Ok Got Them--sterbai?

[DarkEntity]

Sterbai are £4.25 up here

 

[jollysue]

Actually I could have gotten them for much less if I had made the sale. It is really a major blow out. I have walked out before with super buys for just a few dollars. Just missed it.

 

[Barracuda518]

Barracuda, that's why I have just walked on by whenever someone tried to show these or haraldschultzi or any of the pricier cories to me. I got 9 at $9 apiece. But really it has cost me that to get fish shipped to me. Some of the rare fish are getting really high on AB. And if it is because they are rare, the cost will drop when they start tank breeding them, but these will probably maintain their value by demand.

Oh, dont get me wrong. I would pay $20 for a cory if I really wanted it. I have payed as much as $15 for some of the ones I have now. There are a lot of nice cories on aquabid right now, so you might want to stay away

I got blamed last time you went there and ended up with some new cories

 

[jollysue]

Well it was your fault, you know. Mustn't send me to fish stores or fish seller sites. But that actually worked out good. The shipping was refunded, so I got 10 darlins for $45. I think I am over paying if I pay more than $3 at the lps or $5 online.

 

[Fizban]

i have a sort of off topic qestion here im only asking cuz every one seemed ruther nice at the other post jollysue started oh and of corse jollysue was cool as well B) and i dont no many peepl to ask about this ...first off as i said in the other post i have to take a fish back to the pet store its an angel fish thats not that happy cuz the other fish bully it i was going in later today cuz the guy who would take it only works there one day a week buttt well last night one of his relitives arownd my age was being stupied motorbike raceing on the streets no number plates or helmets both bikes hit the sides of each other and crashed at a high speed oh i went to school with both of them ones dead and the others realy banged up in hospital i am not shore what to do when i see the pet store guy it was his retive that died this is a very small town as i wrote befor the police never have any thing to do welll i should have said apart from guys speeding then cleaning up after it any way im not shore what to do here.....or what i think ether cuz i went to school with them and other then that my bests aunt is related to them as well (small town)any way i no this is off topic so dont reply if u doint want too

 

[jollysue]

Does your school set up school counselors for these kinds of tragedies?

You should seek a school counselor; a minister even if he/she is of a different denomination--Catholic or Protestant or other; a more mature person whose life and approach you admire who will just listen to you. IME the people experiencing the loss spend a lot of energy comforting others, because people just don't know what to say. A simple, "I'm sorry for your and your family's loss" is sufficient. Then listen to whatever they have to say--if they want to say anything. The most unusual and needed thing is people who just listen.

If this is at his work that you speak to him, give him a moment to respond to your offer of sympathy and knowledge of loss. When the moment has passed, or he has responded to you, and it is over, you can address him about business. Do not approach him about business away from his work at this time, unless he broaches the subject. It would be inappropriate.

I think most of us have had at least one group of our peers that has died in some stupid thing like this. Grieve if you feel loss; offer condolences to those who feel loss; learn whatever lessons you can.

I'm sorry


Ok! Back on subject: I got two of what I hope are Mama San sterbai today. I stopped by the lps and looked, and there were at least three 2.5x larger fish in the sterbai tank. They are not egged up, but I am hopping they are mamas.

This tank is no longer a quiet little lazy resting cory tank. The sterbai have stirred up the whole tank with their activity. The brochis have always been slow and just poke along. I never see them do the catfish dance or swim above the ground level, unless they are startled. Today they and the sterbai are doing the cory dance (doesn't look like spawning) en masse all day. It is so energetic I have been concerned for the small rasaboras and the less agile long fin peppers.

My peppers did this same dance, when I added a goodly group to the lonely pair that included Rocky Balboa.

 

[Fizban]

i have never seen this cory dance your talking about sounds intresting whats it look like ?or is it a dull dance ?..........................thanks for the info and i found out a bit more the guys raceing the bikes were raceing with no lights at night on the main road near town the pet store was closed for family reasons it said on the door

 

[jollysue]

Yes, usually these things happen as a result of reckless behavior, not all that unusual among many youngsters. Sort of a rite of passage for many. It does NOT stop it from being a tragedy.

The Cory dance (which several other types of fish do something similar) is a group of cories that in a mass group swim up and down from the surface to the bottom and dash around the tank in a happy free for all. The best is when it is a joining of new members to an existing group. This is the first time I have seen a second group join in. So this group was 15 + fish if 2 different species. The spawning dance is very like it. It is sort of a happy reunion and quite a treat.

 

[Fizban]

hahahahahahaha 8) thats some party you got under your message

 

[jollysue]

That is the Cory dance. The whole tank was in fenzied activity.

I gotta call it a night or I will sleep the whole day away.