When my friend gave me his 75 and 45 gallon fish tanks, he gave me two Jack Dempseys as well. The one was in really bad shape, and lasted about 2 weeks after the move. The one that remained went nocturnal on me. She always hid in the castle ornamentation in the tank, and would …
Category Archives: aquaria
New Fish – Oscars!
With the recent changes in my life, comes a difference in opinion on what ‘cool’ fish are. Me, I love watching dozens of Neon Tetras schooling from one side of a large tank to the other. I’ve been told that little fish are boring, and that the tank in the living room needs fish big …
Moving my plant stand
With the changes in my life, come changes in where I can keep my furniture. I had put my plant stand in the sliding glass window, as I always kept the shades open. Now, it was deamed too annoying to fight closing and opening the blinds around the planter. It had to be moved. …
45 gallon aquarium rebuild
A good friend of mine gave me a couple of larger fish tanks. The one I have had up and running for a while now. The other didn’t make the move from his place to mine. It sprung a leak. It held water when he had it, but leaked when i tried to fill it …
Upside down Aquarium
You would think, with all the water I have had on the floor in the last week, that I would not want to try something as crazy as an upside down fish tank. Uh-huh. Not me. Yesterday, during lunch break, I slapped together an inverted tank to put into my nanotank. You see, upside down …