Archive for Something Fishy

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!

One of my oldest fish died today. It was a red oscar and I can’t even remember how old it was. I wish I would have named it but I generally don’t name my fish unless they are crazy or strange in some way. It was a huge fish and all the other fish in the tank are huge too so replacing it with a new fish is gonna be hard…cuz they will get eaten!

This is really making me sad cuz I had the fish for the longest time and it seems like that fish was just always in the tank and now that it is gone I’m gonna miss it. I wish I know how it died but I think it was just old because the pH is fine, ammonia levels fine, water is clear as a bell. I hope it wasn’t me because I think I may have starved it to death. I put 100 feeders in the tank a week ago and I don’t really pay attention to make sure each oscar eats a feeder everyday. Only thing I can think is that it wasn’t eating the feeder fish and when there is feeders I don’t feed the fish food everyday so it just may have starved to death. I feel so badly right now.

Since I cannot have a dog or cat in the apartment where I live I have fish…lotsa fish. I have a nice size tank (40 gal) with 5 Oscars, 3 Firemouths, 2 pleccos, and a couple catfish.

I just added 100 feeder fish last nite and at least half of them are gone already, those Oscars eat them like potato chips.

In another 10 gallon tank I have a few gouramis, a kuhli loach, and some other assorted little fishies. I love my Oscars but I like this tank as well cuz it has all river rocks in the bottom and really looks natural.

Lastly, I  added a new tank to my collection! I got me a nice male Betta and a cool ass fish bowl. Yippee!!

The idiots that own my building decided to install a new heater in my apartment and the only place they could figure out to put it is exactly where my fish tank was. It would be impossible for me to move a 40 gallon tank all by myself (40 gallons of water=400 lbs). Erica (Bear) and her little sister Robin (my adopted Mom) were kind enough to come over and help me move the tank from one side of the room to the other. Yes, I realize you don’t give a shit but I just had to extend a public Thank You to both my friends, so kiss my ass if you dont care.

THANK YOU MOM AND BEAR!!!!!! I really appreciate the help!!! Luv ya both!

I have to go to a Dr. appointment today that is about 100 miles from my house…yeah VT really fuckin sucks. HOWEVER…the best part of going to this Doctor office is that there are actually REAL stores around the area, one of which is a Pet Smart. So it is fish and fish food shopping day at a huge discount…YIPPEE!!! My oscars will be sooooooo happy!