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February 3, 2005
Stupid fish...
Sometimes, no matter what you do and the care you do it with, your fish will find a way to kill themselves. Came home and as I'm want to do, took a quick count of the inhabitants in the 5.5 gal. Hmmm... missing a sparkling gourami, where the heck is it? Poking amongst the plants didn't reveal anything. Tried to entice him out with some food, still nothing. Where the heck did it go???
Remembered something that the short-lived chocolate gourami used to do and bingo! The idiot gourami had managed to trap itself inbetween the Stingray filter and the tank wall. Since the Stingray is stuck to the wall via suction cups, there's a small gap available that thin-bodied fish like these tiny gouramis can trap themselves into. It's not like it's an easy thing for them to do either. They'd really want to do it to get themselves in that position. Anyway, thankfully this one was still alive and zipped out after I pulled the Stingray away from the wall a little. Whew...
Posted by ronin at February 3, 2005 7:46 PM