Goldfish Nut

Long time no post

2007-02-12T05:37:00.000-08:00

Lots of changes. All my Betta's have passed on. Last month I got two of the cuties little girl betta's and I have two new males on order. Plan to change some of my water changing system on my tanks in hopes these live longer. Ever other day on my Betta tanks and every five on my goldfish.
The goldfish are doing great. Did lose one back in December. No clue why. But have two new goldfish and everyone is doing great. So uped the water changes and added a new canster filter in place of one of the HOB for more media room. The tank looks great.
So plan to change water in two of the small tanks every day and then on the 5th day do the goldfish tank.
The 10g is still doing well but I stopped changing water on it but ever three months. Its weird but with soil in it the tank just doesnt do well if you change the water a lot. I have guppies in there and have lots of babies. Time to cull I think here soon. Looks like Im up to about 12 fish in there.

Working on 10g

2006-12-10T03:34:00.000-08:00

Been doing a little work on my 10g planted tank. It was looking bad. Removed some plants. Removed cory cats. And huge water change. Thinking I need to put a background on this tank. Maybe silver.

New fish soon

2006-11-24T05:48:00.000-08:00

Hopefully next week Ill have two new betta's. Not sure I want to put one in my 10g or not. The HM betta I had in there is the third to dye in the tank before their time. Ive had two die in the 5g but one I had for about a year so think that tank is ok after they are kept in QT's for a month Ill make up my mind then.
Did a water change on all the 1g they are starting to get a lot of algea on them so thinking of adding some hornwort or cutting back lights or maybe both to get it under control. I dont mind some but they are getting to much in the 1g's.

GRRRRR

2006-11-18T19:48:00.000-08:00

I have no clue why but my other halfmoon passed away today. I can't figure it out. He was fine yesterday this morning he is gone. Tank tested normal. All other fish in the two tanks are fine. Guess it well stay a mystry.

Changed them again

2006-11-14T07:44:00.000-08:00

Ok the shelve my 5g planted betta tank was on is starting to bow so I shut down the 30g. Put those fish and the filter in the 75g. Little over stocked until I figure out the sex on my BN plecos so I can take some of them to the lfs. Now this 75g has 900 gph filteration. With lots of hornwort too. Ill try to get a picture up later today of all the changes.
I moved my 5g planted and two of my 1g jars to the stand the 30g was on. Moved the 1g fish tank from the bedroom on to my desk for better lighting. This set up should be easier to tend to the 30g was in a spot that was hard to get to for water changes.
Unfortantly during my water change for my 75g today my dang rynkin(sp) Mojo got sucked up in the pythan and now has a fat face. Poor fellow hope he feels better soon.

More changes

2006-11-13T17:16:00.000-08:00

I have this small goldfish named Willow. And he just didnt seem to be growing very fast so I moved him to my 30g and carried my sailfin pleco to my lfs.
Also moved three of the BN pleco's that still don't show their sex yet. I dont know if it is wishful thinking but Willow seems to be larger already in just 2 days.
Above is a picture of Willow.
When she catches up some I plan to get a couple telescope eyes to put in the 30g.

Think are doing well

2006-10-22T12:51:00.000-07:00

Up to five bettas now. Hehe If I could find room for more Id get more.
After having the fancier kinds (Two halfmoons) I have decided those are not for me. They are much to picky about food water temp ect. To much worry and stress.
My 3 veiltail boys are great. Growing and happy. Just wish there was move of a color slection out there.
The goldfish are happy and growing. The Brustle(sp) noses are growing but still cant tell how is boy or girl. Hopefully not much longer.
For some reason I lost several of my white mountion cloud minnows in my 30g. Got up to 12 and now Im down to 4. Water is fine and they show no signs of illness they just show up dead. The 4 I have left are some of the babies from this year. I started out with five little over a year ago. Wonder if they died of old age? But then that wont explain the lost of the other 3 babies. Oh well sometimes things just happen.
My planted tanks are doing great and multiping. I now have three planted 1g tanks. Two are jars and one is a triagle tank (that I wont ever buy again) The Bettas in them seem to really like the set ups.
I know your not suppose to need to change the water in this style of low teck tank but I do anyway once a week. Moslty cause the halfmoon bettas fins get to looking rough if I dont. And it dont seem "natural" to not change the water.
Have a Blessed day.

