Aquarium Crazy
Monday, December 9, 2013
Kog'maw and Galio get a bunch of new worms!
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Newts on a log
Labels:
amphibian,
aquarium,
aquatic,
california newt,
fish tank,
freshwater,
land,
newt,
pet,
tank,
Taricha Torosa
Friday, April 20, 2012
DIY - Easy black fabric background
This is my tank before. I like it, but I've been really liking the black background I've been seeing in photos.
I happened to have a package of felt because I am often crafting and sew with felt fairly often. I cut the fabric to size for the tank.
Here you can see that it is just held up by regular tape for now. There are some gaps where you can see the light from above, but you do not see these gaps from the front. As long as no one goes staring at the back edges of my tank, I am ok.
And here is the tank with the black background! That was quick and easy!
All of the fuss made the little shellies hide out for a while.
They came back out, though!
Here they are against the black background!
Before and after comparison. Much nicer, I think!
Labels:
aquarium,
black background,
brevis,
chimba,
diy,
fabric,
felt,
fish tank,
fishkeeping,
freshwater,
lake tanganyikan,
neolamprologus,
pet,
shell dweller cichlid,
shell dwellers,
tank,
tropical fish
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Day 2 - They've come out of hiding!
I think this is a male.
Sometimes they hide inside of the shells, sometimes they hide between them.
These two are acting like a couple. I think they are pairing off!
The couple again.
Labels:
aquarium,
aquatic,
brevis,
chimba,
fish tank,
fishkeeping,
freshwater,
lake tanganyikan,
neolamprologus,
pet,
shell dweller cichlid,
shell dwellers,
tank,
tropical fish
Monday, April 16, 2012
Shellies acquired!
I took this photo the night that they got home. It's a bit boring right now - they were all still hiding in the shells.
Yesterday I made the 2 hour trip to pick up my juvenile Brevis off of a seller on Craigslist. It worked out great for me. Their parents were a group of wild caught Brevis "Chimba".
The owner was a guy that does professional aquarium maintenance and has many beautiful tanks in his home. I got to see the parents and all of the other babies. We picked out 3 large ones and 3 small ones in hopes that I get some pairs. Since the entire group of babies came from multiple wild caught pairs, I know they're not inbred, and that even their babies may not be inbred. That's exciting!
Labels:
aquarium,
brevis,
chimba,
fish tank,
neolamprologus
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