Dary's tank!

[Andy Sager]

Hey Sean,…. Thanks for the encouragement,…I had to laugh when you said there’s two types of people those, who’ve I made similar mistakes and those that lie and said they never have ,…. I somehow found that funny , reminds me of an old employee we had at the shop

Dary, if I told you how many times I flooded a tank at a store I worked in, you'd probably wonder how the hell I kept being employed. LOL It's all part of the "art" of fish keeping. Real fish people have both wet arms and wet floors. That's my story and I'm stickin' with it.
As for the fish, I bet they just thought it rained REALLY, REALLY hard which was why the salinity went down. Even in the ocean, that gets corrected within 6 hours so they are probably used to it.

 

[Dary421]

Dary, if I told you how many times I flooded a tank at a store I worked in, you'd probably wonder how the hell I kept being employed. LOL It's all part of the "art" of fish keeping. Real fish people have both wet arms and wet floors. That's my story and I'm stickin' with it.
As for the fish, I bet they just thought it rained REALLY, REALLY hard which was why the salinity went down. Even in the ocean, that gets corrected within 6 hours so they are probably used to it.

lol,…you guys are making me feel better ,..thanks

 

[Andy Sager]

It proves to me that if you maintain stability and feed properly that these fish can vastly outlive their free counterparts.
I miss the old tank, and house. But that’s just me not liking to let go.

I can't recall who it was at the moment but I remember reading about a pair of Clownfish in the Marshall Islands that were studied in the wild for 25 years at the time of the article so it really helped prove, to me at least, that marine fish were far from the fragile specimens they were thought to be back in the 70s and 80s. They HAD to be robust fish in order to live in the ocean environment for that long. They definitely have a much longer life span than most freshwater fish kept in aquariums.
I definitely agree that all it takes is stability and nutrition to get these critters to live a long, long life.

 

[Autumnsky]

I loved the "There are two kinds of people..."

Sometimes I can't believe what kind of dumb things I can do. But usually we can get through it. So happy to hear that all the fish friends are okay.

Greg nice to hear all those geriatric fish are still kickin. My ideal house would have a floor drain... lol.

 

[Dary421]

I loved the "There are two kinds of people..."

Sometimes I can't believe what kind of dumb things I can do. But usually we can get through it. So happy to hear that all the fish friends are okay.

Greg nice to hear all those geriatric fish are still kickin. My ideal house would have a floor drain... lol.

Autumn - I guess the good lord made me dumb enough to do stupid things on occasion, but bright enough to figure out how to undo the mess just as fast …. Whew !
Ps love the part of Greg’s “ geriatric “ fish

 

[Andy Sager]

lol,…you guys are making me feel better ,..thanks

I'll give you one better..... I was giving a grouper and Powder Brown Tang a freshwater bath in one of the 10 gallon freshwater tanks near the marine section of the store and got called away by a customer and forgot about them for about 1/2 hour. A customer comes up to me and asked me if those fish would do well in their S. American cichlid tank and I think "OH SH*T " and quickly get them back into their right tanks. End result: both fish lived and were definitely parasite free.

 

[Dary421]

lol,…it’s those “ oh sh#t “ moments that bring you back to reality really quick.
Funny , as I was frantically trying to undo the mess I had created as quickly as I could the thought of the fresh water parasite treatment was flashing thru my head , I was thinking ,heck maybe it’ll do them some good in the long run ?
No doubt about it , we learn from our mistakes,… I have a sweat shirt that says
“ in order to be old and wise you first have to be young and stupid”

 

[Andy Sager]

lol,…it’s those “ oh sh#t “ moments that bring you back to reality really quick.
Funny , as I was frantically trying to undo the mess I had created as quickly as I could the thought of the fresh water parasite treatment was flashing thru my head , I was thinking ,heck maybe it’ll do them some good in the long run ?
No doubt about it , we learn from our mistakes,… I have a sweat shirt that says
“ in order to be old and wise you first have to be young and stupid”

Absolutely!!!

 

[Dary421]

Holy crap ,… I haven’t posted anything on here regarding my tank etc in about a year !!!!

Tank is going strong ! Still have all my fishes including my nemesis and now LONG LIVED powder blue tang !!! Gotta be going on 5 years or so for that guy now !!! ,… I guess I gotta be doing something right for a change .

Heading back to Hawaii in a couple of weeks to go snorkeling and hang out ( trip #25 I believe ) …love seeing our aquarium fishes as they are in the wild .
Hope everyone’s doing great ,….!!!

 

[Andy Sager]

I'm with you. There's nothing better than seeing our fish species in their natural habitats. It gives you a whole better knowledge of what the fish needs in the aquarium.

 

[Dary421]

The thing that amazes me the most when snorkeling over there is watching the yellow tangs, they travel around the reefs in tightly knit schools of hundreds of fish ,..yet in the confines of the home aquarium environment they do not tolerate each other at all.

 

[Andy Sager]

That's because they need each other in the ocean but not in the aquarium. I've also seen many larger Tangs of all species that are more loners or just paired up rather than in schools. I refuse to try to get into their heads, especially when they have those scalpels to attack me with if I'm wrong.

 

[Autumnsky]

It's great to hear things are going well. And the Tang!!! Have a fabulous trip and hoping you see so many amazing creatures, and ones you haven't seen before.

 

[Dary421]

Thank you autumn …. It’s a new adventure every time you paddle away from shore … it’s like being on a another planet ,so many little ecosystems everywhere you look….. fishes going thru their daily routines almost oblivious to you looking in on em.

Really gives one a different view on keeping a piece of the reef in your living room.

 

[Dary421]

We went snorkeling at “ two step “ a couple of times on our vacation to Hawaii’s big island ….….Not the tremendous volume of fish we’ve seen in the past but definitely enough critters to keep one occupied .

As usual the yellow tangs took center stage followed by a myriad of parrot fish and the local reef guys ,…the trigger fish seemed to have vacated the area for some reason which we've seen in the past …all in all a pleasant trip exploring their world

 

[Andy Sager]

We went snorkeling at “ two step “ a couple of times on our vacation to Hawaii’s big island ….….Not the tremendous volume of fish we’ve seen in the past but definitely enough critters to keep one occupied .

As usual the yellow tangs took center stage followed by a myriad of parrot fish and the local reef guys ,…the trigger fish seemed to have vacated the area for some reason which we've seen in the past …all in all a pleasant trip exploring their world

Sounds like a good time. What you saw, unfortunately, is why Hawaii is closed to fish collection pretty much. Stock depletion was getting so bad before the ban that my Hawaii Fish supplier left the islands and moved to the Philippines to ship fish. He saw the writing on the wall. The fish will make a comeback but it could take a long time.
This is, imo, why figuring out breeding all marine fish is so important so as to not deplete stock like the old days. Just look at how long it took Bangghi Cardinals to go from newly found to overfished.