Name change

2006-10-03T09:36:00.000-07:00

Really need to redo this blog and change the address for it but then Id lose all my post. Oh well.
Anyway I no longer have any parrot fish. Of course if you have been reading you know that.
I recieved anouther betta today. This is the last one. I now have four and that is more then enough tanks and jars to take care of. Need to work on replacing jars with tanks.
I have been have huge problems with ammonia in my tap water. So far only tank that is taking this badly is my 10g and one of my 1g jars. Lost fish and a snail in the 10g and my Betta in the 1g has shreded fins. So got some bottled water and did changes on all my small tanks. The 30g and 75g well just have to ride it out till the city fixes the water. This should just be a tempary problem.
The picture is of my new Betta. He looks just like that too. I am very pleased with this fish.

Betta's

2006-09-30T13:28:00.000-07:00

Well I now have three betta's. One male Vail Tail Blue.(topaz) One mostly white with some blue markings VT Male.(Sam) And one White Halfmoon(not sure on this might only be a Delta well know more as he grows.)
The picture is of the HM. I named him Shadowfax.
On a side note one of the VT's I got at wally world jumped. So Frodo is gone. Sometimes betta's just take a notion and jump out of the tank.

Got the Betta Bug

2006-09-21T01:27:00.000-07:00

Well my Shinner passed away so off to the pet shop for a new betta for my 5g. I got a blue veiltail. But then I got to looking at some of the Betta's offered for sale online and well he just wont do. So I ordered a white halfmoon. And bought and set up a small 1g planted tank. It is one of the strange trangle ones with a night light for a light. Four wats but I wont buy one of those again.
So I go to Wally World and stop buy the pet department and they had some very pretty white veiltails. I could not decide on just one so I got both. So now Im up to 3 betta's and still one on the way. hehe I have a 1g jar I was fooling around with that is planted. I moved it to a more visable location put the blue in it set up a 1g creater keeper with some floating plants for one of the white ones. Then put the other white one in the new 1g. When and if the ohter one gets her and it is alive it well go in my 5g planted tank.
Here are a couple pictures.

I knew but....

2006-09-10T12:48:00.000-07:00

I knew that parrot fish were aggressive but never dreamed I would not like them. I had an oscar (alone) for 10 years I enjoyed him. But these parrot fish taking nips out of my pleco are really ticking me off.
So Im going to redo my 30g tank and those parrot fish are out of here. Along with all the others in the tank. Not sure what Im going to go with maybe a lot of small fish and some plants.
My goldfish are doing great and I have one more. I saw this cute black and red oranda. However I dont think it well stay this color. Its belly is white. I have had him about a month and so far the color has not changed at all which really surprises me.
the picture is the new goldfish.

Fish Fry

2006-08-22T05:09:00.000-07:00

I trimmed back my crypts in my low tech 10g. I have some baby tears (Plants I hope to use for some growd coverage) coming in this week and needed the light to get more to the bottom of the tank and to be able to get them in there and not get tangled up in the crypt. I aslo moved a couple of the ones that had dislodged and taken root in the middle of the tank.

So after I was done I sit back to look at my handy work and noticed some strange "Bugs" in my tank. So I get really close to the tank and low and behold I have fry. Tiny blue/black fish. All I have in this tank is white cloud minnows.

I know they had been doing some breeding behavior. The males try to act like Betta. Puffing up and getting very bright in the white areas but I didn't know any eggs were laid. I have three males and three females if you go by thier behavior.

I have seen three. Might be more but dont think so. I watched the tank for over an hour and never saw more then three together.

Had to add some of my hornwart from anouther tank to make sure they had lots of places to hide. Hope they make it.

LIve web cam

2006-08-21T17:20:00.000-07:00

At bottom of page but it well not work. I have redone and redone and redone the stupid thing there is no reason why it wont work but it dont.
Anyone have software for live cams they recomend that are cheep or better yet free?

Another Goldfish

2006-08-16T05:51:00.000-07:00

This is Mojo my ryukin. This is the first good picture of her cause she was to small to photo well.

new picture

2006-08-16T05:45:00.000-07:00

Of my goldfish.
This is Sunset my fantail.
Boy has he grown.

