Evening!
Long story short...I have become the anxiety-driven foster owner of what I believe is an entire community of Jade Sleeper Gobies.
Also know that my family and I have kept & bred the most common freshwater and saltwater fish in tanks up to 200 gallons. We've also kept crayfish, crabs, and all the common "pet store pets" as they were when I was a kid. I'm not saying I'm an expert, by any means. I try and research and learn because my theory is that if the life of my animals is worse with me then I am not prepared to keep that animal. I just want to make sure I know what I am dealing with...if that is possible.
Also, I know my tank is too small, my fish are too big, and there are too many for that size tank.
As I will explain, I didn't even have an established tank nor did I intend to embark on this adventure.
That being said, where I live in Florida there is a current "boom" and many construction sites, new roads, and all the mess that comes with this has popped up near me.
One day I was walking and saw that the crew had bulldozed, filled in, and cut across several of the tiny waterways that most people in the area probably never knew existed. During times with no rain, there is no visible water other than some gross cloudy water that dribbles out of some drain pipe but by no means even touches all of the branches of the waterways. Think of the Finger Lakes, but on an insanely small scale.
Anyway, their plan cut through the Mini-Finger-Lakes (MFL) and blocked the drain pipe and water filled in with the 1 Finger (Think of a hand with the thumb disconnected.) containing drain-water and whatever was there prior to the construction. The depth was no more than 12 inches or so.I noticed some flickering of small guppies and whatnot and figured I'd grab my minnow trap, load it up, and see what those little fish were. Their patterns were interesting and I thought it would might be neat for a small 5-10 gallon display.
So, I came back, dropped the trap, and went to another location. (I was searching for a baby blue-gill)
Later that afternoon, I came back and the crew had come back and marked the Thumb with orange cones to be filled in the next day.
I thought that was terrible, honestly, and pulled up the trap.
I peeked inside and had none of the fish I saw & wanted, but there were some others that were about 1"-2" and reminded me of little bass.
I put the batch into my bucket and threw the trap back and caught another batch. I figured I'd come back in the early AM to try to get more to save them from the ditch-of-death.
Unfortunately, that wasn't the case and I was unable to get any more...at least from there.
After progressing through tanks, filters, trial and error...I am at a 75 gallon tank with 2 external filters rated for 100 gallons each. I have added some live plants, ghost shrimp, some rosy reds and 3 crayfish.
I took some photos of a lot of aspects of the tank from abnormalities and injuries and some basic photos looking for some explanations, opinions, information, etc. since I am trying to get them/keep them healthy and pass them along/sell them to good homes. They apparently can grow to ridiculous sizes if given the proper diet and space to do so and I don't want to stunt/dwarf them in an overcrowded tank for longer than I have to if you know what I mean.
I have the photos and video clips...which are unedited but, being new and all, I have that banner that says not to post links...so, I am unsure what to do next...so, I thought I'd write this out first and see if I should upload files here directly or to my YouTube as a slideshow or something.
I have an insane number of photos which borders on some kind of disorder...I'm sure....but, I obviously want to share as many as people would want/need to see...but, I have no gauge as to "how many is too many" so please advise. I have at least 20-30 I can think of with what I've explained so far but, I do have 1000's more just because I've wanted to learn about these fish and have come to really enjoy them.
Thanks in advance!
r3dbullxxx
*UPDATE* I forgot...I've had them about 7 months. Thanks.
Long story short...I have become the anxiety-driven foster owner of what I believe is an entire community of Jade Sleeper Gobies.
Also know that my family and I have kept & bred the most common freshwater and saltwater fish in tanks up to 200 gallons. We've also kept crayfish, crabs, and all the common "pet store pets" as they were when I was a kid. I'm not saying I'm an expert, by any means. I try and research and learn because my theory is that if the life of my animals is worse with me then I am not prepared to keep that animal. I just want to make sure I know what I am dealing with...if that is possible.
Also, I know my tank is too small, my fish are too big, and there are too many for that size tank.
As I will explain, I didn't even have an established tank nor did I intend to embark on this adventure.
That being said, where I live in Florida there is a current "boom" and many construction sites, new roads, and all the mess that comes with this has popped up near me.
One day I was walking and saw that the crew had bulldozed, filled in, and cut across several of the tiny waterways that most people in the area probably never knew existed. During times with no rain, there is no visible water other than some gross cloudy water that dribbles out of some drain pipe but by no means even touches all of the branches of the waterways. Think of the Finger Lakes, but on an insanely small scale.
Anyway, their plan cut through the Mini-Finger-Lakes (MFL) and blocked the drain pipe and water filled in with the 1 Finger (Think of a hand with the thumb disconnected.) containing drain-water and whatever was there prior to the construction. The depth was no more than 12 inches or so.I noticed some flickering of small guppies and whatnot and figured I'd grab my minnow trap, load it up, and see what those little fish were. Their patterns were interesting and I thought it would might be neat for a small 5-10 gallon display.
So, I came back, dropped the trap, and went to another location. (I was searching for a baby blue-gill)
Later that afternoon, I came back and the crew had come back and marked the Thumb with orange cones to be filled in the next day.
I thought that was terrible, honestly, and pulled up the trap.
I peeked inside and had none of the fish I saw & wanted, but there were some others that were about 1"-2" and reminded me of little bass.
I put the batch into my bucket and threw the trap back and caught another batch. I figured I'd come back in the early AM to try to get more to save them from the ditch-of-death.
Unfortunately, that wasn't the case and I was unable to get any more...at least from there.
After progressing through tanks, filters, trial and error...I am at a 75 gallon tank with 2 external filters rated for 100 gallons each. I have added some live plants, ghost shrimp, some rosy reds and 3 crayfish.
I took some photos of a lot of aspects of the tank from abnormalities and injuries and some basic photos looking for some explanations, opinions, information, etc. since I am trying to get them/keep them healthy and pass them along/sell them to good homes. They apparently can grow to ridiculous sizes if given the proper diet and space to do so and I don't want to stunt/dwarf them in an overcrowded tank for longer than I have to if you know what I mean.
I have the photos and video clips...which are unedited but, being new and all, I have that banner that says not to post links...so, I am unsure what to do next...so, I thought I'd write this out first and see if I should upload files here directly or to my YouTube as a slideshow or something.
I have an insane number of photos which borders on some kind of disorder...I'm sure....but, I obviously want to share as many as people would want/need to see...but, I have no gauge as to "how many is too many" so please advise. I have at least 20-30 I can think of with what I've explained so far but, I do have 1000's more just because I've wanted to learn about these fish and have come to really enjoy them.
Thanks in advance!
r3dbullxxx
*UPDATE* I forgot...I've had them about 7 months. Thanks.
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