Return of Fish Stuff Friday!
Back by popular demand, it's a new Fish Stuff Friday! This week's installment is "Damsel, in Distress?"
You may remember, from months ago, my new fish tank which was quickly infected by a straight-from-the-store deadly parasite. Well, I waited the suggested six weeks and got new fish (from the same store, though). Those fish came down with the same parasite, and despite my best efforts at fish doctoring, those fish died too. It's been ten weeks now, and I am going to attempt one more go of it with this tank.
I'm not sure if it was the fish store that was widely infected, or if the new fish picked up the disease from my tank, so I'm experimenting now with a $6 damselfish. After scrubbing the tank, sucking out the top layer of sand and scrubbing the inner walls, I think the tank should be parasite free. Now, if my new fish comes down with the sickness (should take a week or so), then I'm just going to have to scrap the whole setup.
So here's my new friend, a yellow tailed damselfish. Don't get too attached, he's a guinea pig.
Damsels are notoriously bitchy/aggressive, so I don't know what I'll do with him if he survives. But here's hoping there'll be many more FSF's in the future!