I have a confession

Posted by Sarah on May 1, 2010

Freeze dried krill grosses me out.

I think most of it is due to the eyes.

The just look so … alive.

Is there any part of fishkeeping that you dislike?

New Green Spotted Puffers

Posted by Sarah on February 4, 2010

I finally gave in and got 2 green spotted puffers from the only local store we haven’t tried yet.

The fish looked healthy when we were there, so we waited a few days, and went back and got 2.

We couldn’t find someone from the fish department to help us, and the person we found wouldn’t let us pick out the fish, so we ended up with one that died the night we got it home.

The other fish seems to be doing well in our 55 gallon tank, but I have seen a little blackness on his belly.

I really hope this guy makes it.

Of course he’s not going too.

While I was writing this post we had company – after they left I went to feed the fish, and the puffer is dead.

Fish can be so depressing sometimes.

Fire! Fire! Fire!

Posted by Sarah on January 24, 2010

I went downstairs to feed the fish this morning, and I noticed that the power for the 75 gallon tank was off.

We checked the plugins, and the fuses, then I realized that the powercord plugin had been reset.

As soon as I turned it on I saw tiny little flames behind the switch, and I started to see smoke.

I turned if off immediately (ok, I yelled for Jeff too) and then he unplugged everything and switched it to another cord.

The plugin had turned yellow around that end and smelled like smoke.

We aren’t really sure what happened, but we are assuming that water had gotten into the outlets somehow.

That tank is so far away from our bathrooms that the python doesn’t reach all that well, so Jeff carries buckets of water down for it.

This time we’ll be placing the outlet on the wall, so I hope we don’t have that problem again.

Have you ever had anything like that happen?

This is the second time this year we’ve had something catch fire.

Jeff changed the batteries in a little flashlight he got as a gift when he bought something else, and the battery casing stared to smoke and melt.

It’s a good thing there’s lots of snow outside!

Happy New Year

Posted by Sarah on December 30, 2009

Happy New Year – I hope you’re having a great holiday season.

Things have been pretty slow around here lately, because we have a beautiful, healthy baby girl.

The fish have been on the back burner lately.

We did end up getting some half black guppies from Aquabid before our daughter was born, and for some reason only one adult survived, but we still have about 6 fry.

I’m really not sure what happened with the adults.

We have cut back on the fish tanks drastically, although we are still keeping space open for some dwarf puffers, if I ever find any healthy ones.

How is your fish keeping going?

Got any new or exciting fish, fry, spawns, or fish equipment?

Are you looking for anything in particular?