Darn Kids

schooleyosis · Apr 12, 2013

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up about educating the family about do's and don'ts of the aquarium. The daughter cleaned the glass of the tank last night with the magnet/glass scraper. Not a big deal right???

Well.... When I walked in late last night I had noticed that the corner of the rock pile that the diamond goby usually has all dug out and substrate spread everywhere was filled in. So I said, oh the goby decided to move homes? And the daughter replied with, "I pushed all the gravel back down and into the rocks for you, it looked like a mess"... :twitch:

UH OH!!!! I hope she didn't bury the goby in his little condo he had built himself. Not sure if he was in there, not sure if he can dig himself out..?? I attempted my best to pull a lot of the substrate back away from the rock pile but still couldn't get it all out from under the rock where he usually hangs out.

I didn't see him this morning but I rarely see him in the morning. Hopefully I'll see him when I get home tonight.

Moral of the story... Teach them kids/family members the what is acceptable and what is not.

shellynjason · Apr 12, 2013

Yikes!!! ... probably another person to 'inform' would be any house sitter that you have care for your tank when you go on vacation.

schooleyosis · Apr 12, 2013

The president of the club is my baby sitter... Think I got that covered! LOL But yeah, good point.

pickupman66 · Apr 12, 2013

He can dig out. those things are very persistant diggers.

Dowtish · Apr 12, 2013

pickupman66 said:
He can dig out. those things are very persistant diggers.

agreed

gmoney243 · Apr 12, 2013

pickupman66 said:
He can dig out. those things are very persistant diggers.

Yea mine would cover his hole at night so you Couldnt tell he was there till he dug himself out.

jmann124 · Apr 12, 2013

gmoney243 said:
Yea mine would cover his hole at night so you Couldnt tell he was there till he dug himself out.

My YWG does that from time to time. If he's in there, he'll dig out.

schooleyosis · Apr 12, 2013

Ok, I feel much better now. Thanks guys!

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schooleyosis · Apr 12, 2013

It's ALIVE. and so is the daughter. Lol

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.AcroKiller. · Apr 14, 2013

Plus usually they have multiple tunnels under the rocks

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shellynjason · Apr 14, 2013

Is it just a goby .... or goby/shrimp team?

solar · Apr 15, 2013

Did he ever come out?

schooleyosis · Apr 15, 2013

schooleyosis said:
It's ALIVE. and so is the daughter. Lol

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shellynjason said:
Is it just a goby .... or goby/shrimp team?

Just a diamond Goby

solar said:
Did he ever come out?

Yep, it was out the next day. Now I watch it and see that it actually covers up the entrance to that condo of his every night...

PaulKreider · Apr 15, 2013

My mom cleaned the glass for me without me knowing with a magnet cleaner.... Cam home to about 7 5inch long cuts in the glass :cry:

schooleyosis · Apr 15, 2013

PaulKreider said:
My mom cleaned the glass for me without me knowing with a magnet cleaner.... Cam home to about 7 5inch long cuts in the glass :cry:

Ouch!!!! Can't blame them for trying to help though. Just need to educate them as best as we can to try and avoid these types of issues.

Connie · Apr 15, 2013

I have one rule for all the kids in my house ------Look but do not touch!---but this was after my husband I came back from going out to eat one night and our oldest 19 at the time, decided to feed the fish and he put half a pack of frozen krill in the tank! As soon as it happened, the youngest saw it and knew it didn't look right and started trying to get all the krill back out. I had quite the nitrate spike.