Author Topic: My Addiction (Read 1483 times)

thepipbull · « **on:** July 24, 2011, 11:20:23 »

Yesterday after leaving the meeting my addiction took me to Aquatic Specialists to look at a Mystery Wrasse I have had my eye on since the last meeting. I went ahead and bought it and a Pink Cucumber (both beautiful specimens Thank You Aquatic Specialists). And now the adventure begins I acclimated them and put into the tank. I also have a six line I thought might be a problem because he has picked on my Helfrich's Firefish but after trying to catch him last time he has been staying on the opposite end of the tank so I put the Mystery Wrasse on the opposite end of the six line and he was doing fine. The kids and I went swimming for about an hour came back and the six line would not leave the Mystery Wrasse alone So I knew I had to catch him. I tried and tried with no luck. I took out all the live rock did not have secured in with rods and used 5 nets still no luck. So after 2 hours and being soaking wet I was giving up. I went to clean up my mess of live rock and 10 gallons of water all over the floor and then all the liverock I had secured into place fell over a beautiful arch and tower I spent all day building crashed. Sand and frags went everywhere. So now I was forced to get him out and rebuild my tank. One more hour in and he was captured and going into the sump (The Kids wanted fish sticks but he was too small). Now the rebuilding begins it is 1:30 at this point so I just throw the LiveRock back in clean off the corals and call it a night. Wake up and the Mystery Wrasse and my Blue Mandarin are lying in the sand bed not moving with a bunch of snails around them. So I went to get them out and they both move just far enough where I could not reach them under a rock. The snails followed. Went and got some coffee came back and both were gone 30 mins later they are both swimming around so now I am relieved and looking forward to enjoying my new fish and aquascaping. What an adventure only one mushroom lost in the whole mess. When the Mystery Wrasse comes out long enough to take a pic Iâ€™ll share and let you see why I went through 5 hours of hell to keep him safe.