I used to have a tank a ran for awhile to keep feeder fish in but now my Oscars are so big I just toss them in 100 at a time and they eat those pretty damned quick. So that means I had an extra 10 gallon tank, full set up with hood, filter, heater, the works, just sitting around collecting dust.

So a couple of weeks ago I said what the hell and filled the tank. After a few days I added some bottom feeders (2 catfish, a snail). Then when the water had neutralized itself a bit I added a couple sharks.

They seemed to be healthy and doing well so I decided it was time to start buying some money fish, you know any fish at costs over $5 to me is a money fish. So today I gought 2 small varigated Angelfish. Now Angels are quite picky so who knows, in 2 days I might be telling you about them being dead but I am good with fish so I am keeping my fingers crossed. I also added 2 kuhli loaches which are among my favorite fish. All that is left to buy for this tank is an algae eater…as soon as there is some algae, and a Plecco which I would have bought today but they only had huge ones for $20. It is only a 10 gallon tank, I can do with 2 tiny ones for $1.99 at Walmart.

Anyway, that now makes 3 tanks (two10 gal and one 40 gal) and one 2 gallon bowl with a Betta and 2 snails. The other news to report is the first 10 gallon tank I had, which is filled with real river rocks I collected, I have now officially stated a test run with REAL PLANTS. The tank looked great before but now with the addition of real underwater plants it is looking even more like a small window into a stream bed or pond. I will keep you guys posted if the experiment succeeded or if the fish just gobbled down all the plants.

I love pond fish. Thanks for reading. See ya next time!