Originally Posted by
mcbdz
I seem to have a very shy filly.
I have the 2 WC female H. erectus. The orange tipped one(mango) is a big flirt. She comes up to the front of the glass and if you put a finger up to her she acts like she wants you to scratch her behind the gills.
But my Purple one(Flicka) hinds behind whatever she is hitched to until you back off for awhile. She want even come out to eat until I back off. I do hang around and she will eventually come down and eat. I just wanted to get some ideas on how to get her to socialize more. She eats good and when she doesn't see anyone swims around some, but nothing like Mango does. Is this just going to be her personality or do you think she will become more sociable in time?
Hard to say...every fish has it's own personality...you could try Monalisa's food dish. My 2 new girls took to it in 3 minutes. I had them for only 3 days now, but when I came home from work today they were both sitting in their food dish, waiting for dinner.