Moving fish

2006-08-15T03:51:00.000-07:00

Well I have been thinking about doing this for over a month now so Im going to do it later today. Going to take two of my more agreesive parrots to the pet shop. Move the other two with rainbows and pleco to my 30g. (that I am replacing with a 45 bow front in Dec.) And then move all my goldfish into the 75.
Hope to do this today when I get back from the doctors. (just rutine stuff at the doctors today no big deal.)
I just dont enjoy the parrot fish as much as I thought I would. On the days they are nice to each other they are great but all the fighting stresses me out. The whole reason I own fish is to help me relax in the first place. lol
With this move the goldfish well be next to the computer where I spend most of my waking hours.
Ill be leaving two snails and the cory cats in the 75.

Planted tanks.

2006-08-11T22:14:00.000-07:00

I just love how mine are taking off.

Pictures

2006-07-27T16:13:00.000-07:00

High Fin Pleco

2006-07-27T10:29:00.000-07:00

I got myself a pleco today. (Ill try to get a picture before I release him into the tank and post it later today.) At some point Ill have to trade him in or move the cory cats. But maybe Ill luck out and he well not make the average 12 inches they can get. I do have room in my 10g for the cories if I do that.
Hopefully the Pleco well be able to eat all the algea on the rocks. He is a nice looking fish so I look forward to seeing him grow. He/she is only about 2 inches now.
I also picked up a red cap goldfish. It is also very tiny. The pet shop was having a hug sale. Some stuff was marked down 70percent and I just could not resist this cute tiny goldfish. I may have a couple picktures of him later today too.

Pictures of 75g

2006-07-26T18:27:00.000-07:00

Before it turned ugly.

My parrots are normal

2006-07-26T18:18:00.000-07:00

Ok so now I know all that behavior was normal. I hate it. Fish tanks are suppose to be relaxing. At least for me anyway but this is not. I did the research and knew they did fight some but this is not some this is a lot and no fun. And to top it off all my gravel is turning green. I don't mind green on the sides or on the pots but this gravel thing makes it look so dirty. I take out my plants to clean them ever other week but no clue what to do about my gravel other then take it out and go bare bottom like I have on my goldfish tank. But I from what I have read thats not a good idea for parrot fish. Grrrrrr

Parrot Tank

2006-07-25T06:22:00.000-07:00

All is not well in my tank. Yesterday Sonny was picking on Star. Just chasing him and he not even fighting back. Today Star is picking on Sonny. Now Im starting to wonder if this is normal behavior. I'm just not use to all this discord in my tank. I tend to lean towards goldfish behavior. I like a peacefull tank. But now I have them and just can't seem to get myself to part with them.
My husband thinks I should take them both up to the lfs and just keep the two white parrot fish. Not so sure they wont do the same things though when they get older.
Speaking of my goldfish. The orange/red fantail that had the single tail passed on yesterday. I think maybe he was deformed inside as well as outside cause there was no signs of illness. But I did notice he was not growing as much as the other. Poor guy at least he had a great home for his short life.

Parrot fish at it again

2006-07-16T06:25:00.000-07:00

lol These guys think they can make babies. They have laid eggs for me three times now. The orange one (Sonny) is so protective of those useless eggs. I did my normal Saturday water change and had to "replant" some of the silk plants. So I had my hands in the tank and got attacked. Scared me to death. But I got a good laugh out of it.
My two white parrot fish are still not making friends with anyone. The tank seems to be divided. The larger of the white parrots stays on the right. The smaller one stays on the left and the "pair" of Blood Parrots say in the middle with the pot they like to lay eggs in. As long as this seems to work for them Ill not worry about it.
Im going to try and get some new pictures tonight. Think I am starting to use pictures I have already post up here.

Pictures of 75g

2006-07-15T08:50:00.000-07:00

This is the latest picture of my tank. I have four parrot fish in here but only two pal around together. The two white ones seem to each do their own thing. But so far not real fights.
I got "attacked" by Sunny my larger mostly orange parrot fish. I didn't hurt but I wasn't expecting it and jumped a mile high. Boy did I feel silly. hehe

Redid my 5g planted tank

2006-07-14T22:37:00.000-07:00

While it was doing ok I felt if I did the soil thing like talked about in Diana Walstad book. I have some more plants on order cause most of the plants in there are slow growers. If all goes well in Dec Ill get a nice light for my 20g and set it up the same way in my living room next to my goldfish tank.

