Our little warriors...

[eww]

Call me weird... Becca does... but sometime I like to get the flashlight and lay on the floor in front of the sump and watch all the bugs in the macros. Today I was doing just this and marveling how big the pods have gotten and how big the population has grown. Then I saw something big move toward the back up in the macros. Thinking Holy %$#@ that's a big pod!!! I looked closer only to see it's another Banggai Cardinal fish, maybe 1" tall including all it's fins. Then I saw another smaller one and then another one in the return pump section. These guys had to make the trip into the sump at a very young age. They had to get over the coast to coast overflow and into the drain that has strainers over it that are usually quite plugged. Then they had to survive the water slide into the skimmer section, dodge the skimmer pump input and get through the 3 baffle bubble trap. Once in the jungle of the fuge I'm sure food is plentiful and there are no predators but it still amazes me that they are there and seem to be thriving. They are obviously from two different hatches because of their size. I would post more pics like the last ones we did with them in front of the Elegance coral but they are considerably harder to see in the fuge. I think we are just going to leave them there until they are mature enough to move them to another tank without getting eaten. Has anyone ever had an experience like this? It's just really surprising to us to see this sort of survival.

 

[returnofsid]

Awesome!!! So does that bring the total up to 6 or 5? It's great to know that you've actually had 2 spawns, with some success!

 

[NC2WA]

Eric,

If "wierd" is all your wife calls you then consider yourself lucky..HAHAHAHAHA

Congrats on the new additions and no that is not wierd...

 

[akunochi]

That's awesome...my wife usually calls me.."What the hell did you buy?" Of course that could be a question...not sure...I still just change the subject.

 

[Peppie]

I'm thinking that is really weird. You should atleast have a bean bag chair. That makes you wonder if there may be more in there. That is quite the maze they need to pass thur to get there.
I didnt know you were in the breeding end of this hobby. If you keep producing them I would be more than happy to give a small one one a good home. I have recently lost a chromis. He jumped into the skimmer sec of the filter chamber. I looked and looked for two days and never seen him in there.

 

[akunochi]

At least it was a chromis and not a picasso clown....not that I have had 2 commit suicide in the last week,,,,

 

[user 26995]

Thats sooo cool. No, your not wierd. I believe we all think its cool to find all the little critters living in our tanks. But that is sooo cool about the cardinal babies.

 

[Peppie]

Granted the chromis are cheap, but as you know we all get attached to our fish. We go to great expense and trouble to give them the best. I have been thinking about a screen top for the tank. and I dont even have the so called JUMPERS.

 

[eww]

Awesome!!! So does that bring the total up to 6 or 5? It's great to know that you've actually had 2 spawns, with some success!

That makes 8 total I think. We have had two instances with 2 in the main DT only for them to disappear after a few days and then you add these 3. It is pretty cool and I think papa has another mouthful again now as he isn't eating.

I'm thinking that is really weird. You should atleast have a bean bag chair.

I agree Dave. I will have to make that argument to Becca for a big comfy bean bag chair If any of them survives to maturity you will get one, maybe even a pair, Dave for all the help with the stand and the future help with the canopy.