Do NOT take your young son with you to look at the sad specimens in the Walmart fish tanks. He will promptly point out all the dead fish, the unhappy fish, and fish that you should summarily 'save' from a fate worse than death.
He will then point at the poor little clowns in the dark bottom tank and say, 'look, mommy! That clown has four stripes! How come all yours only have three?'
then you take a closer look and lo and behold, there are 3 fat little (tiny!) clowns that sure enough, have 4 stripes, and some very interesting markings. hmmmm....
So guess who now has singlehandedly 'saved' three clowns from death at the hands of the evil Walmart empire?
They are in my (supposed to be coming down!) 55g that is so green it is impossible to take pics in. I just couldn't get around to getting rid of the plants...they are so bushy and wild looking.
The little critters are loachy dancing, and flitting about like manic crazy, eating like wild, and in general, taking advantage of every crevice to excersize their not inconsiderable speediness. Guess I'll be cleaning it up (but not too much) and may end up moving the big guys back in there. At least it will give the poor plants in the 40 a chance to grow back and there will be no more horsie loaches disappearing down the gullets of the pack of voracious clowns.
Maybe I'll even see if the angels get amorous and grow out a spawn...
Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
