My fish likes to play dead?

Question

i have two pet fish, one male and one female. the female likes to literally beat the **** out of the male fish. no joke i thought it was just the two males that fought but for whatever reason she puts a pounding on him almost everyday. she chases him around the tank and he would not even fight back. she even bit my finger when i was trying to rub the male fishes fin because she is so aggressive. we finally put him inside a roomy cage inside the tank but she found some way to break it just so she could be the breaks off him some more. now check this out, he has found a strategy. one morning when i was going to feed him and the lunatic female fish, he was floating on his side with his eye stuck out of the water. i thought that she had killed him but when i went to get the net to take him out he swam away. he does this now everyday to avoid getting his *** kicked by "lady bites a lot" as we call her now until we get another fish tank for him. has your fish ever played dead?

Answer 1

No.

But very intelligent fish.

I congratulate him.

Answer 2

When my dad feeds the fish too often, their tummies flow to the surface.

Answer 3

that is hilarious!

i love your fishies.

the male one is very clever :p

x_x

Answer 4

I've never seen that in any of my tanks, but wow! What a smart boy!

Answer 5

That is too funny...either your fish is really smart...or he is on his way out.....I know that my fish (an albino oscar) will lay down and play dead on the bottom of his tank to try to lure the ghost shrimp out from hiding, then when a victim comes close enough to Ludka's mouth, he immediatly grabs the ghost shrimp and eats it. I would seriously separate them if you intend on keeping both....what kind of fish do you have?

Answer 6

do you sit in front of your fish tank and just look at them all day?

Answer 7

ahaha thats funny!!

i would just get another little tank for the aggressive fish and stick it in there alone, obviously its hurting the other fish!

if it seems lonley place the tank next to the other one so they can see eachother but cant touch! lol

good luck...

Answer 8

Get the female away. Give her away or something, and get a new fish. The female probably has a disorder of some kind, and the continued attacks on the male will cause him undue stress and possible death.

Answer 9

kill the girl fish

Answer 10

lol thats cool and yea my fish play dead

Answer 11

Hahahaha!!!

That is hilarious!

Well, no.  I have never even heard of this before.

Very interesting.

LOL

Kind of reminds me of life....

Answer 12

my friend has a fish and it looks likes its dead cuz it flaot on the water (sorat) then when u touch its swims away

Answer 13

Well i had one really sick fish once, he never looked very healthy, he had shredded fins and was always very small. Anyway, i would always find him floating with his belly up and i thought he was dead, but then i learned that he had problems with his air bladder, that's what keeps fish upright. So, i don't think he was playing... Oh, poor, poor Albert... :(

Answer 14

No, but this is pretty hilarious.  Maybe you can submit it to Stupid Pet Tricks.

Answer 15

That's so funny and cute. What a smart fish lol.  

Answer 16

Hahah this question made me laugh. Star for you!

No, they just died fast since we always got those crappy fish from swap meets.

Answer 17

LOL oh man your fish is fricken awesome!

That strategy works on women to lol

Answer 18

haha nice  and no my fish have never played dead and what kind of fish are nyours.. and also why are you rubbing the fish's fin?... it can stress the fish and rubb off its protective slime try getting a tank divider no fish can get throught one of those but make sure you get some with holes