Water test day

2006-07-12T07:24:00.000-07:00

Did all my test and everything is perfect. Moved one of my fantail goldfish yesterday cause he was pushing the other fish. But moved him back cause he was sitting like a lump in the "QT" tank all by himself. Been keeping an eye on him but so far he is not pushing yet.
I am a little concerned about my parrots too. I have four cause if you just have three you could have an odd man out problem. But even with four seems I have an odd man out. lol The smaller of the two white parrot fish is always on one side of the tank by himself except at feeding time. He is also not growing like the rest. Wonder if he needs to go in the "QT" tank so he can get more food and grow. But worried if I do that when the time comes to put him back they might start going after him. Might be best to let it play out.

The new fish is still alive

2006-07-11T05:41:00.000-07:00

He is still alive and active. I also named him Ziggy. I really should name the others after all they should be around for years.

Pet shops are bad hehe

2006-07-10T09:49:00.000-07:00

Went to pick up dog food at my fave pet shop and what did I see. This very pretty white fantail. Im a sucker for fantails and even more so for solid white goldfish. Just hope s/he stays white.

Pictures of Goldfish

2006-07-10T06:15:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures I did last night. And since I am sure you love pictures as much as I do I thought I would post a couple of them here.

Movie link

2006-07-09T12:10:00.000-07:00

Maybe if I did this right. I still cant figure out where to or how to have a movie of my fish up at all times.
Parrot Fish

Not a lot of changes

2006-07-08T17:10:00.000-07:00

I did buy a couple large rainbows to add to my lonely rainbow fish. That has me up to three. Ill add more in a couple weeks. The first picture picture is of one of my parrot fish. They have almost doubles in size since I got them home. Still very small compaired to my Red Parrot Fish.

The second picture is of my Red parrot fish. Still need to get some color and now the "black" one (Star) seems to of gotten brain damage from the tank over heating while I was on vacation. That is why he is sideways. He swims fine but any time I catch him sitting in one spot he is sideways like in this picture.

Sadly Perdido Passed away

2006-07-04T18:44:00.000-07:00

Poor guy I had such high hopes for him.

Black Moore Goldfish

2006-06-29T20:16:00.000-07:00

Don't know why Perdido has an orange spot cause I have looked and looked and don't see it on him. The good news is he is healthy and eating well. The Jellybeans are also still alive and well. I am so thilled.

Black fish

2006-06-27T05:04:00.000-07:00

Are so hard to get pictures of. Lol I need a new light for this tank too but this picture at least gives an idea how Perdido looks.

I fell in love with him cause of the tail. So far he is doing well in the 10g tank. He only eats off the bottom of the tank. This is going to make it somewhat harder to teach him to eat out of my hand. But that is the only way I think I can move him in with the others when I get my new tank in December. I guess he can live in the 10g if he never learns but would like to see him with my other goldfish. Only trouble is my others never let food hit the bottom of the tank and he would not get to eat.

The JellyBeans (Sand Dollor and Foley) are doing great. They are looking for food so I guess I should feed them. hehe

Pet Station USA

2006-06-25T16:03:00.000-07:00

This was in Foliy Alabama. Wish we had a pet store as nice as this one.

Pic of the Jellybeans

2006-06-25T16:00:00.000-07:00

Got a good picture of them last night. Need to try again on the goldfish none of the pictures I did last night did the fish justice.

Back from vacation.

2006-06-24T15:07:00.000-07:00

Well I had someone sitting the house but I basic threated to kill her if she touched my 75 g tank. I was afraid she would over feed and with the tank problems I was having that would be bad.
But maybe I should of at least explained the water heaters to her. It seems something (I think my cat) bumped my heater and now 6 of my 7 cory cats are dead and three more rainbows. On top of that the bodies are no where to be found so I guess the parrot fish ate anyway.
I tested the water and it is perfect other then the temp being 94 degrees.
On the bright side I come home with three new fish. I found a great pet shop and we stopped on the way home and got me 2 jellybean parrot fish and one black moore with a broadtail.
That over stocks my 30g for now but I have a 1o that is cycling and Ill move it to there in a few weeks. That well work out till I get my new 36g bow front I have my eye on.
Also not a trace of ich in the 75g with the water that high for so long maybe it is gone for good. lol

Its gone again

2006-06-14T05:04:00.000-07:00

Woot the ich is gone again. Wonder for how long? lol Looks like for a while I need to treat for ich everytime I change the water. Cause that is when it seems to show up.
I have also bumped the tank to 84 may leave it that high for at least two weeks. Then maybe lower it if I am still ich free.
It has been years since I have had do deal with this and it is a pain. Now I know why some bigginners never get into fish keeping. This ich makes you want to throw fish and tank out the window.
So glad I didnt lose any fish.

