Aquarium 4.0
It’s interesting to think of how quickly one gets into a new hobby. In our case, it’s been our aquarium, and this new setup is the fourth aquarium project we’ve had this year. While we were at the tank and
Category: Aquarium & Pets
Qn: What do you do with bullying fishes?
Ans: You throw them back in jail.:) For nearly a week now, Patches and Tinny had been dropping a few scales, and we couldn’t figure out the reason why. Their eating patterns had not changed, water parameters and quality were
Fishes can be like humans
… in that they sometimes just fight and attack each other viciously. That’s essentially what happened in our “prison cell” tank. The three fellows: Nibbler, Stripes and Aura initially existed pretty peacefully for a few months. Since the last few
Telling the Leopards apart
The three Leopards seem to enjoy huddling together in the corner of the tank, only venturing out when they sense food. They’ve taken a liking for the same type of food as the or Peppered cousins in the large tank
Little Otto
We haven’t been seeing Otto much for nearly a week now, and we suspected that he was most likely hiding somewhere in the tank and only appearing when the lights were off. However, several days ago when Otto finally did
The last of the Leopards – Blackfin
The last of the three critters we picked up more than a week ago. This fellow is the easiest to tell from a glance, since his entire dorsal fin is black in colouration:
Second of the Leopards – Halffin
Here’s Halffin, the second of the three Leopards in the small tank. Like the other two of his brethen, the Leopards are distinguished by their colouration on their dorsal fin. This little fellow is so-named because his mark is, well,
Spotting Leopards – Topfin
The three leopard cories seem to have adjusted nicely into the small tank, although a week after their introduction they still seem pretty nervous about any sort of noise or movement near the tank. Many a time they would quickly
To feed 24 critters
One of the most fasinacting aspects of keeping these critters is how they take to different types of food. Not surprisingly, most of the fishes we have in our two tanks have different preferences for what they eat, and in
Telling them apart
The posts several days ago identified the three Peppered Corys we’ve got. Here’s a picture that should help one tell Squint apart from Big Eye: The critter in the foreground – with the slightly larger eyes – is Big Eye,
Tetra Companions
We were thrilled with how well the three Peppered Corys adapted to the large tank, so we decided to get a similar family of fish as the final additions for our second tank. We wanted to try a different species
More Adjustments to the Tank
In order to counter mild outbreak of white spot among the Lionheads that started 2 weeks ago, the aquarium fan was turned off and the water temperature allowed to adjust to the daily ambient temperatures of 29 to 31 degrees.
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