I wake up and check
on the fish, the school of Neon’s dash past and I follow them thinking,
"hmm that’s odd", there are only 5 Neon’s now? I search the tank expecting
to find it in the Hygro, not there, OK don’t panic, they might have
gone in the cave, not there. OK, time to check all fish are home. I
cover the substrate looking for the clear Japonica Shrimp, all three
are there, time to open the cave where I assumed the Kuhlis were hiding
in the daytime, only one was there from a group of three, I searched
the gravel with my hands for the other two but nothing. The missing
fish are as follows:2 Kuhli loaches 1 Neon Tetra I start to worry because
I had planned to go to the fish shop the next day to get 2 Angelfish,
I would have been fine with it if it were just the Kuhlis because they
are known to go missing for weeks at a time, but for a Neon to go as
well it made me concerned. As you would I tested the water, all fine,
so I start to think and remember when I got my Shrimp, they were eating
the slime coat from some Discus they were in the tank with. I knew they
were peaceful but couldn’t take the risk, so I decided to take the shrimp
back to the fish shop, once there I buy 2 Angelfish and 3 Kuhlis to
replace my loss and one extra for luck (Not a good idea). I come home
and go upstairs, I turn off the lights and start to acclimatize the
fish, once done I net them from the bags and leave them, my mum calls
from downstairs so I go down to help her set up a 10 gallon she got
today, after about an hour of getting the tank ready and filling it
I go back upstairs and start aquascaping with my new plants. I reach
across for my net but I almost fall over (I’m balancing on my toes knelt
down) so I reach out and stop myself from falling by putting my hand
on my filter (canister), just then I see a little wiggle, its my Kuhli!
I race to the plug and yank it out, and slam the valves shut, run into
the bathroom, I put the plug in and open the valves to let the pressure
out. After opening the top I take out the filter basket I twist it around
and find a crushed Neon on the top of the basket. Then I take my net
and empty the water in the filter case through the net and I find my
missing Kuhli, I run back to the tank and put him in, he swims off happy.
I found in the end that my surface skimmer had eaten my Neon and welcomed
my Kuhli, to come inside. As you can tell a Kuhli is more adapted to
living inside a filter than I Neon is. I have not found the other Kuhlis
but I’m still hoping it will turn up, the surface skimmer has been stuffed
with blue filter floss from my brackish tank and is working just like
normal.
I wake up and check
on the fish, the school of Neon’s dash past and I follow them thinking,
"hmm that’s odd", there are only 5 Neon’s now? I search the tank expecting
to find it in the Hygro, not there, OK don’t panic, they might have
gone in the cave, not there. OK, time to check all fish are home. I
cover the substrate looking for the clear Japonica Shrimp, all three
are there, time to open the cave where I assumed the Kuhlis were hiding
in the daytime, only one was there from a group of three, I searched
the gravel with my hands for the other two but nothing. The missing
fish are as follows:2 Kuhli loaches 1 Neon Tetra I start to worry because
I had planned to go to the fish shop the next day to get 2 Angelfish,
I would have been fine with it if it were just the Kuhlis because they
are known to go missing for weeks at a time, but for a Neon to go as
well it made me concerned. As you would I tested the water, all fine,
so I start to think and remember when I got my Shrimp, they were eating
the slime coat from some Discus they were in the tank with. I knew they
were peaceful but couldn’t take the risk, so I decided to take the shrimp
back to the fish shop, once there I buy 2 Angelfish and 3 Kuhlis to
replace my loss and one extra for luck (Not a good idea). I come home
and go upstairs, I turn off the lights and start to acclimatize the
fish, once done I net them from the bags and leave them, my mum calls
from downstairs so I go down to help her set up a 10 gallon she got
today, after about an hour of getting the tank ready and filling it
I go back upstairs and start aquascaping with my new plants. I reach
across for my net but I almost fall over (I’m balancing on my toes knelt
down) so I reach out and stop myself from falling by putting my hand
on my filter (canister), just then I see a little wiggle, its my Kuhli!
I race to the plug and yank it out, and slam the valves shut, run into
the bathroom, I put the plug in and open the valves to let the pressure
out. After opening the top I take out the filter basket I twist it around
and find a crushed Neon on the top of the basket. Then I take my net
and empty the water in the filter case through the net and I find my
missing Kuhli, I run back to the tank and put him in, he swims off happy.
I found in the end that my surface skimmer had eaten my Neon and welcomed
my Kuhli, to come inside. As you can tell a Kuhli is more adapted to
living inside a filter than I Neon is. I have not found the other Kuhlis
but I’m still hoping it will turn up, the surface skimmer has been stuffed
with blue filter floss from my brackish tank and is working just like
normal. 