When we went to go get some fish for the first time, the tank with the Red Mickey Mouse Platy was a little less active and had less fish in it than the others. Alarm bells were going off in my head, but I chose to ignore them. I decided to only go with one from that tank, and when the clerk moved the rock that was in there to try and grab one, a dead fish floated up from underneath it. At that point, I should have stopped him but instead I let him continue to grab a fish from that tank and I took it home. It was dead the next day. Go with your gut. I did return it and picked up a Red Wag Moon Platy. I think it fits in well with the others. They really like to chase each other around the tank. I'm not sure if it's play, or something more sinister but they don't seem to be doing any damage to one another.
While I was there, I picked up two Ghost Shrimp. They were both really shy at first and hid out under my rock hoping there weren't any predators around. One of them got bold and decided to venture out and is now all over the tank. It's very cool to watch as they sift through the sand with all
their tiny little arms and bring junk up to their mouths to see if there are any tasty
morsels to chew on.
We also had a scare with the
Bristlenose Catfish.
Apparently he's pretty shy, or nocturnal. He was hiding out in the rock the whole day. He must have been in there pretty deep because even shining the flashlight in there we couldn't even see the slightest of fin. After we got the kids to bed and it started to get dark out, Kim wandered over to the tank and noticed him sucking away on the glass.
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