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Chaos553 · 07-13-2008, 04:14 PM

Well before I go ahead and show off my tank, I have a little story for all of you. This morning I had to be at work at 6am so I woke up around 5am to get ready. I showered, cleaned up, ate breakfast, got changed and of course fed my fish. My African Butterfly Fish (which I will refer to as ABF for the remaining time) was of course the first in line to eat because he's a top dweller, obviously. So I was off to work until 10am, got back, settled in, and was about to play my Xbox when i realized he wasnt on the top of my tank...or anywhere else in my tank for that fact. So I'm frantically searching for him and it turns out, he was on the floor behind my fish tank...still breathing. So I got my net out and as careful as I could, got him in there, and floated him in the net on the top of the tank for a bit. He looked as good as dead IMO; covered in dust, eyes looked clouded, feelers all messed with dust, rolling around in the net uncontrollably, he was just a wreck. After a good 5 minutes or so, he began moving on his own, floating upright, but still pale as a ghost. I released him back into the tank to let him adjust to the water once again and swim around and I found out the problem. My blue jack apparently tormented him to the point where he couldn't take it and took a nose dive through the hole for the heater out of the tank.

I also ended up taking my blue jack back today for a good $30 store credit for the stuff I added in today. I was also able to turn in my huge sailfin pleco, but not for store credit since they had a ton of plecos already. I ended up purchasing two HUGE amazon plants, a purple waffle (which is planted at the moment, I want to float a few eventually), and 8 neons. The tank is looking awesome right now and I plan on grabbing a few more purple waffles, some java moss, neons, 3 or 4 more cories, and hopefully a handful of harlequins to add some serious color to the mix. I'm really stoked about the advancements in my tank right now and I really wanted to share it with you guys. I'll post the pics in another post since I'm not sure if it will fit in this post still. Thanks

07-13-2008, 04:14 PM	#1
Chaos553 Guilty Gear Anyone? Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 410	Updated Pics Well before I go ahead and show off my tank, I have a little story for all of you. This morning I had to be at work at 6am so I woke up around 5am to get ready. I showered, cleaned up, ate breakfast, got changed and of course fed my fish. My African Butterfly Fish (which I will refer to as ABF for the remaining time) was of course the first in line to eat because he's a top dweller, obviously. So I was off to work until 10am, got back, settled in, and was about to play my Xbox when i realized he wasnt on the top of my tank...or anywhere else in my tank for that fact. So I'm frantically searching for him and it turns out, he was on the floor behind my fish tank...still breathing. So I got my net out and as careful as I could, got him in there, and floated him in the net on the top of the tank for a bit. He looked as good as dead IMO; covered in dust, eyes looked clouded, feelers all messed with dust, rolling around in the net uncontrollably, he was just a wreck. After a good 5 minutes or so, he began moving on his own, floating upright, but still pale as a ghost. I released him back into the tank to let him adjust to the water once again and swim around and I found out the problem. My blue jack apparently tormented him to the point where he couldn't take it and took a nose dive through the hole for the heater out of the tank. I also ended up taking my blue jack back today for a good $30 store credit for the stuff I added in today. I was also able to turn in my huge sailfin pleco, but not for store credit since they had a ton of plecos already. I ended up purchasing two HUGE amazon plants, a purple waffle (which is planted at the moment, I want to float a few eventually), and 8 neons. The tank is looking awesome right now and I plan on grabbing a few more purple waffles, some java moss, neons, 3 or 4 more cories, and hopefully a handful of harlequins to add some serious color to the mix. I'm really stoked about the advancements in my tank right now and I really wanted to share it with you guys. I'll post the pics in another post since I'm not sure if it will fit in this post still. Thanks __________________ 10-Gallon Tank Empty 20-Gallon -TONS of Fancy Guppies -3 Albino Corys 38-Gallon -1 Cherry Barb (hoping to get rid of possibly for more schools) -13 Neon Tetra -2 Geophagus Jurupari -1 Red-Eye Tetra -1 Bolivian Ram -1 Green Cory -1 Peppered Cory -2 Juli Cories -(a few more cories should do it)