit of desk where the teapot is sitting? Can he, like, see his reflection or something? I don't know. I think I just picked (or was picked by) a weird fish.
Anyway. Do any of yours have crazy, elaborate happy dances? I know people have mentioned that their fish dance for them, but this guy's just got a whole routine memorized or something.