Fishkeeping: The Conclusion, Part 2

(Continued from Part 1) I had stated in the beginning of the month that I started early and that my Goals would be tainted to some degree. With that said, I still feel that I set that good goals that I could keep up with at the end of the month.

Setup a tropical freshwater aquarium
I think its easy to say that this was done.

Purchase at least 10 fish
Technically I did not complete this goal. I do however have 10 fish in the tank including the 2 rainbowfish that my neighbors had given me.

Not let any of the fish die barring any unforeseen complications like disease

Poor sweet Bender Bending Rodriguez. Just a few days before the end of the month, Bender succumbed too an ailment that took his life. The rest of the fish seem healthy though. I do believe that whatever happened to Bender, it was not related to water quality.

Aqua-scape the aquarium in a tropical theme

I think the setup was rather "topical," don't you agree?

Clean the tank at least twice

I definetly cleaned the tank twice. Most of my cleaning in the form of water changes which I performed almost every day for a month. It was very exhausting and demoralizing, but now that the tank is cycled, I should be done all of that.

Document costs and inventory everything needed to run my aquarium
I definetly did this. In the last post I actually included a full inventory and cost. I also created an Amazon Wish List that can be viewed by everyone.

I pretty much set myself up for failure with not wanting a fish to die. There was just too much I didn't know, and doing fish-in cycling can be very difficult for less hardy fish like tetra's. Other than that I think I did pretty well, and stuck to the plan.

Stay tuned for the third and final part...