Re: Off topic, but kinda odd...

[mjacobs2@tampabay.rr.com]

That is a nifty story!  I might just "steal" it and put it in the local 
aquarium Bulletin as a filler!

Mike

> In my fish room, I have 3 old pets mart tanks that I have plumbed together
> to from a 75 gallon~ish tank system.  I had to redo some of my substrate
> because a sand I was using was driving my Ph up.  All of the moving around
> of the substrate caused an in advertent rise in nitrites in my system.
> 
> To make a long story short, all of the 'important' fish got moved out the
> tanks system, and some cycle fish moved back in.  One tank now has 10 zebra
> dainos in it, and another tank has 4 orange platys in it.  I originally had
> some black mollies in with the platys, but the nitrites were too much for
> them, and they passed on, but not before leaving an offspring in the tank.
> 
> As is my custom with live bearers, I generally rear the young in a small
> Tupperware dish floating on the surface with small holes cut in the bottom.
> I then use old nylon stocking material to cover up the holes, using  a lid
> with the center cut out of it to hold the material in place.  So when I
> noted the new molly arrival, in went my floating rearing tank.
> 
> Today, when I went to feed the lone molly fry (he gets crushed flake food),
> I noticed to my astonishment that there was another fish in with him!  There
> appears to be a very small silver fish that has taken refuge in my rearing
> tank.  The only way I can figure he got in was through a couple of small
> hole in the nylon material on the bottom of the container.  The only thing
> it could be is a zebra diano fry, but in order for the fry to get into the
> tank , it would have had to get out of the zebra tank (there are 10 hungry
> mouths there), and into the tank outlet pipe.  From there, he would have had
> to have gone through my trickling filter, and then survive the trip through
> my little giant pump into the platy tank.  Then he would have had to have
> gotten past the 4 very hungry platys, and found the hole in the nylon
> material to take refuge in my floating tank.
> 
> Now if this fish were a person, I would tell him to go buy a lotto ticket
> before his luck gives out.  I may start him on vinegar eels tomorrow, just
> to see what he grows up to be.  If it is not a zebra diano fry, then I don't
> know where it came from.
> --C. Alan
> 
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For
> instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email
> apisto-request@listbox.com. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available.
> Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto Trading at
> http://blox.dropship.org/mailman/listinfo/apisto_trader




-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For
instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email
apisto-request@listbox.com. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available.
Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto Trading at
http://blox.dropship.org/mailman/listinfo/apisto_trader