and the beat goes on....

a quick update while on my lunch at work... you may have noticed that the resident citizenship in each aquariums has changed somewhat since my last post. with the big fishtank up and running smoothly, having gone through the cycling process sucessfully and after having gradually introduced the fish we currently own, it was time to get them some new play mates.. =)

so, for now, here is a quick update on the 180 litre tank. =)

9 silver tipped tetra - i bought six of thses and then added another three the next day to basically try and liven the tank up a bit. they seem to be really happy, bazzing about the tank, couples keep forming and they show off to each other but their attetion span seems somewhat lacking in that department and they soon go off and try someone else haha.

6 red-eye tetra - increased from our original three to six, they now seem more lively with some mates to hang out. they generally hang around in the middle zone with the silver tips but are not quite as active as they are.

4 clown loach - i spotted one lonely little clown loach in the shop in town oever the weekend and had to get him to add to my other three. brilliant, his addition seems to have perked up the other clowns and now all 4 seem to happily forrage around the tank in a little posse.

1 upside down catfish - looks cool! is currently 10cm long (i bought the smallest one). he seems quite happy if a little shy. he tends to come out more in the evening but hides in the clowns cave or pleasures himself on the bubbles from the airstone most of the time with his new mate mister plec. he is not a particularly upside-downy type of upside down catfish but he does do the upside down thing in the cave and along the branches in the tank. with his big cat like whiskers searching for food. i like him a lot. :-)

1 siamese fighter (betta splenden) - beautiful light blue fish with a black head. he has taken over the small area on the right of the tank near the filter box where the little green lillys are. i had to change the setup of the tank a little after introducing him. he does not like current at all as his fins are so long and the drag effect they have on him while he is swimming is huge. i had to quickly, and i mean really quickly, put a fine mesh over the slats where the intake for the filter is as his tail fins got sucked into it within five minutes of him bening in the tank. and i also changed the direction of the return from the filter from horizontal accross the back (strong current) to vertically up. which still creates a small current but has the added effect of extra aeriation as the water spashes back into the tank. changed the airstone setup slightly so that the is a current in the tank but instead of it being a strong cyclone type current it is more of a barrell motion in the tank now with water rising on the left and decending on the right (a bit)... sort of, ah well maybe you get the idea.....

1 plec - still happily growning, digging up plants and bashing into stuff.

1 ghost shimp - is still a dude!

thats it for now, lunch over so i'll do the update on the 70 litre tank next time.

nums.