brennae
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Albino cory aeneus tank was starting to smell. It's been maybe two weeks since I changed it last, I know bad fish person, so I took out 60% of the water. Took a look at the intake for the Fluval 206 and it was nasty, full of Najas/guppy grass etc. At this point I have another 2 hours for my laundry to be done so I figure I may as well clean the canister and give these breeding machines the full treatment. I actually remember not to dump the dirty water so I could use to clean the filter. I slowly take it apart. The sponge side out first then one layer of the plaster trays at a time. I get down to the last tray and I lift it out of the bit of tank water left in the bottom of the canister and a fish flops out!!! It flopped into the bottom of the empty canister. So even though totally shocked because this cory has to be 2 months old and never would have fit up the intake he's in my filter. So I drain the rest of the water that I can't even see into out and thru a big net and I find another 1!! So two corys at about 2 months old and one fry have been living in my canister. All be a monkey's uncle!
I documented how they couldn't fit through the intake and where I found them etc. I swear I am not making this up. If I was i wouldn't show you the filthy condition of the canister. Makes me wonder how many fry I just dumped down the drain not knowing they were there. The light is bad over the utility sink so I'm glad the fish flopped. Poor things have never seen light before. I guess it's a good thing I over feed horribly so they had something to eat!
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I documented how they couldn't fit through the intake and where I found them etc. I swear I am not making this up. If I was i wouldn't show you the filthy condition of the canister. Makes me wonder how many fry I just dumped down the drain not knowing they were there. The light is bad over the utility sink so I'm glad the fish flopped. Poor things have never seen light before. I guess it's a good thing I over feed horribly so they had something to eat!
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