purple tile fish

[saltyair]

Does anyone have experience with a purple tile fish? I have had him for over 8 months thriving and doing great.
it does have a very weird personality, he spends half the day skimming the top of the water and spitting water in the air.

 

[RayL]

That sounds amazing, do you have a video of it?

 

[saltyair]

I will put one up tomorrow the lights are too low right now

 

[saltyair]

here is the video
http://s897.photobucket.com/user/VisserDavid/media/tilefish.mp4.html

That sounds amazing, do you have a video of it?

 

[RayL]

That is really funny, I have only witnessed that behaviour once before with a porcupine puffer when ever he got hungry.

I wish that was my fish, I just realized you live in ontario and so do I, if you ever get tired of that behaviour, just let me know and I will buy the fish from you

Thanks for posting the video

 

[saltyair]

Thanks for the offer he is one of my favorites
cant get sick of a unique personality

That is really funny, I have only witnessed that behaviour once before with a porcupine puffer when ever he got hungry.

I wish that was my fish, I just realized you live in ontario and so do I, if you ever get tired of that behaviour, just let me know and I will buy the fish from you

Thanks for posting the video

 

[aquaph8]

Awesome fish, you have a cover right?

 

[saltyair]

yes I do - I also have a dart fish and a wrasse so it's a must

Awesome fish, you have a cover right?

 

[accordsirh22]

i have a purple and a skunk, they both do the exact same thing. these fish eat a lot! and i mean a lot! id also wager i feed my fish way way more than you and mine always appear hungry. the tilefish are far more likely to jump than the wrasse or dartfish ime. ive had to dig my purple out of the sump twice and the skunk jumps virtually every night. very cool fish though

 

[saltyair]

thanks for the feed back - so what is the theory on this behavior? are they skimming the top feeding?

i have a purple and a skunk, they both do the exact same thing. these fish eat a lot! and i mean a lot! id also wager i feed my fish way way more than you and mine always appear hungry. the tilefish are far more likely to jump than the wrasse or dartfish ime. ive had to dig my purple out of the sump twice and the skunk jumps virtually every night. very cool fish though

 

[accordsirh22]

i know they eat a lot in the wild. but as far as i know they would never be at the surface