My 2 new GSMs

[Phyl]

I picked up 2 new GSM juvi/males for my existing female population while I was at MACNA (thanks for hooking that up, Nagel)! The F in my 120 is a BIG fish and somewhat territorial over her anemones. The fish upstairs is much smaller and other than brushing me away when I get in the tank she's always been a very polite member of society.

Sunday night after a nice drip acclimation, I moved my first fish. Took the itty bitty one and put him in with my smaller clown. She chased him immediately into a cave where he hid well from her. Ok. That didn't go as well as expected but at least he has a safe place from her while they get used to each other.

Next! I had placed the larger of the two with my larger maroon in the 120. I had him hanging in my Lees specimen box. Merlot watched him from a distance but didn't leave her anemone. After moving the first one I returned to let loose this little fishie. To my great surprise Merlot never left her anemone even after he was free in the tank! By last night Merlot was letting him host in her anemone with her (even though there are 3 of them in there). He sleeps in his own anemone though so far.

I don't know what the "mating" ritual is supposed to be like, but they looked to be buddies already. I'm hoping it continues to go so well for them. Merlot used to be the F from a mated pair. Wonder if that makes some sort of difference. The fish upstairs was the M from the mated pair and after a lengthy separation, I'm assuming now to be a F.

As for the fishie upstairs... I'm thinking he didn't fare quite as well. My guess is either very expensive eel food or very expensive anemone food. I haven't seen him since we went to sleep on Sunday :-( .

A picture of the happy couple:

 

[RichT]

Nice to see the happy couple. If the upstairs male shows up and you want to get him out, I have a 2.5" female (most likely anyway) GSM that I would like to mate up. LMK

 

[Phyl]

If he turns up and is still swimming I'll send him your way! I really don't have the highest of hopes for him. I haven't seen him in 2 days. ??? The (?) F up there was probably not much bigger than the 2.5" though. He's really tiny. If I had another tank running I would have put him elsewhere so that he had a chance to get a little bigger prior to being introduced. He would have fared much better had he been even .25 bigger.

 

[anabolic_1]

Phyl,
First off GL with your new fish, I hope the other one turns up. I have 2 of the large specimen cups, I believe these are the ones you can hang on the rim of your tank? Anyway, one of them I drilled about 200 small holes in, I use this one after acclimating a new fish, I hang it inside the tank and it fills with water, then I add the new fish in there and let him swim around in that for a few hours so all the other fish can check him out and get used to seeing it. I think everyone should have at least one of these specimen cups they are VERY useful. Again GL with new fish.
Mike.

 

[Phyl]

John found the baby (all 1/3 of an inch of him)! In, of all places, the overflow for the tank! ;D I'm so glad he was safe and sound. After hanging in the specimen box we realized that this baby was destined to be lunch if we put him back into that tank. Every fish we had swam with a purpose trying to figure out how to get to him. So for now he's in the 10g tank that acts as the sump for the tank. There's a lot of water, some rubble and macro in there to keep him company. I'm just hoping that the pods aren't as big as he is, lol!

Whew!

 

[nagel]

Glad to hear both are alive and well! That little guy was LITTLE! He would been beaten up by my lady for sure!

My little guy is in a 5.5 with my sexy shrimp, gotta remove the WSM male before I try to introduce him to my GSM female...