Almost gone again

2006-06-13T05:08:00.000-07:00

For some reason I have one little fish that the ich wont come off off. It seems they like his taste or something. I have one more dose of meds Im suppose to give. The meds has ruined the look of my tank by turning stuff blue but I had to do something different to get rid of the ich. The ich attack wasnt doing it.
But at least all my fist are still alive. The parrot fish seem to enjoy the higher temptures. It makes their color so much brighter. But of corse my poor cories hate it. Maybe they could get use to it. At this point Im afraid if I lower it the ich well return and I am so sick of that stuff.
On the other hand my other two tanks look great. This picture is of my baby Rykin. Nope no name. Normally I dont name my fish. The only fish I have right now that has a name is my betta Shimmer. Oh ya and the star of my Parrot fish tank is of course Star. Maybe in time the others well grow names too.

Ich again and again and ....

2006-06-08T02:21:00.000-07:00

I am so sick of this. If I didnt have a the dang parrots this tank would be broke down and I would start over. My rainbows are covered in ich and I have lost one of them already. I am using a different treatment this time in hopes to get it gone and keep in gone. It suppose to be a one dose treatment but from the looks of things Ill have to treat again later this morning. Only problem is right now the city has a boil water adversary out so it is going to take forever to change out the 25 % I need to do before the next treatment. Maybe if I do a halfdose and not change out any water?

Slow Fish

2006-06-05T05:10:00.000-07:00

The fish in the 75g seem a little slow this morning. Maybe they are having just as much trouble waking up as I am. Is there any such thing as fishie coffee?

Wish I still had the fish pictured here but I lost all of my goldfish I had two years ago. Moslty to electicty being out and then gave away several cause I got what my husband calls "old tank syndron(sp)" I have got to stop doing that. I have way to much money in fish this time so need to keep these.

My gold fish this time are all fantails. All two of them in my 30g hope they are hardier then the last ones I had. I can get one more and I have been eyeballing the rykins. Those are my fave. But I dont like the short tails I have been seeing at my lfs's.

BP's Laid eggs

2006-06-04T05:45:00.000-07:00

lol no wonder they were hiding so much. Seems I have a boy and a girl. Sure hope they dont hatch I dont have the room for more. Maybe Ill take the clay pot out they had them in and clean them out later today. I kept calling the yellow one a girl now I know she is a girl. lol

Goldfish have feeling too.

2006-06-03T11:53:00.000-07:00

From the Sunday Times
Goldfish have feelings too, say fish researchersJack Grimston
VETS are calling on goldfish owners to take better care of their pets after research finding that the creatures have long memories, may feel pain and can even pine for their owners when they are away.
They claim the idea that goldfish have memories of only three seconds is outdated. “The public probably think it’s a bit quirky, but owners and all veterinary surgeons need to take fish seriously,” said Richmond Loh, a vet from Launceston, Tasmania. He presented a review of fish awareness science last week to a conference of the Australian Veterinary Association in Hobart, Tasmania.
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The findings give some support for the arguments of Elliot Morley, the former environment minister, who argued for a ban on goldfish being given away at fairgrounds on the grounds of cruelty. He was forced to back down because Labour feared mockery in the run-up to the general election.
Among the studies cited by Loh was one carried out by British scientists in which fish learnt to push levers at particular times of the day to gain access to food. In another, two fighting fish were placed with an observer fish in a tank. For a long time afterwards the observer avoided swimming too close to the fish that had won the fight.
The studies also found substantial evidence that fish have the brain structures to feel pain and avoid dangers which may hurt them.
Loh said that many university committees looking at the ethics of experimenting on animals now gave equal consideration to fish.
In their paper — Ornamental Fish: Making Fish Smile, Sing and Dance — Loh and Matt Landos, his colleague, write: “Experiments on fish have examined the capacity of the fish to retain learnt information and be aware of consequences of certain responses . . . It has been established that fish do have some memory which can be recalled.”
Landos said: “We’re wanting to get the message out to vets to start looking more closely at fish and considering their welfare like they do other animals.”

