Another weird one! (really weird!!!)

[omard]

This is so strange I am almost embarrassed to post it. Has taken me three days to do so.

Following my 3 day "lights out" experiment (which was a total bust as far as I am concerned)...took another 3 days for my colts and leathers to fully extend again & I was missing my blue hippo tang.

No sign of her about tank, I have a full canopy, so she could not hop out. Hermits were acting normal and spread about tank, not disappearing if there was something dead in tank.

Sooo, I thought, maybe she leaped into one of the twin overflows ("All-Glass" 125.) Pulled the canopy off, & holy s#@t I could not believe my eyes...


There swimming around happily, were two perc clownfish...mature female & a little male.

When first moving to my 125 gal 4+ years ago, I went thru a couple different sets of juvenile clowns...a pair of Ocellaris, which beat themselves to death...a pair of percs (which disappeared )...and finally a pair of juvenile maroons, which have matured nicely over time, regularly laying a clutch of eggs every 8-10 days.

So for 4 plus years the percs have been living in a very dark walled home, getting enough light and food to survive.

In my excitement I grabbed a net and "fished" them out and put them in the main tank.

They never had a chance. The damsels attacked from the right side and the Maroon clowns from the left. Not even the Coral Beauty could defend them.

When I could not stand the sight anymore, I once again netted them (easy, as they were pretty well exhausted from being chased around tank.) And then returned them to the overflow.

If they did alright after all that time, they can live there happily ever after.
(will check on them when ever I remove canopy - couple of times a year to change bulbs)

Here are a couple of pics of them being chased about tank....

PS...I put a little food in the overflow now every time I feed.

PSS...the tang was in the other overflow (am going to have to use the fishing line/hook trick on her...she is not about to be netted.)

[ziggy222]

thats too funny

[IBMGeek]

I wish fish would appear out of nowhere in my tank also! LOL, you were probably like what the heck where did these come from.

[geekdafied]

had that happen to some fish years ago. went change the flow in a display at the LFS I worked at and some missing fish, haha.

good find!

[omard]

Originally Posted by IBMGeek

I wish fish would appear out of nowhere in my tank also! LOL, you were probably like what the heck where did these come from.

You are right!...my wife and kids were astounded as I was. At first I thought they must be baby maroons...which I have had so long that I had almost forgot I ever purchased perc's once upon a time.

[zombie13]

personally i hate damsels id give the damsels to the nearest lfs store and put the clowns in the display tank. i had a damsel reek havoc on my tank before tried to bully everything in the tank. so off to the lfs he went.

[davidryder]

Hey! I just saw this over at RC

[crappyballer]

so you are just going to permanently leave the clowns in the overflow?

[Jason McKenzie]

Cool Scott I think you need to set up a special tank for them

[omard]

Originally Posted by Jason McKenzie

Cool Scott I think you need to set up a special tank for them

Thought same...just ordered a JBJ PicoTope Aquarium/Tank

That should make both them, me (and wife) happy - setting up another tank is a sensitive issue around here. She will be very content when I show her a picture of yours -

What fun!