I always knew the day would come, but never knew how I would react or that last night would be the day...
My clowns are getting fiesty as they mature. But fiesty in different manners. Gracie, the female will nail the crap out of my feeding tube when I put it in to spot feed the corals every 6 days. And she will flip the top of the water as I pull the tube out, splashing everywhere.
George, (the smaller male) on the other hand is the biter. If my hand goes in, he's biting it...
Well, last night I'm feeding the corals and Gracie is pinging the heck out of the glass tube. She flipped the top of the water a couple of times when I went for more food. And then when I was done, I was pulling the tube out and out of nowhere she flew out of the tank, bounced off my chest and landed on the hardwood, about a 5' drop.
It all happened so fast all I could do was toss down the towel I was holding and yell out FISH OUT!!! FISH OUT!!! like a freaking moron. My wife & son come running over like the tank just popped. I couldn't find her right away, and then when I moved the towel on the floor there she was, like Nemo on a platter. LOL... So I scooped her up and tossed her back in with a little dust & dog hair stuck to her. She swam back down to her favorite coral and hung there visibly traumatized but no worse for the wear.
My clowns are getting fiesty as they mature. But fiesty in different manners. Gracie, the female will nail the crap out of my feeding tube when I put it in to spot feed the corals every 6 days. And she will flip the top of the water as I pull the tube out, splashing everywhere.
George, (the smaller male) on the other hand is the biter. If my hand goes in, he's biting it...
Well, last night I'm feeding the corals and Gracie is pinging the heck out of the glass tube. She flipped the top of the water a couple of times when I went for more food. And then when I was done, I was pulling the tube out and out of nowhere she flew out of the tank, bounced off my chest and landed on the hardwood, about a 5' drop.
It all happened so fast all I could do was toss down the towel I was holding and yell out FISH OUT!!! FISH OUT!!! like a freaking moron. My wife & son come running over like the tank just popped. I couldn't find her right away, and then when I moved the towel on the floor there she was, like Nemo on a platter. LOL... So I scooped her up and tossed her back in with a little dust & dog hair stuck to her. She swam back down to her favorite coral and hung there visibly traumatized but no worse for the wear.
