3 posts tagged “fish”
Well, after that drastic water change and massive clean up, I guess the shock was too much for my Pleco babe. So it is with sad news that I report that this big boy has passed onto some big fish pond full of algae. He was a good fish!
Ok, empty clean tank, any ideas for new fish, maybe some Labidochromis Caerulus, I love the yellow labs. Sue, what do you think ? ... Guppies
[edited to add for mnieves' benefit]
I haven't buried him yet, he's still fresh. Should I wait a few days and get some gross pictures for my cage battle ? ... ok, a poll, who says let him rot and take pictures, who says bury him with dignity ! ?
p.s. The two fish on the right in the background are yellow labs, also called electric yellows or labidochromis caerulus. Just realised that there aren't any on istock ... hmm, a photo idea.
Well, the continuing saga of the pleco. Today was fishtank cleaning day. The aquarium needed a strip down. The aquaclear was pumping away big time. The rocks were just fine, but it's been a while since I did a complete strip. And I'm not talking about a mere H2O change, this is complete and utter reclean/redesign time-consuming pain-in-the-gravel cleaning!
So there I am, T-shirt sleeves rolled up, hair tied in a pony, ready for action. Net in one hand, scrubber in the other. Nothing is going to stop me. I start lifting and removing large rocks and caves, and then to my absolute horror, as I was lifting and removing all the rocks and hiding areas, I discovered a dead fish, totally decomposed (no idea how I missed seeing that), but it was gross deluxe, I mean totally puke-worthy. Disgusting, so what's the first thing you do 'Sweety, would you come here please' which is answered with a 'No way, fish it out yourself and flush it'. Ok, net in one hand, some plastic in the other, so that no water drips on the floor, I manage to fish it out and drop it into the toilet, and flushed, watching to make sure it disappeared (as the mafia would say 'he sleeps with the fishes'); meanwhile gagging beyond belief. Yuck ! ...
Eventually all the water is drained down to a few cm, and replaced. I can safely report that he/she is looking happy now. Fishy Bliss!
Well, y'all asked, so I'll tell ya. *said in my best American accent*
I've kept mainly cichlids, love their breeding behaviour, they're excellent parents. Specifically convicts, as you pretty much have to do nothing and they'll breed like mozzies. Extremely interesting to observe.
I've done the usual mixed tanks of freshwater tropicals, guppies are us, angels, neons, danios, swords, etc and all the normal stuff everyone keeps. Been there, kept that.
Bought about 30 odd breeding fish tanks, had about 5 x 1.2 metre show tanks running simultaneously at one time, little tanks going too, then realised that breeding fish as a hobby does not pay well, despite the fact that it's fun. So sold all the tanks, fish, heaters, equipment, filters, etc, except for 1 setup. Currently it has one poor lonely Plecostomus Catfish, Hypostomus plecostomus.
This fish is often known in the hobby as the Pleco, or Pl*co. The story behind the irregular spelling of "pl*co" is that if you spell it correctly your pleco will soon die. Well, I can safely say that the mythtery surrounding that is just a myth.
So, I've moved my pc desk, now the fishtank needs to move and some friends added for the poor guy. Maybe this weekend. No promises. ;) I managed to find an istock photo of a pleco.