Hiding

2006-06-03T06:03:00.000-07:00

Well after little over two weeks the tank is now ich free. But the parrots are now hiding a lot. Guess they needed the clown loaches to feel safe. Maybe nest week Ill get some rainbows.

Parrot Fish growing up

2006-05-31T06:54:00.000-07:00

Not a great picture but you can see the black is going away quickly on this one. Star (the other parrot) is still very dark. They are such little pigs. Always expecting me to feed them when ever I get near the tank. lol

Clown loaches

2006-05-30T21:30:00.000-07:00

They are both gone. I wont be getting anymore. That is 20 dollors of fish and 30 in meds down the drain. They were sure nice looking fish but I never figured on them costing me somuch.

One Dead Clown

2006-05-30T05:25:00.000-07:00

Ich didn't kill him cause it is gone at the moment but they dont seem to be eating well. Either they just are not eating or the all natural treatment I am using is killing them. Not sure which. The one I have left I have seen eat but he is very very thin so may not make it eihter. I wont ever get these again. Way to much money for a fish that is nothing but trouble.
Maybe some rainbows well look nice in this tank when it settles back down. The new goldfish look great. Need to try and get pictures of them.

A Wall

2006-05-29T04:55:00.000-07:00

All in my 75g but one clown that is so far hiden I cant find it anywhere seem to be ich free.
I also bought two new goldfish. I didn't post it but my other fantail died last week. Not sure whats going on there. The water was fine and he showed no signs of illness. Just woke up one morning and he was dead.
Someone suggested that this time of year was bad for the smaller goldfish to travel. I have never heard this before but decided to give the theory a try and I bought larger fantails this go around and from a different pet shop. They are both gold fantails but one only has a singe tail not a double. Does that still make him a fantail? The pet shop had an 8 inch long goldfish in it. No I did not buy it cause not enough finage for me but still it was a pretty fish. Wonder if it is still there? Maybe I should go back and get it. lol

Still Battling Ich

2006-05-28T22:15:00.000-07:00

The ich is gone from my parrot fish but still on my clowns. But everyone is still alive. This time I plan to treat for a week after all signs of it is gone. I am not enjoying this tank at all.

Ich

2006-05-25T05:53:00.000-07:00

Well the clowns are free of it again. They only had one or two spots but my one of my parrot fish still has it. Hope the cories live threw the high temps again.

Stinking Ich

2006-05-24T12:23:00.000-07:00

So if I just take the clowns out of the tank well that stop the ich? If it don't clear up and stay gone this time that is what I'm going to do.

Ich?

2006-05-23T09:02:00.000-07:00

Gone or not. It seems to be gone on the clown loaches but I think one of my parrot fish may have it. I really really wish I didnt get these dang clown loaches. I just worry all the time.

Two dots left

2006-05-20T09:48:00.000-07:00

At least that is all I see on the tail of one of my loaches. ya everyone is alive still.

Much Better

2006-05-19T08:20:00.000-07:00

The ick is almost gone. Wow I can't believe everyone is still alive. After this I would not recomend clown loaches to anyone. What a pain this has been.
After hours and hours of picture taking I have one goldfish picture that acually looks like Matt my goldfish.

So far so good

2006-05-18T05:46:00.000-07:00

The loaches appear to have less white spots and no one else seems to be ill effected cause of the higher temp. The Parrots are over here looking at me. They think its time to eat. For such small fish they sure do eat a lot. They are only about three inches right now. Think I may have a picture of the goldfish need to upload it to my computer and have a look see.

Just what I was afraid of

2006-05-17T06:25:00.000-07:00

I went back and forth on the idea of adding clown loaches to my tank. And now I wish I had not. They both have ick. So Im raising the water temp and adding some ich-attack to the tank (100% organic). If they make it I hope it dont come back. If they dont make it I wont get loaches again.
So I set and wait. They seem fine for the moment. Swimming around like normal. One of them even ate yesterday.

Looking Good

2006-05-16T08:43:00.000-07:00

Everything is looking good today. Fish are active. I thinking of moving my beta from the 5g and try to get them plants back in the gravel. I have tried weights and some other things but no luck. Thinking this time Ill just put large stones on them with plans to remove them when the plants finnaly take root.
I picked up some sinking shimp pellets. So far Im up to six different fish foods. My husband thinks I'm nuts. Thinking of getting some krill next week.

