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1/10/2008

One of the mollies from my 10 gallon tank died.  She looked healthy too.  I'm tempted to move the other two to my larger tank and break down this one and start over, again.  I've always wanted to have a brackish tank and I think with some better filtration I can keep some brackish fish like American Flagfish, Puffers, etc.

11/22/07

My zebra danio died last week.  It was inevitable.  The fish was old when we got him with the bow front tank.  You could see his back arching more and more.  Soon the poor thing could only swim in circles since not only did his back arch up but it curved to the left.

That is one thing you need to keep in mind when buying fish in a pet store.  Look at the fish closely. 

We didn't buy our little zebra danio, he was given to us.  Glad we got to care for him the rest of his fishy life.

10/31/07

Shortly after I discovered I was pregnant in April 2005 I developed the urge to have a fish tank.  I think it was my mother-in-law's comment about how much her kids loved watching their 30 gallon tank that moved me in that direction.  My boss at the time was kind enough to allow me to have the tank in my office.  I started out small with 10 gallon tank setup and tetras.  As I discovered more about fish and their compatibility I progressed to larger more interesting specimens.  They are still pretty common by enthusiast standards, but I enjoy them and so does my daughter. 

Now I have two 10 gallon tanks and one bow front 30 gallon tank.  They are home to Angelfish, giant danio, zebra danio, black skirt tetra, fruit tetra, yellow platys, plecostomus, cory cat, algae eaters and buenos aires tetra.  Over the past 3 years I think I've lost more fish than I have now, but the ones that have survived 3 moves, numerous diseases, loss of power and not getting along with tank mates are looking better than ever.

Over and over I've tried live plants in the tanks.  Only 2 varieties so far have survived, amazon sword and a small epiphytic plant whose name escapes me at the moment.  It is so expensive to have a lush tank set up so right now I'll have to be content with my plastic plants.

The one plague we've had to endure in the tanks lately is snails.  The malayan snails multiply like rabbits.  For a while I was scooping hundreds of them per day out of the 30 gallon tank.  After several cleanings and treatments of the water the numbers dropped off.  then I discovered I have ramshorn snails in one of my 10 gallon tanks.  These were more a blessing than a curse though.  I have never seen that little tank so clean since I've had it.  It was given to me by a cousin of my husband's that was just going to throw it away if she couldn't find a home for it.  She mentioned she couldn't keep a fish alive in the tank and soon I found the same was true for me.  I added some new fish to the tank and noticed these little round snails and thought it would be the same problem as before.  Then I noticed that the algae started to disappear and very quickly.  With the snails and the addition of another small filter to the tank the algae problem is under control and I haven't lost another fish.  Woo Hoo!!!