26 February 2006

Theyve moved!

The goldfish have gotten their upgrade! :) The humans have had their move, now its time for the fish! At first when we moved them they did look a bit lost!





The snails however moved right on in! and one of them came up to greet us too! cute huh?




View from the side, and an "Arr-tee-stick" shot taken by Steph looking through the tank and into the courtyard, the blurr is the reflection of the statue in the tank.


This is a photo of revlon checking us out! - note the red lips, hence her name :)

25 February 2006

Goldfish get an upgrade!

A while ago i bought a tank off ebay...

A while a go i broke that same tank...

Now we have a replacement and a stand for that same tank!

The goldfish are a bit cramped in their 22L home so they are getting upgraded!

But like every aquarium you need to sink some money in first.

Today we need to buy along with all our housewarming goods
  • Gravel
  • Active Carbon
  • Filter Pads
  • Good stuff in a bottle (for the fish! not Steph!)
  • Plants
All of this needs to be purchased and installed by 2pm today before our guests arrive for housewarming!

Nothing like last minute!

22 February 2006

More Aquascaping

2005 AGA International Aquascaping Contest

ooh more greens! they look so cool! so artless!!!
This tank belongs to Tony Tam, he looks like runs a fish shop in HK!!! I think i might go and visit his shop when we visit in April!

This tank is just as amazing! I love the stone on the right and the layout is very open and peaceful. Gary Wu the artist, called this the Rocky Mountain

20 February 2006

Pics of the settled Tank


I forgot to mention that there are new fish, 4 new angels have joined the tank to curb the bullying between Saddleback and Patch.

This is one of the natural silvers, the naturals are a bit quieter than the marbles, but they will still hold their own.



The 2 young marbles and saddleback begging for food

The 2 big angels watching me, three of the silver sharks to their left, the golden barbs down below and the cardinals in the background flickering back and forth.

Here is a photo of the tank overall. The new plants have worked in well, and the white cable dangling down the left is the digital thermomter.

16 February 2006

Tank has resettled

Last weekend we spent a fortune at the fish shops! Denzil took us around and we visited all the Aquarium shops in Hurstville.

Strictly Aquariums was huge place off King Georges road, We got a whole heap of plants there $10 for 3 which isnt bad. The fish looked a bit dodge. Stuck to filters, swimming lopsidedly, they also had a self-service which would be interesting, probably what stresses out the fish so much, inept kiddies trying to catch their own fish with big whopping nets.
Anyway i purchased plants, and fish food (Tropical fish eat non-stop) and a CO2 difuser.

The bad thing about buying aquatic good before the end of the shopping route is you have to take them whereever you go. Denzil suggested the purchase of 2 bags of edame beans to act as a cooler, and keep the plants fresh. (Good one Denz!)

So more fish shops! (actually i thought Denzil was taking us to Korean Shops how i heard Korean from Aquarium i will never know!) We visited one place called Aquarium Warehouse, in 181 Forest Road, the goldfish collection and fish accessories was very impressive! There was a round tank going for 1280, and another tank that had fake stone and little chinese fishing men glued all over the space above the tank. Steph, Denzil and Ed did the oooh-ahh over the design, but i reminded them that it was almost $1500.

From this place I purchased a thermometer, a bigger bad fish cage, and a hot pink fishnet. The gave me a VIP card, that gave me 15% off the purchase price. Steph got to use it to buy a new airbubble wall for the goldfish tank.

But theres more! we went to the another fishshop further up forest road, called Hurstville Aquariums. 251 Forest Road. This place is pretty good!!! theres a bigger focus on fish here than the other place! we watched these little alligator fish pursue little fish for dinner, and i bought some snails for the goldfish tank here!

The goldfish are now happy. the new airwall has helped the fish, and the snails are doing wonders with the rubbish revlon and jaws leave behind.

The new tank is ordered, thats coming in on monday.

Ive soaked the peat and its a very messy pile but very good for plants im not too sure how im going to put that into the tank without wreaking the current display... who knows. maybe ill just keep buying plants and smothering the tank with greenery.

Its definetly a hobby but its so much fun! and so rewarding.