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March 28, 2005
Lucky shrimp...
Couple of days ago I had the cover of the 12 gal tank open while acclimating a noble gourami that I had just gotten from The Pet Shanty. I noticed that the bamboo shrimp had made its way into the filter tray again but thought nothing of it cause it's usually there every now and then. Was sitting on the sofa working on the laptop when I heard a slapping sound from the aquarium and then a light "thud". Shit, the idiot shrimp had jumped out of the filter tray and fallen into the gap behind the tank. So I proceeded to do what I did last time but wasn't as lucky this time around. Took a while to get the shrimp back up using the tape on a pole method and when I finally managed to get him back into the tank, he was sans one long antenna and looked a hell of a lot closer to death than before. I actually thought he was a goner cause he wasn't moving much afterwards. Plus he seems to have a protrusion on his head that I don't recall seeing before.
Anyway, he stayed in one place pretty much for the rest of the day/evening and it took him about 2 days to seemingly recover enough to climb back to his usual perch on the hornwort. I gotta hand it to him, he's one tough lil' fella.
Next time I'll make sure he's safely back into the tank before I do anything with the cover open.
On a side note, the gourami passed away after two days. Guess it was nicknamed the "frail gourami" for a reason. Just another gourami I won't touch again (along with the chocolate) until I have more experience and better water.
Posted by ronin at March 28, 2005 12:31 AM