The Clownfish are Back!!!

After a few weeks of working on cleaning the original tank, we finally got the balance of chemicals to be able to support clownfish. Because of this we were able to add the clownfish back to the tank. To do this, we had to put the clownfish in a small bowl. We did this so that we could rest the bowl in the water and let the clownfish adjust to the water in the tank. If we had placed the fish directly into the tank, they would have been shocked by the difference in temperature and water quality.

The clownfish were pretty angry while being moved because moving from one area of water to another tends to cause a lot of stress on the fish. Another reason that the clownfish were mad is because the box that we placed them into while they were being moved was small, causing them to be crowded together. Other interesting animals that we have recently added to the tank are 3 Mexican Turbo Snails and 3 Nerite Snails. Mexican Turbo Snails are large for snails, about 1.5-2 inches in diameter, and are white and sometimes having a shiny surface. On the other hand, Netrite Snails are smaller, about 0.5 inches in diameter, and have a white and black striped surface. We added these snails so that they would clean some of the algae that has been growing on the rocks and sand of the tank. Another way that we are dealing with this abundance of algae is by pulling out individual rocks and manually cleaning them.