So I'm sitting on my couch looking at my tank. There is a new bloom of brown algae. It's so ugly I hope it goes away soon. It's on my rocks and sand. Even some on some coral plugs. I had the lights on longer the past couple of days then I usually do. Seeing this bloom it won't happen again.
As I look in disgust because this basically happened over night I notice my clown is all alone. She usually has Randolf(male clown) with her, they're never apart. I start looking all over the tank for the fish and he's nowhere to be found! I panic and assume he jumped. I check the floor all around the tank and I don't see him. I check under the ottomans because they can flop pretty far I hear Nope not there. I crawled into my aquarium stand to check behind it and sure enough there is Randolf. He's laying there still as can be. He's really dry and his white markings are pink. When i picked him up he felt like a dry piece of lunch meat left on a counter for too long. I am certain he's dead. Before giving up I put him in a small cup I use for thawing frozen fish foods. I put some tank water in and watch him float. I poke at him and pray he's ok. He starts to sink and I see his eye turn at me. His mouth moved slightly... it moves again as he spirals backwards slowly in the small cup. He's breathing! I go wash my hands and come back and he's swimming at the bottom of the cup. That freaked me out! He's my little buddy >.>
Anyway I assume he's bruised since the white markings are still a bit pink. Will that last long? Is there anything special I should do for the jumper?
As I look in disgust because this basically happened over night I notice my clown is all alone. She usually has Randolf(male clown) with her, they're never apart. I start looking all over the tank for the fish and he's nowhere to be found! I panic and assume he jumped. I check the floor all around the tank and I don't see him. I check under the ottomans because they can flop pretty far I hear Nope not there. I crawled into my aquarium stand to check behind it and sure enough there is Randolf. He's laying there still as can be. He's really dry and his white markings are pink. When i picked him up he felt like a dry piece of lunch meat left on a counter for too long. I am certain he's dead. Before giving up I put him in a small cup I use for thawing frozen fish foods. I put some tank water in and watch him float. I poke at him and pray he's ok. He starts to sink and I see his eye turn at me. His mouth moved slightly... it moves again as he spirals backwards slowly in the small cup. He's breathing! I go wash my hands and come back and he's swimming at the bottom of the cup. That freaked me out! He's my little buddy >.>
Anyway I assume he's bruised since the white markings are still a bit pink. Will that last long? Is there anything special I should do for the jumper?
