FINALLY GOT MY FISH TODAY!
Went to the lfs that was a little out of my way, and to my surprise they had no black oscellaris clownfish.... Big letdown, I was extremely mad because thats what I had wanted so badly. They put me on the list to contact for when they get more, but they didn't necessarily know when that would be. Oh well
I found the Vita-chem, put a bit in my tank, will put some on the food tomorrow.
They had some nassassarius snails and I wanted 10, but the...eccentric.... clerk could only find 6. This lady was a little screwy, but helpful, she actually asked me about my tank and its parameters and I felt she knew what she had been talking about. Regardless, Those 6 have cut my algae problem down already. I put them in one corner of the tank where I had the largest concentration of the algae, and it is already looking better.
Ok, now the fish!
Like I said before, no black oscellaris, I was pissed off and the lady could visibly see that. There were at least 12 the last time I went a month ago, so they must have all been taken. I looked down and saw they had misbar black oscellaris, and those kind of intrigued me. I took a closer look at them and found 4 main problems:
1. $20 more expensive than the regular black oscellaris, $20 I didn't have
2. Size was double the size of my current oscellaris, about 2-2 1/2 inches each, so didn't want to risk any huge confrontations.
3.They weren't moving too much, and as I looked closer I think I saw why
4. They all had signs of ick. (or ich, however you spell it)
I crouched down and got a good look at them, and they were all showing signs of it. One was so bad he was just sitting on the bottom and breathing rapidly. A few others were breathing rapidly too, and they all looked to be getting white markings on them. I know this could have been how their pattern was supposed to go, but it just didn't look right. I figured if one had it, they all did and I wasn't going to take any chances.
As the clerk was searching for the snails, I looked in a few other tanks and one fish that I had been hunting for was in their store: A BICOLOR BLENNY! I got realllllly excited when I saw him and instantly decided if i couldn't get a clown today I was getting him. And I did
I was a little worried on the way home, we had to pick up my sister from a her classes and stopped for food on the way home, so what should have been a quick 30 min drive back home turned more to a close to an hour ride back. I put him in the bucket for drip acclimation and he wasn't moving whatsoever, thought he was dead but I looked closely and saw his gills moving and figured he was just going through a bit of shock. I also saw that he had developed a few white spots on him that he didnt have in the store, because I looked at him for a good few minutes before asking for him to make sure he was moving well and seemed healthy. I figured it was just a little discoloration from being out of a tank for a while, and they have since dissappeared. I put him in the tank with the lights out for a few hours ( I had to leave and do something) and as I came back I found him generally in the same area he was in before.
As I started writing this though, he just started moving around. My clown had gone up to him and checked him out, it kind of looked like he was giving him a tour around the rock he was chilling on. Then he disappeared, and I found him in a hole on the rock I didnt even know existed, and its in the perfect spot in front of my tank. Now my clown is swimming near the hole and the blenny is picking algae off the rocks. We'll see how he does through the night, still a bit worried about him but i think he will pull through. Now I just need to think of a name for him...
Sorry if this was long to read, I was so excited and had to share EVERY detail! Pics in a few once I get them uploaded
