Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
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
… 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
After quite a bit of consideration and decisions bouncing back and forth, we decided to swap tanks between the two Angels and ten Neonies. Nibbler and Stripes have been doing OK on their own in the old tank for 10
With the two Angels gone for the time being, the Neonies now have all the freedom and space to explore the tank: The injured Neonie seems to be recovering pretty all right and has rejoined the shoal. The entire group
Shark’s bait. Poor poor Nibbler and Stripes were banished from the ‘garden of Eden’ … pity them in their new ‘home’ with hardly any amenities at all; no plants, no wood, to gravel, no garbage man, no romantic lighting… We
Ling and I drove down to Balestier to look for our next species of fish to populate our tank. We had several choices, the only criteria in our mind being that the fish would need to be middle swimmers. We
It didn’t take long before our two Angels started chasing and attacking the Neonies around the tank. Nibbler was the more aggressive fellow first, but Stripes started to follow his lead too. We had to separate the species when one
As much delightful fun are the four Lionheads can be, they’re also quite turning into greedy herbivores. And as if on cue, even Nibbler and Stripes (our two Angels) have gotten into the habit too. Many of the plants we
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