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Posted by swarvegorilla on March 27, 2007, 1:27 am
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SAE are very effective at vanishing fish corpses!!
>I finally got around to moving the office boys to their new home today. I
>must have bought the new tank (only a 20H) about six months ago and built
>the canopy about two months go, with the lights going in yesterday. I also
>had to put some supports under the desk, as I had concerns about the
>particle board desk holding the 200+ pounds. The main reason for the
>upgrade was that I had 3 SAEs in a 10 gallon, although they seemed pretty
>'happy'. Oddly I lost two Cherry Barbs recently and I never did find any
>remains.
>
> The Barbs were easy to catch, I was able to move them with my hand. The
> SAEs reminded me why they have a reputation as jumpers. I finally gave up
> trying to use my hands to move them and used the net. I was sure they'd
> end on the floor eventually, even with most of the water drained out of
> the 10G. On the bright side I found 3 Otos, when I was sure there was only
> two left in the tank. Hopefully I reduced the Snail population
> considerably. The tank is still a little murky from the Fluorite that got
> stirred up, but I'm sure it will settle out in a couple of days. Everyone
> seems OK, the SAEs are doing their glass dance already, so I guess they're
> over their trauma. :-)
>
>
>
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>must have bought the new tank (only a 20H) about six months ago and built
>the canopy about two months go, with the lights going in yesterday. I also
>had to put some supports under the desk, as I had concerns about the
>particle board desk holding the 200+ pounds. The main reason for the
>upgrade was that I had 3 SAEs in a 10 gallon, although they seemed pretty
>'happy'. Oddly I lost two Cherry Barbs recently and I never did find any
>remains.
>
> The Barbs were easy to catch, I was able to move them with my hand. The
> SAEs reminded me why they have a reputation as jumpers. I finally gave up
> trying to use my hands to move them and used the net. I was sure they'd
> end on the floor eventually, even with most of the water drained out of
> the 10G. On the bright side I found 3 Otos, when I was sure there was only
> two left in the tank. Hopefully I reduced the Snail population
> considerably. The tank is still a little murky from the Fluorite that got
> stirred up, but I'm sure it will settle out in a couple of days. Everyone
> seems OK, the SAEs are doing their glass dance already, so I guess they're
> over their trauma. :-)
>
>
>