The clowns

2006-05-15T06:38:00.000-07:00

I am worried they are not eating. They are going 90 mph all over the tank but I have yet to see them eat anything. My cories are always sifting threw the rocks eating the bits and pieces that make it past the BP's but them clowns don't ever seem to be looking for food. So I have a couple extra snails well not really extra but to many and I put it in there last night. It is still there this morning so either it is to big for them to eat or they are not eating at all.
Guess Ill search the net see what else I can find out about their eating habits. Their color looks good and they are very active but I worry.

Update on Blueberry

2006-05-14T09:20:00.000-07:00

It looks really bad. No color and he is curled. Poor guy not sure if I should just send him over rainbow bridge(humanly) or just see if he well come on around. The fish store dont have anymore but I guess I could get them to order some.

Blueberry

2006-05-14T05:40:00.000-07:00

I bought a blueberry loach last week and the pet store held him for me. That may of been a bad idea. It is so skinny and I don't think it ate a thing all week. When I bought it, it was nice a plump. The guy told me(I have been dealing with this guy for years) that the fish came in with ick and for three weeks it was in the back in the sick tank. Once he put it up front it seemed to of stopped eating. He speculated it was all the lights and other fish in the tank. So I brought him home took my one betta from my 5g tank (this is just temparary arrangement) and put the blueberry in the 5g it is well planted so he has lots of places to hide. Best I can tell he is not eating. I decided to stick a snail in there(have lots of those and can get more easy) I figure that is the best way to know if or when he starts eating.
Monday I'll call the pet store see if they have any answers now that we know for sure he is not eating. Such a pretty fish hate to see him not make it.
On the bright side other then one of my clown loaches needing better color they seem to be doing great in the 75g. Right now they hang out a lot with the Parrot Fish. I even saw one swimming backwards yesterday. So cool.

Water Test

2006-05-13T06:20:00.000-07:00

Did water test on the 75g this morning. It is perfect. So I can go get my fish that are on hold. And make the final decision on tank mates soon.

This tank is shaping up nicely. Only problem is when I get it all set up is when I start to get bored. Got to find ways to keep me interested in this tank.

Thinking of redoing my 5g. Keep the one fish that is in it but maybe add some plant gravel. I have had this tank set up since Jan. But the plants just won't take root and I keep having to stick them back in the gravel. Getting annoying. Or maybe Ill just throw out the plants.

Eager

2006-05-12T08:44:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of my Betta.
The BP's were out and eager to greet me this morning. Ive been thinking of adding Silver Dollor Tetras instead of the clown loaches. I think I am getting to many bottom dwellers with the 7 cory cats in there already. But I sure would like the clowns.
Matt the goldfish is doing swimmingly still.

Brain storm

2006-05-11T05:32:00.000-07:00

I don't know why I didn't do this before. My 30 gallon tank has the same size filter as my 75 gallon so this morning I switched filters on those two tanks. That should make a fast cycle on the 75.
Star and No name are still up and going 90 miles an hour.
Now I well have to wait on the loaches. They are supper fussy about their water so they well have to go in after the tank is officially cycled.
Matt my fantail goldfish is looking good too. Still not eating the pellets to good he never seems to see them till they hit the rocks and he is to lazy to go after them. Silly fish.

Blog Just For My Fish

2006-05-10T21:51:00.000-07:00

I reset up my 75 gallon and my husband made a joke about it lasting till I got old tank syndron. I have gotten some long lived fish for this tank and really need to keep it up for a long time. Thought maybe a blog would help keep me into this tank so to speak.
The 75 is the home of two parrot fish, 7 cories, 3 clown louches(to be added later) and one blueberry louch(on hold and to be added later).
I still have my 5 gallon planted tank on my bed side table with my one fighting fish.
Also have my 30 gallon up with my one gold fish and 6 snails.
We did own an oscar for 10 years but that was my husbands and he did all the upkeep on that one. It was much in need of a bigger tank and we were not willing to buy 125 g so it went to someone that had one and the room for the fish.
I look forward to watching my new friends grow. The picture is of Star and friend. Do not have a name for the other yet.