I put the goldfish in the tank Sunday night, named them Monday - The orange fish is now Nicolae, for Nicolae Tesla, and the white and orange is Isaac, for Isaac Asimov. Yes, I went nerd. They've settled in wonderfully, and Isaac's even eating directly from the surface. Qing was watching them several times, so I can say at least ONE of the cats is interested in these little things swimming in the big glass box. But this morning, I found a surprise...
There were two more fish in the tank! Was one of the goldfish female...? No, no, goldfish don't give live birth... Guppies do, goldfish don't. Goldfish lay eggs. Upon closer inspection, I noticed the shape of the fins...
There were MOLLIES in my tank! Where had they come from?
Mother bought them yesterday. Apparently they were on sale... Well, nothing to be done now but make sure nobody goes belly-up, and name the new additions! It didn't take me nearly as long as the goldfish - The mollies, an orange and a white(Getting a pattern here...) are now named George(For George Orwell) and Orson(For Orson Welles).
I need to take pictures one day...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Saturday, March 9, 2013
They're watching...
I moved the fish bowl from the bathroom to my room so their water can hopefully be around the same temp as the tank when I put them in tomorrow night... I swear the goldfish are watching their new tank all "Sweeeeeet..."
Setting up a fish tank...
So my mother brought home two goldfish Wednesday night. They've been sitting in a bowl in the bathroom since then, and yesterday we got them a tank, 5 gallons...
Good LORD they get touchy about what to use in the instructions! You have to use a NEW sponge or wash cloth to clean the tank(I used a new pouf I bought last night, too), to clean the gravel you need to use basically a NEW bucket not exposed to chemicals(I used metal pots... And strainers.)... Basically, they want you to shell out more than the initial $50+tax you already have to for the tank and set-up. Granted, yes, a new bucket and sponge would run about $3, but still... A bit much, yes?
Did I mention they're goldfish? They're feeder fish. The fun part's going to be moving them to the new tank... They're going from what I think is a 1-gallon bowl to a 5-gallon tank. Which, their prospects are already pretty good - They came in a bag that was full of water so grody, you could barely see the FISH. They're rather shy little buggers, and I have no names for them yet, but they're at least distinct from each other. I may see about getting them a third buddy who's not nearly as shy... 5 gallons is a lot of space for just two little fish!
Which, speaking of fish, not to go on a tangent, but... We saw GlowFish while we were at Wal-Mart last night(Yes, I shop there, no shame here!)... You know how most things at Wal-Mart are often much cheaper than the specialized stores? $5. For a fish that's smaller than my finger nail clippings. And that's just ONE fish, so if you want a school of them, that's $20+, just for the FISH. So how much was the tank running?
Around about $30, I want to say... It was rather pricey and actually cost MORE than the tank I bought for the goldfish. Yeah... Just for $5-a-pop fish. At least you can say that if they got out into the ecosystem... GlowFish are all sterile(Never mind how they get more of them). Though now I wonder, if a trout ate GlowFish, would it begin to glow, too...?
Man the hum of that filter's actually quite soothing... I may mute my TV tonight so I can fall asleep to that instead of the TV!
Good LORD they get touchy about what to use in the instructions! You have to use a NEW sponge or wash cloth to clean the tank(I used a new pouf I bought last night, too), to clean the gravel you need to use basically a NEW bucket not exposed to chemicals(I used metal pots... And strainers.)... Basically, they want you to shell out more than the initial $50+tax you already have to for the tank and set-up. Granted, yes, a new bucket and sponge would run about $3, but still... A bit much, yes?
Did I mention they're goldfish? They're feeder fish. The fun part's going to be moving them to the new tank... They're going from what I think is a 1-gallon bowl to a 5-gallon tank. Which, their prospects are already pretty good - They came in a bag that was full of water so grody, you could barely see the FISH. They're rather shy little buggers, and I have no names for them yet, but they're at least distinct from each other. I may see about getting them a third buddy who's not nearly as shy... 5 gallons is a lot of space for just two little fish!
Which, speaking of fish, not to go on a tangent, but... We saw GlowFish while we were at Wal-Mart last night(Yes, I shop there, no shame here!)... You know how most things at Wal-Mart are often much cheaper than the specialized stores? $5. For a fish that's smaller than my finger nail clippings. And that's just ONE fish, so if you want a school of them, that's $20+, just for the FISH. So how much was the tank running?
Around about $30, I want to say... It was rather pricey and actually cost MORE than the tank I bought for the goldfish. Yeah... Just for $5-a-pop fish. At least you can say that if they got out into the ecosystem... GlowFish are all sterile(Never mind how they get more of them). Though now I wonder, if a trout ate GlowFish, would it begin to glow, too...?
Man the hum of that filter's actually quite soothing... I may mute my TV tonight so I can fall asleep to that instead of the TV!
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