WTF moments....

Prince

Prince

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I have been having some WTF moments the last few days. I bought two Dario from MsJinkzd at the last meet to replace the one male that thought the carpet in my bedroom was a big sandy puddle. His partner the remaining female said good luck with that and stayed in the evolve 4. Well the new female also the carpet was a larger body of water and jumped yesterday. I found her when I saw what I thought was a dried leaf. The Evolve 4 has a feeding hole about the size of a silver dollar. The female was found in a area that would be consistent with her jumping out their. Well today when I went to feed the fish I found the male of the pair I just bought on the carpet dried up. He umped sometime overnight. He managed to jump through a slit a little more than the width of his body.

WTF!

As beautiful as they are I am done with Dario. I find a species that doesn't just eat live foods and they still find away to die. Maybe I'll try a Chocolate Gourami this time.


 
verbal

verbal

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rich_one said:
Crazy! But hey... chocolate cichlids are attractive fish, so there is a positive!

-Rich
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I don't think chocolate cichlids fit in a 4 gallon tank.

Although you won't have to worry about if jump out of the feeding hole lol
 
rich_one

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verbal said:
I don't think chocolate cichlids fit in a 4 gallon tank.

Although you won't have to worry about if jump out of the feeding hole lol
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ROFLMMFAO!!!!

OOPS! RIF. Cichlids on the brain. I saw "cichlid"... not "gourami". DOH! :smashfreakB:

-Rich
 
dogofwar

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So I have exactly 2 (of ~50) tanks in the fishroom that have real hoods (as in not pieces of glass, rubbermaid containers or lids or no covers.

I found the female of a pair of chanchitos (of a kind that no one else in the US has) dried on the fishroom floor on saturday AM. The 5" fish jumped out of a ~1" wide open strip on the back. The pair was even divided so that the male wouldn't chase her.

WTF!!!!

Matt

PS When I told Siena, her response was, "Well, I guess we're going to have to go back to Uruguay and get another one. When can we go, Dada?" I had to smile...
 
verbal

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dogofwar said:
PS When I told Siena, her response was, "Well, I guess we're going to have to go back to Uruguay and get another one. When can we go, Dada?" I had to smile...
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LOL That is a sign a good sign you are raising her right.
 
msjinkzd

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DOH! :(

Ironically, almost ALL my tanks are open top and I almost never find crispy critters. Maybe they don't want to jump because there is too much space to choose from?
 
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msjinkzd said:
DOH! :(

Ironically, almost ALL my tanks are open top and I almost never find crispy critters. Maybe they don't want to jump because there is too much space to choose from?
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Or maybe its because so many of yours have no bones? I mean aquatic invertebrates aren't exactly legendary for their leaping abilities. Nice try though...:D
 
Prince

Prince

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msjinkzd said:
DOH! :(

Ironically, almost ALL my tanks are open top and I almost never find crispy critters. Maybe they don't want to jump because there is too much space to choose from?
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Great Rachel thanks for telling me my fish hate me.:D

I am think maybe it was the turbulent. The pumps on the evovle tanks are strong even on their lowest setting.
 
msjinkzd

msjinkzd

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pssst Sam, you need to visit. I think you will be shocked to see that in the 70+ tanks I have going, there are more tanks with FISH right now then their boneless friends :p


And Prince, that may be it. I just use the sponge filtration in the majority of my tanks. I am sorry you have had troubles keeping them, they really are quite nice fish when they are not found crispy on the floor :(
 
Prince

Prince

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msjinkzd said:
And Prince, that may be it. I just use the sponge filtration in the majority of my tanks. I am sorry you have had troubles keeping them, they really are quite nice fish when they are not found crispy on the floor :(
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I think I may give it one more try. I'll just completely cover the lid for the first two months. Now I just have to get the fish. I wish I could make the GWAPA meeting.
 
rich_one

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Prince,

I plan to be at the October meeting. I believe you live near me. I can bring them to you or meet you somewhere or something on my way back, if you'd like. Just let me know.

-Rich


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