Welcome to the family: Part Deux

Since I was unable to name them in an amount of time sufficient to my family, my loving wife has thanklessly named the remaining fish in the tank.

She has named the Pearl Danios Diamond, Pearl, and Ruby. The Black Mollies are Silvie, Blackie, Midnight, Shadow, and Eclipse (I named the last one).

Now if I can just remember which one is which...

Fishkeeping: Day 30

Well after a month it looks like everything has finally caught up to me. Yesterday, Benders long fight ended when I found him lifeless at the bottom of the tank.

I actually tried poking him to see if he was just to weak to swim. I also brought him to the surface in the net and checked to see if hiss gills were moving, but it was too late. I quickly took him out of the tank and brought him to the porcelain goddess to meet his final resting place.

Murphy's Law intervened in the form of a 2 year old taking a bath asking me "what are you doing dad?", to which I responded, "throwing away some trash". I didn't even have the heart to tell him what had happened. Of course, Bender was his favorite fish, which probably had something to do with being the most fun to say.

The following 2 hours consisted of a large water change and a lot of contemplation. I really wanted to give up the hobby right then and there, but my wife intervened and noted how much enjoyment the kids have gotten out of the fish.

It would figure that at the end of the month something like this would happen.

With another trip scheduled for this weekend, I fear that the. Rest of the fish may share the same fate.

I am not exactly sure what happened to Bender, whether it was constipation or a swimming bladder problem, but I a almost positive that he died from not eating anything in 3 days. I attempted to segregate him this morning to eat with no success. It may have been too late...

Fishkeeping: Day 28

Once again, no nitrites and Nitrites.

I ordered a Bio-Wheel power filter to replace my old corner filter which should help.

Bender appears to be a bit more mobile, but he still isn't eating.

My wife has named the rest of the fish, but I haven't had a time to do profiles and post them.

Last but not least, with 3 days left in the month, my time to make the decision about keeping the tank is approaching very quickly.

Triage for Bender

Before

After

I'm still not exactly sure whats going on with Bender, but I snapped a picture of him and you can see that his stomach is definitely enlarged. I'm going to keep watching him, but from everything I have read online, he probably has constipation that will go away in a couple days.

With 10 other fish competing for food, i'm not sure how to get him to eat if he won't even go to the top of the tank.

Shock Trauma

Well, it appears that something is wrong with Bender. His stomach is engorged and he is barely mobile. After hitting some threads online, the problem could be as simple as constipation.

I will try and get him to pose for the camera and post it.

20 Gallon tank wish list

I decided to do everyone a favor and put together a Amazon.com wish list that would have everything (or as much as possible) of everything that you would need to setup your own 20 gallon freshwater aquarium. The list includes everything except decorations and the actual fish.

You can view the wish list here. Let me know what you all think.

Fishkeeping: Day 25

The days are starting to run together with the frequent water changes. I'm almost out of proper pH 7.0, and with the impending hurricane this weekend, I need to go out and grab some soon.

Todays amazing aquarium comes from the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai. Holding over 261,000 gallons of water, it is one of the largest aquariums in the world. Not bad for one of the largest hotels in the world either.


Source: Wikipedia