Within the first two days, three of the fish were eaten. And the other three were suffering incessant harassment from the others. In a few more days, only two new fish were left, and they had found hiding spots among the coral and rocks of the aquarium. Several weeks later we tried again and purchased six additional damselfish. Again two were eaten instantly and the others harassed by the veterans of the tank, including the two survivors from the previous lot.
It was at this point that I taped the Japanese kanji characters for pure/clear and peaceful on the tank. What I saw next almost made me laugh. As soon as I finished taping, all of the fish swam up and looked at the kanji, first on one side of the tank where I taped the character for pure and clear, and then on the other side of the tank where I taped the character for peaceful.
What I noticed in the next few hours truly astonished me. All of the fish appeared peaceful. Whereas before three of the veteran damsels chased the other fish around the tank taking bites out of their fins, now they all just swam about. Every once in a while one would pursue another, but now it almost seemed playful and it didn’t last for long.
As amazing as the peaceful effect on the tank’s inhabitants was, it could not prepare me for what came next. Over the next day the water in the tank became visibly clearer, and as time went on the water grew so transparent it seemed the fish weren’t swimming in water at all, but were in fact floating in a tank of air. Without the air bubbles, I couldn’t even tell there was water in the aquarium. The effect was stunning and the tank stayed cleaner for a much longer period of time. Before putting up the kanji characters, the tank needed cleaning about every five days; after the kanji characters, a week and a half would pass and the tank would still be clean.
If the effect of the kanji characters on the aquarium and fish could be so profound, what could it have on us as humans?
decided to try again and so we bought six more damsels of different varieties.
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