Looking For My Monster
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It has occurred to me that we have not had anything to smile at in the last few posts. I was on another Aquarium/Fish site before coming to this one. It was made plain that I was not wanted at that site so I left. It seems my sense of humor did not agree with the mod’s. It was fine with everybody else except them. I am going to re-post one of my old ones here. This will probably be the only one as I don’t want to have problems at this site. I like it here. This is one of my posts from the other site that they did not like at all!
Help!!!
I just don't know what to do. I recently got one of those hexagon tanks off Craig’s list and set up the saltwater tank that I’ve always wanted. I bought 4 snails, a cool crab of some sort, a clownfish & a school of 8 Blue Green Chromis (One big & seven small ones). Well everything went well for the first week or so. I read on this site about people getting up in the middle of the night and looking in their tank with a flashlight. I didn’t know if maybe that was good for the fish or something so I thought I’d better do it too. The very first night I put the light up against the glass not knowing what to expect. To my surprise the biggest Chromis fish came right up to the light. I must have blinded him with the light because while I was looking right at him the crab reached up to get him. He got hold of his pectoral fin and chopped it clean off. I turned the light off so he could get away from the crab. The next morning I could not believe my eyes!! Because of the missing fin he was only able to swim in circles! He was the dominant male and now all the other Chromas were following him. That would have been ok. Because it was a hexagon tank and to tell you the truth it looked pretty cool to see them all swimming around in circles. The problem became obvious within about two hours. The other fish got so dizzy that they would rise to the surface and float till they got it together again. I was so afraid of losing the other fish that I made up my mind to go after the culprit and remove him. Those darn Chromas things can swim faster then you would think! I had no luck after two hours and decided to try something different. I remember hearing about people shooting fish with a 22 rifle. I was getting desperate or I never would have tried to shoot him with my kid’s BB gun. I knew the water would slow down the BB before it hit the glass so it wouldn’t hurt anything. It was actually getting to be kind of fun with the kids cheering and all. If I had been watching closer I might have noticed the clown fish eating some of the BB’s. I was afraid at first that that the clownfish would die but it turned out alright. True, I have to hand feed the thing as it stays on the bottom of the tank a lot and don’t move really fast. Even that turned out to be a good thing as I had a bad diatom growth on the gravel and the clownfish has helped by dragging himself over it stirring it up & now it’s not so obvious. The tank is looking better with his help and the Chromas seem to recover from their dizziness after floating for about ten minutes. So what is my problem you ask? Well I was just reading the package the BB’s came in and it said they were copper plated to prevent rust. I don’t know how many the clownfish swallowed & I’m worried about the copper polluting the tank! Do you thing I should throw out the clownfish (it’s pretty easy to catch now) to save the rest of the fish or do you think things will be alright.
Thank you in advance for helping the new guy!
Ken
Help!!!
I just don't know what to do. I recently got one of those hexagon tanks off Craig’s list and set up the saltwater tank that I’ve always wanted. I bought 4 snails, a cool crab of some sort, a clownfish & a school of 8 Blue Green Chromis (One big & seven small ones). Well everything went well for the first week or so. I read on this site about people getting up in the middle of the night and looking in their tank with a flashlight. I didn’t know if maybe that was good for the fish or something so I thought I’d better do it too. The very first night I put the light up against the glass not knowing what to expect. To my surprise the biggest Chromis fish came right up to the light. I must have blinded him with the light because while I was looking right at him the crab reached up to get him. He got hold of his pectoral fin and chopped it clean off. I turned the light off so he could get away from the crab. The next morning I could not believe my eyes!! Because of the missing fin he was only able to swim in circles! He was the dominant male and now all the other Chromas were following him. That would have been ok. Because it was a hexagon tank and to tell you the truth it looked pretty cool to see them all swimming around in circles. The problem became obvious within about two hours. The other fish got so dizzy that they would rise to the surface and float till they got it together again. I was so afraid of losing the other fish that I made up my mind to go after the culprit and remove him. Those darn Chromas things can swim faster then you would think! I had no luck after two hours and decided to try something different. I remember hearing about people shooting fish with a 22 rifle. I was getting desperate or I never would have tried to shoot him with my kid’s BB gun. I knew the water would slow down the BB before it hit the glass so it wouldn’t hurt anything. It was actually getting to be kind of fun with the kids cheering and all. If I had been watching closer I might have noticed the clown fish eating some of the BB’s. I was afraid at first that that the clownfish would die but it turned out alright. True, I have to hand feed the thing as it stays on the bottom of the tank a lot and don’t move really fast. Even that turned out to be a good thing as I had a bad diatom growth on the gravel and the clownfish has helped by dragging himself over it stirring it up & now it’s not so obvious. The tank is looking better with his help and the Chromas seem to recover from their dizziness after floating for about ten minutes. So what is my problem you ask? Well I was just reading the package the BB’s came in and it said they were copper plated to prevent rust. I don’t know how many the clownfish swallowed & I’m worried about the copper polluting the tank! Do you thing I should throw out the clownfish (it’s pretty easy to catch now) to save the rest of the fish or do you think things will be alright.
Thank you in advance for helping the new guy!
Ken
PM me the name of the other site so I don't go there.
I thought it was funny. I think a since of humor is an essential thing to have. I guess if that was your first post they might have thought troll and booted you. Still funny though.
Great tank by the way. I love the rock walls and will probably have to plagiarize your method one day.
I thought it was funny. I think a since of humor is an essential thing to have. I guess if that was your first post they might have thought troll and booted you. Still funny though. Great tank by the way. I love the rock walls and will probably have to plagiarize your method one day.awesome tank! hope to see some more pics eventually.
good job and good lick with it in the future.
good job and good lick with it in the future.
just came in, and glad i did. Awesome tank, awesome thread.
Glad i didnt have to wait for the updates and was able to read the whole monster journey in one go.
(certainly passed a couple of hours at work too, so thank you).
your a very lucky man and im glad all your hard work has paid off it looks amazing and although whilst reading i was unsure if the 'rock wall' would be a good idea, it looks great.
congrat's again and looking forward to more updates.
oh and the last post had me in stitches
(hows the clown fish holding up? do you not think you should have used plastic BB's
)
just starting the 'ken burton' story now lol.
Glad i didnt have to wait for the updates and was able to read the whole monster journey in one go.
(certainly passed a couple of hours at work too, so thank you).
your a very lucky man and im glad all your hard work has paid off it looks amazing and although whilst reading i was unsure if the 'rock wall' would be a good idea, it looks great.
congrat's again and looking forward to more updates.
oh and the last post had me in stitches
(hows the clown fish holding up? do you not think you should have used plastic BB's
)just starting the 'ken burton' story now lol.
