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January 28, 2005
First inhabitants...
Well the previous day I ventured back to Absolutely Fish to pick up some new inhabitants for this tank. Jumping the gun a bit cause I'd prefer to finish planting and decorating the tank first but I saw some fish there while I was picking up the plants the other day that I just couldn't resist for too long. Anyhoo, I came home with the following:
• 4 Endler's Livebearers (male)
• 2 sparkling gouramis (hopefully 1 male and 1 female)
• 1 chocolate gourami (male)
Above is a pic of one of the Endler's as it was picking at a corkscrew val.
I decided to go with all males for the Endler's because I didn't want to have to deal with fry in the tank. Already got my fill of that from my mom's guppies.
The sparkling gouramis are still pretty young so still hard to determine their sex. Hopefully it'll turn out as planned. May want to go back and pick up another female hopeful just in case. Hopefully when they settle down their colors will begin to show. Currently though their bright blue eyes are pretty incredible.
The chocolate gourami was really an impulse purchase. Unfortunately I should have done a bit more research before I got it cause it died today. Apparently a very finicky critter in terms of living arrangements. Shy creatures that need a good amount of cover and hiding places, soft and still water, relatively low PH, and same-species companions. Oh well, live and learn. I would love to have a tank just of these guys in the future cause they're really darn cute.
Anyhoo, I'm still waiting for them to get in some pygmy cories cause I'd like to get about 6 of 'em in here. I could go the AquaBid or mail-order route but shipping and handling of live animals can get pretty darn expensive. Tom, the freshwater guy at Absolutely Fish said he'd most likely get them in in 2 weeks so looks like I'll have to hold out till then.
Posted by ronin at January 28, 2005 11:37 PM