Just some new updated piccys of various fish in the tanks, you can never take too many, well thats my excuse anyhow, got the camera out most days with them.
Both of the below bred by me
Cory
One of our female yellows (not bred by me)
Loads of the useual, more snails, more guppys being born, gosh those elusive growing up teenagers manage to do the biz before i can catch them. But we do have some beatifull yellow fry growing on and another batch just delivered, so its not all bad. Still waiting on my darn shrimps to mate and start egg carrying.
Decided on the other shrimps i am going to breed, slightly larger species at 2 inches which is Banded Clawed shrimp, quite rare i beleive and the males grow claws, i have 4 of these on order so hopefully i still get some of both sexes as they are still immature and not sexable, whats the betting i get 4 females huh, lmao.
Grand clear up booked again for tomorrow, having all been poorly this week bar myself the filters are in desparate need of attention, makes me greatfull i do have all these snails and shrimps to deal with it all and keep it atleast in some small part under control.
But meet my other passion, although he is Daddys bird and i’m just the meany that does stuff for him.
This is Zazu my 7 year old Citrus Crested Cockatoo, we have owned him since he was 16 weeks old.
Nothing much to report with the fish/snails, same old same old, so heres Zazu instead to keep you all watching.
Yesterday saw another delivery of yellow Guppy fry, these are getting less and less now thankfully as all visible males are being removed from the tank on sight.
More snails hatched, oh dear god yes more, snails are now growing on nicely, many have reached the 1cm mark but as of yet i am not happy to let them go and shall continue growing them on myself for a further 2-3 weeks and see what size i have then. Every little helps and i want to ensure they get the best possible start before going to new homes.
Some updated photos of growth for you.
Both tanks looking glorious again thankfully, we noted that tank 1 (Guppys) had received another delivery of fry, as indeed had tank 2 (Micky Mouse babys) we are particulaly glad of this as she’s been looking ready to pop for the past two weeks, that said she’s still abit of a porker people would assume she’s still gravid to be honest, she’s the most dominant female in the tank (especially when foods around hahaha), so lets just say *who ate all the pies* shall we, lol. Another observation that i noticed weeks back actually but didnt have my blog is that the Green swords have had a sex change, instead of one male and two females we now have 3 males, which of course is abit of a pain if you want to breed them, let alone the disruption as each male fights his territory, i can soon see a trip to LFS (not so local really) to take two back and get two more females, whom will hopefully stay female this time.
Having gone down to a closer shop yesterday ( we use them for RO) got Adams juices flowing yesterday and i can see that in the not too distant future the 4ft tank sat in the kitchen not doing anything will soon be brought back into action as Tank 4 ROTFL, now that was supposed to be my large fish display tank (including Ornate Birchirs) but i’m sure i heard a few mumbled words along differing lines yesterday, i shall keep you informed on who wins that one, that said if he decides Discus i might let him win *winks*.
Right enough waffle, see you all soon
*Who ate all the pies* I did!!!!
Tank wise, Snails obviously still jiggy jiggy and laying all the time, but apart from that not much going on, happy to report the Sunset fry are growing on nicely, getting more colour and getting braver, we have left both tanks unfed for a few days (bar calcium for the snails) as this afternoon its monster clean ups and partial water changes for both, both being breeding tanks they are heavy duty on the filters due to feeding regeim with the fry and keeping the mothers tip top. Both tanks have 2 filter systems, a built in internal 3 stage and also Fulval 2’s to keep them under control but i am seriously considering a third or maybe an external as i am very fussy with water and although the Swords and Platty tank is wonderfull the Guppys make a horendous mess. Observations today on the snails show some good growth spurts, the 3-4 week old babys now stand out well from the newborns, newborns are around 1mm mark and the older babies are now around 4mm and looking less like tomato pips. Another couple of months or less and some could be ready for new homes if this continues.
Oh well thats all for today, will perhaps get some more piccys tomorrow after the clean up to bore you all with.
Take care
Well first day of my blog and a busy day fish wise.
Today has seen a delivery of fish (in both senses) , the Sunset Plattys i had ordered had multliplyed due to a delivery of fry in transit, happy to report mother and babies doing fine. Also in the delivery were some Corys and a present for Adam of a beautifull Queen Arabesque Plec.
My daughters tank is now ready to receive its first occupants so she is getting all our male Guppys(not all in one go dont worry) to give our girls a much needed breather, and to see what develops from the fry already growing on so we dont end up in a total Guppy pickle.
Well thats all for today, tomorrow will add some further categorys and maybe get some piccys up too, Take Care
Pam
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