Doc
I don't work for anybody
So, I dropped in a cube of frozen food just about 5 minutes ago into my 90 gallon reef tank. I followed the same routine as I usually do, walk over to the tank, drop in the cube turn around and wash my hands (the cube make my hand smell like my first girlfriend) so, as I reach the sink, I hear a splash and a <thud>. Yup, you know where this is going.
I run back towards my tank and about 10 feet away, lying on the hardwood is one of my Bartletts anthias. not breathing, just wet and lying flat. I scooped it up and tossed it back into the tank. 10 FEET! It must have got quite a running start to try to commit suicide that way. My best guess is that my Regal Tang, who can get territorial during feeding times, scared it and it jumped out of fear. WOW.
It got blown around in the current for about 1 minute, but started breathing. Then, it just settled on the bottom of the tank for another minute, breathing hard with its mouth wide open. He kept his color though throughout all of this.
About a minute later, he lept up and starting swimming as if nothing had happened. Stupid fish. I am not OK with a $30 suicide. My clowns...fine. Gramma....go ahead. NOT an anthia. Bastard. From now on and I going to thaw the food cuz I think eggcrate blocks too much light and is ugly
-Doc
I run back towards my tank and about 10 feet away, lying on the hardwood is one of my Bartletts anthias. not breathing, just wet and lying flat. I scooped it up and tossed it back into the tank. 10 FEET! It must have got quite a running start to try to commit suicide that way. My best guess is that my Regal Tang, who can get territorial during feeding times, scared it and it jumped out of fear. WOW.
It got blown around in the current for about 1 minute, but started breathing. Then, it just settled on the bottom of the tank for another minute, breathing hard with its mouth wide open. He kept his color though throughout all of this.
About a minute later, he lept up and starting swimming as if nothing had happened. Stupid fish. I am not OK with a $30 suicide. My clowns...fine. Gramma....go ahead. NOT an anthia. Bastard. From now on and I going to thaw the food cuz I think eggcrate blocks too much light and is ugly
-Doc