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with these last two pieces and take my
chances. After that, I think I’m going to close the tank down a while as far as
adding ‘SPS’. I don’t have much of a choice, as I’m full anyway.
Now let’s turn to Fish for a
moment.
I MAY have some exciting news but
I’m not sure, which is why I’m whispering right now. Are you ready? Okay, but
you can’t tell anyone just yet. Soon maybe, but not right now because if this
turns out to be a false alarm, I wouldn’t want to ruin your day. So do you
promise to keep this to yourself until further notice? Really? Okay, here we
go:
I THINK MY PSEUDOCHROMIS MAY FINALLY BE DEAD!
Shhhhh! Now, I’m not really positive
yet, but I have not seen it since I returned from North Carolina, not even
while feeding the tank. And
although it has fooled me before, not sighting it for this long is very
unusual. Maybe, just maybe, the
reign of terror may finally be over…which would also mean I could finally
introduce a similarly shaped fish or two, such as fairy wrasse, hogfish,
firefish, etc., with much less fear of them jumping (or being pushed) from the
tank.
What I’ve done was had Ray really
stay on the lookout while I’m gone and if he has not sighted the little demon
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officially declare it dead. Party invitations will then soon be
forthcoming and you may feel free to broadcast the news. The lesson here is one of due
diligence. Be sure of what you’re
putting in your tank BEFORE you do it. My penance took over 5 years. Yours, if it’s not already too late, was
the couple seconds it took to read this.
The only other news this month is
that I’m going to be attending my first very MACNA (Marine Aquarium Conference
of North America). This year it
will be held in Houston, September 20-22. If you also plan to attend, make sure you say ‘hello’ and congratulate
me on the demise of my Pseudochromis.
Here is this update’s Pic of The
Month.
prying it off its plug, seems no worse for wear. 
Anyway, I doubt if there will be
an update next month as I won’t be getting back until the first week of Sept.,
then leaving again two weeks later for the conference. But given the way these updates have
been put up lately, you probably won’t have missed anything anyway (“Just
kidding. Actually, my webguy has
been completely swamped lately”).
So until next time, stay out the
California deserts and enjoy your tanks.
P.S.: Did I mention my Pseudo might be dead? |
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