Yesterday my wonderful hubby bought me two beautiful baby naked clownfish.:flower: I was thrilled with my oh so cute new babies, and full of excitement. I honestly felt like a little kid.:starfish:
Unfortunately all that excitement turned in to the worse case of depression I had ever endured.
I very stupidly came home, and without giving it a thought I put the babies in my dt. My ocellaris clownfish did cross my mind, but since he is small, and my dt is a 6' 155 gallon tank I figured they would stay at opposite ends of the tank.
Problem was I totally did not give the 2.5 - 3" Niger or the 1" 4 line wrasse a second thought, and that is where the danger was.:banghead:
The worse that could have happened, did in fact happen. The babies were first chased by the Royal Gramma briefly, then the Niger began chasing them followed by the 4 line. I immediately tried in vane to get them.
Then I turned to the Niger with no success either.
Shortly there after my BIGGEST NIGHTMARE happened. I witnessed the Niger with one of the babies in it's jaws. I immediately got him to release the baby.
Oh the horror; the poor little baby had a severe bite on it's side. I put the little guy in a "hermit crab" carrying tank. Unfortunately it was way to late, the little guy's intestine was sticking out of the gash on it's side. I tried comforting myself by telling myself that at least I didn't let it die in the Niger's jaws. Within the next 10 min. the little guy passed away. I sat there crying, and beating myself up for such a stupid mistake that caused these little guys their life. I felt/feel like the MOST HORRID fish mom in the world.
Of course I kept looking for the other one with no luck. I had just given up all hope for the other one, when just about an hour ago, or so: OUT came the other one.:spin: Of course the 4 line & the Niger went on the chase the minute they saw it, and in to the rocks the baby went. I was ecstatic to see it of course, but once again started fretting for it's safety. Well, it came back out, and I was able to catch it.:flower: It is now in the "Hermit Crab" carrier floating in the dt while I get my 20 gallon cleaned up! That is where it will live until it grows much larger.:wink1:
Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy for my surviving Baby Naked Clownfish!!!!!!
Thank you for my little guy Wingo & hubby!!!!!:hug:
Sorry for the horrible pic. That was the best I could get from this little wiggly fish.:biglaugh:
Unfortunately all that excitement turned in to the worse case of depression I had ever endured.
I very stupidly came home, and without giving it a thought I put the babies in my dt. My ocellaris clownfish did cross my mind, but since he is small, and my dt is a 6' 155 gallon tank I figured they would stay at opposite ends of the tank.
Problem was I totally did not give the 2.5 - 3" Niger or the 1" 4 line wrasse a second thought, and that is where the danger was.:banghead:
The worse that could have happened, did in fact happen. The babies were first chased by the Royal Gramma briefly, then the Niger began chasing them followed by the 4 line. I immediately tried in vane to get them.
Then I turned to the Niger with no success either. Shortly there after my BIGGEST NIGHTMARE happened. I witnessed the Niger with one of the babies in it's jaws. I immediately got him to release the baby.
Oh the horror; the poor little baby had a severe bite on it's side. I put the little guy in a "hermit crab" carrying tank. Unfortunately it was way to late, the little guy's intestine was sticking out of the gash on it's side. I tried comforting myself by telling myself that at least I didn't let it die in the Niger's jaws.
Within the next 10 min. the little guy passed away. I sat there crying, and beating myself up for such a stupid mistake that caused these little guys their life. I felt/feel like the MOST HORRID fish mom in the world.Of course I kept looking for the other one with no luck. I had just given up all hope for the other one, when just about an hour ago, or so: OUT came the other one.:spin: Of course the 4 line & the Niger went on the chase the minute they saw it, and in to the rocks the baby went. I was ecstatic to see it of course, but once again started fretting for it's safety. Well, it came back out, and I was able to catch it.:flower: It is now in the "Hermit Crab" carrier floating in the dt while I get my 20 gallon cleaned up! That is where it will live until it grows much larger.:wink1:
Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy for my surviving Baby Naked Clownfish!!!!!!
Thank you for my little guy Wingo & hubby!!!!!:hug:
Sorry for the horrible pic.
That was the best I could get from this little wiggly fish.:biglaugh:Attachments
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