Marz
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- Joined
- Feb 9, 2014
- Location
- Orangeville, Ontario
Just a little story...true...sad...with happy ending and of course a ?
Today, I venture out with the kids to do regular Sunday chores. I wanted to go frag hunting since I have had my tank setup for over a month. It's early in the day, and once we get motoring, we collectively decide (read as: kids don't want to be out all day driving and hammer me to go home early) to go home. Turns out that their sick sense...or is it sixth..doesn't really matter, is well founded. We get home, say hi to Sam the Shrimp, Juliette...but we can't find Gnomeo anywhere in the tank. Since the family has been through this before (exactly a week ago), I start looking and looking for him. Can't find him on the floor, under the stand, thought maybe the dog got him. Finally, I look in between my kids shoes and there he is, lying there. I grab him, and he still has a little kick in him...a little...he's in my hands, not really moving much, and I hold him in the tank covered in water. A little more kick, so I figure, that if I put him back in the tank, she'll kill him as he doesn't have much fight in him. Although I know that I should take my time acclimating him to the frag tank, there really isn't much time. I grab the net and float him in it. Obviously still as a lot of life in 'im since he starts freaking out! I let him float in the net a little longer, helping him remain upright, when he finally hovers on his own. I let him out of the net and he slowly sinks to the bottom and finds a small hole between 2 rocks to rest. I monitor for him a little longer while the kids are giving Juliet proper "hell". Both kids vote that Juliet should be banished to a can full of water or sold (remember this is the second time she has driven a fish out of the tank...literally). Rushed to get my new/old skimmer cleaned up so that I could ensure a clean environment, and as I am typing this, the clown seems to be doing well..time will tell.
Thus, Juliet has been appropriately names the "Black Widow". I know that by tomorrow there will be a coup d'etat and I may find the Black Widow floating in the toilet when I come home tomorrow
Question: If I buy a larger clown than her, would she still push it over the edge? I am getting a tank cooler as I find that with the glass top on the tank gets very warm and of course the PH increases. Or should I remove her completely and swap the 2?
Today, I venture out with the kids to do regular Sunday chores. I wanted to go frag hunting since I have had my tank setup for over a month. It's early in the day, and once we get motoring, we collectively decide (read as: kids don't want to be out all day driving and hammer me to go home early) to go home. Turns out that their sick sense...or is it sixth..doesn't really matter, is well founded. We get home, say hi to Sam the Shrimp, Juliette...but we can't find Gnomeo anywhere in the tank. Since the family has been through this before (exactly a week ago), I start looking and looking for him. Can't find him on the floor, under the stand, thought maybe the dog got him. Finally, I look in between my kids shoes and there he is, lying there. I grab him, and he still has a little kick in him...a little...he's in my hands, not really moving much, and I hold him in the tank covered in water. A little more kick, so I figure, that if I put him back in the tank, she'll kill him as he doesn't have much fight in him. Although I know that I should take my time acclimating him to the frag tank, there really isn't much time. I grab the net and float him in it. Obviously still as a lot of life in 'im since he starts freaking out! I let him float in the net a little longer, helping him remain upright, when he finally hovers on his own. I let him out of the net and he slowly sinks to the bottom and finds a small hole between 2 rocks to rest. I monitor for him a little longer while the kids are giving Juliet proper "hell". Both kids vote that Juliet should be banished to a can full of water or sold (remember this is the second time she has driven a fish out of the tank...literally). Rushed to get my new/old skimmer cleaned up so that I could ensure a clean environment, and as I am typing this, the clown seems to be doing well..time will tell.
Thus, Juliet has been appropriately names the "Black Widow". I know that by tomorrow there will be a coup d'etat and I may find the Black Widow floating in the toilet when I come home tomorrow
Question: If I buy a larger clown than her, would she still push it over the edge? I am getting a tank cooler as I find that with the glass top on the tank gets very warm and of course the PH increases. Or should I remove her completely and swap the 2?
