shy fish

Hello, I have a little problem with my 55 gallon. Most of the fish in the tank are shy and scared of me. I have - 6 gold tetras - 6 porkchop rasboras - 3 skunk cory cat (Aren't really scared of me) - 2 upside down catfish (Aren't scared of me at all) I am planning on getting more fish to add...

I got these 8 Red Phantoms for my 37 gallon 1 1/2 months ago. Only other fish are German Blue Rams but they never seem to care about the Phantoms. They happily swim around the tank... until you get close enough to see them, then they just hide behind the plants. Its frustrating because they are...

A long long while back i use to have a huge school of pygmy cories that would always swim around the tank and were quite bold. normally swimming in teams of 3-4 all around the tank. then the number decreased and i hadnt seen them so often. Later on i added a circulation pump and started my...

I recently purchased 15 new fish for my 20 gallon aquarium, 4 boraras maculatus, and 11 boraras uropthalmoides. These fish looked great, and settled down quite well, but I quickly noticed a change. Initially, both the boraras uropthalmoides and the boraras maculatus seemed like very happy...

I added CPDs to a tank with nothing but cherry shrimp a few weeks ago, and they have all (7) been doing well. I happened to get 4 males and 2 females and a little one that I don't know the gender of, so the M:F ratio might be a little off. But they swim together and are very active and out in...

I have been looking for months to find some affordable least killies, and I finally found a seller on AB. I recieved the fish yesterday, and Oh. My. Gosh. They are sooo tiny! I recieved 14 fish, plus... some babies! They were born during shipping, and I'm surprised they weren't eaten! My...

I've got these two angelfish... One is a relatively small male and the other is a relatively small female. The male is desperately afraid of pretty much anything, and the female I just moved from an abusive tank with another male who was going to kill her. So the male has been happily swimming...