Cplus's Journal: Gung Ho

I'm currently re-reading Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (very chic in the /. circles I suppose, but deservedly so) and have decided to name the pufferfish Gung Ho after Bobby Shaftoe the "Gung Ho" Marine.

I decided that he had been segregated long enough and released him into the main tank completely free this evening. He seems to be adjusting quite well and has definitely scoped out some prime hang-out spots and seems to have laid claim to the cave formed by a flat rock as his home. Just fed him some brine shrimp freshly thawed from the freezer, he didn't seem to be too interested, maybe still a little too stressed to eat properly, or he ate one of my guppies...which isn't a bad thing I suppose, quite healthy for him. Oh, just spotted the last guppy, they're still all there. What a fucking cliffhanger.

Notes on feeding:

-seems to prefer live food (gotta buy him some bloodworms)
-take great care when defrosting shrimp, allow it to thaw in water from the tank, then serve quickly, not even allowing it to sit out for more than 15 minutes...easy way to poison a beautiful fish
-don't re-use food after thawing, discard of left overs and make sure to clean anything left in the tank after ten minutes out.