29 July 2007

Deep Fried Goldfish

I found this while googling for Cleaning equipment for the 110L tank.
A Japanese guy has invented a deep fryer that allows goldfish to live under the oil without being cooked itself.



The mix of technology and goldfishes is certainly unique.


i doubt the fish would breed, and i wonder how oxygen get into the tank. not to mention water changes. HRM....

27 July 2007

An update

Swish
  • Steph didn't like cleaning the partitioned tank so he's gone back to the big vase.
  • Big Vase has moved from the TV to the Kitchen bench
Planted Tank
  • Swish took back the vase, so the planted tank was dead for a while
  • PT was revived when Nigel gave me his spare tank, a 20L corner (diamond shaped) tank. 
  • PT was filled with amano soil, driftwood covered in java moss, some amibula, hair grass and java fern.
  • PT died when steamboat forced us to move the living room around.  PT was put outside for a cold winters night.
  • PT's innards were used to create garden tank for babies.
  • PT RIP
Babies Tank
  • The young ones are how free and swimming, Tina took 2, the rest (6) are living with little brother
  • Plastic rocks arrived from HK
  • Fish removed for tank redesign.
  • Substrate and plants from PT Innards were added to BT
  • Plants doing well, except for Java Moss, which is covered in fine particles from the amano soil.
  • Bought catfish to help with the clogged up plants.
  • Catfish very hard to find!!!
Papa Tank
  • One of the scissortail had some strange growth happening at the base of his tail, scary.  water changes and melafix, seem to have resolved the issue. 
  • Went almost 2 months without a water change, Tank water was very brown but ammonia levels were low! Hooray I have a perfect ecosystem.
  • Algae was over running the tank.  Water change would mean a scrubbing.
  • Patch is very big now, about the size of my palm.  and that's his body. adding fins he's bread plate size. well exaggerating a little.
  • Natural Papa had some white stuff coming out of his head.  Caused some worry, water change and some melafix and it had gone away! Phew!
  • Filter isn't keeping up with the natural system will have to buy an external pump on the weekend.
Dreams
  • I think I'm ready for the 5 foot tank.  Scary I Know but it would be so COOL! '
Tank Cam
  • Steph is working on an under water tank cam.  I think ill set up an outside tank cam too.

16 July 2007

New Tank mates

Sunday we popped down to Hurstville Aquariums to pick up some bristle noses
Catfish.

4 for $32 dollars, which is okay, they were rather small and I don't think
they were bristle noses. They didn't have bristles and they are a pale
brown rather than the normal dark black brown.

Sometimes its annoying going to these shops when they don't label their
goods properly. Still, the purpose of the fish is to help disperse some of
the fine particles the Amano Soil has left in the tank. and so far so good.


The babies are a bit perplexed by them initially and keep pecking and
examining the catfish, however when the food showered they forgot all about
them!