Hilary June 19, 2010 Share June 19, 2010 Okay, when I set up the 90g a couple of years ago I thought I'd be really smart and add macro to my overflow - kind of like an extra fuge. So I added a handful of caulerpa. Duh. Of course, if I don't watch it carefully and tend to it weekly the caulerpa blocks the slots in the overflow and the water level in the display starts to rise. So I was blindly ripping out caulerpa the other day when something pretty big bounced off my hand. What the heck? I moved the lights aside, pulled up a chair and a flashlight, and went to investigate. I saw a flash of yellow in the overflow, but when I looked in the display found my yellow tang. What could it be? Then this really big blenny comes up to the surface to say hi. A big blenny? OMG. When Aquaco was still open I spent about $80 on a golden Tonga blenny, who disappeared a couple of months after I added him to the tank. He's been living in the overflow for over a year and has gotten BIG! Now if only I could figure out how to catch him and put him back in the display where I can enjoy him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel not fish June 19, 2010 Share June 19, 2010 It just happened with me this week, my six line just passed by the overflow wholes, but I "found" earlier than you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoozilla June 19, 2010 Share June 19, 2010 Lol. Nice find and save, Hilary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey18 June 19, 2010 Share June 19, 2010 Sweet! Laura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmubeach June 19, 2010 Share June 19, 2010 wow hes been living in there for a year. I was going to say something smart butted but wow... what a mircle how big is the overflow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind June 19, 2010 Share June 19, 2010 That is a cool surprise. Can you pull the drain pipe and let the fish flow to the sump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k June 19, 2010 Share June 19, 2010 Maybe you should let the fish continue to live in his private apartment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkcirca June 19, 2010 Share June 19, 2010 (edited) That is a cool surprise. Can you pull the drain pipe and let the fish flow to the sump? I've tried this method with a clownfish that used to love my overflow, and when he decided he didn't want to go down the hole, I was left with a fish at the bottom and trying to figure out what to do. May work, or the fish may not go down the hole... I found pulling the standpipes (closing the ball valves) and using a net worked. My clownfish ended up there on a weekly basis... I even had little nets to try and keep him out (and glass tops) and that stupid fish always found his way back in. I even had a diamond goby about 2 years ago that would jump in there. if you poked him with a net, he would launch himself out and right back into the tank. Edited June 19, 2010 by darkcirca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak June 19, 2010 Share June 19, 2010 Wow thats really neat, living in there for a year subsisting off of pods and lord knows what else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilary June 20, 2010 Author Share June 20, 2010 Wow thats really neat, living in there for a year subsisting off of pods and lord knows what else. And not just subsisting - he's gotten big! I'm sure he gets plenty of food that makes it into the overflow, plus they're algae eaters so he's probably picking at anything growing on the overflow itself. Too bad he's not also eating that caulerpa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmubeach June 20, 2010 Share June 20, 2010 For all you know he has been eating the culerpa if you remeber correclty that stuff killed my last tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novi June 21, 2010 Share June 21, 2010 I wish that would happen with my Radient Wrasse. I may never know for sure what ever really happend to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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