Hello! I frequently go by the nickname Fish, even before I got pet fish three months ago or so.
I’ve had a bit of an interesting aquarium experience. It started when I found a 1.5 gallon tank and all the necessary parts being sold for $1 at a garage sale. I got it just to try it out. My very first round of was three guppies: Sauce, Penny, and Divine and an Albino Cory Cat. I had a couple small plants and a Hobbit house which took up the majority of the bottom.
at that time, I had NO idea how aggressive guppies were in small groups. So I was confused as I found Penny’s corpse on the floor of my room and then a few weeks later Divine starved because Sauce was harassing him.
The problem solved itself when i bought a ten gallon tank and bought 5 more guppies. And since then, I’ve just loved getting and watching fish.
I have an overstocked tank, but my water quality is still excellent and my fish all get along, bullying is a nonissue. I change my water 20% every Saturday and vacuum the gravel. I feed my fish once a day 5 days a week, skipping Wednesday and Saturday.
My fish tank holds the following:
8 guppies, all male: Sauce, Tangerine, Sponge, Sushi, Sunny, Nick, Anakin, Tiger Lily
3 glo zebra danio: Lavender, Taffy, Sharpie
3 otocinclus: Fleck, Speck, and Shrapnel
1 Albino Cory Cat: Al
1 pleco: Waldo
1 assassin snail: Crunch
I found it fascinating that my fish formed friend groups. Sunny and Nick group together and sometimes swim together with Sponge (these three are my yellow based guppies). Unfortunately, Sause’s friend, Nards, passed away yesterday, which is a real shame because the two were obsessed with each other. Always booping each other gently and swimming around each other. Sauce has been looking a bit lost today but he seems to be lingering around Sushi now (Sushi and Nards look a lot alike). The three glo fish typically stick together but Lavender likes to chase the guppies around. Fleck and Speck always are seen side by side while Shrapnel goes from having some alone time or sticking right by them. Al and Waldo love to snuggle with each other in my log. It’s disgustingly adorable.
I’ve had a bit of an interesting aquarium experience. It started when I found a 1.5 gallon tank and all the necessary parts being sold for $1 at a garage sale. I got it just to try it out. My very first round of was three guppies: Sauce, Penny, and Divine and an Albino Cory Cat. I had a couple small plants and a Hobbit house which took up the majority of the bottom.
at that time, I had NO idea how aggressive guppies were in small groups. So I was confused as I found Penny’s corpse on the floor of my room and then a few weeks later Divine starved because Sauce was harassing him.
The problem solved itself when i bought a ten gallon tank and bought 5 more guppies. And since then, I’ve just loved getting and watching fish.
I have an overstocked tank, but my water quality is still excellent and my fish all get along, bullying is a nonissue. I change my water 20% every Saturday and vacuum the gravel. I feed my fish once a day 5 days a week, skipping Wednesday and Saturday.
My fish tank holds the following:
8 guppies, all male: Sauce, Tangerine, Sponge, Sushi, Sunny, Nick, Anakin, Tiger Lily
3 glo zebra danio: Lavender, Taffy, Sharpie
3 otocinclus: Fleck, Speck, and Shrapnel
1 Albino Cory Cat: Al
1 pleco: Waldo
1 assassin snail: Crunch
I found it fascinating that my fish formed friend groups. Sunny and Nick group together and sometimes swim together with Sponge (these three are my yellow based guppies). Unfortunately, Sause’s friend, Nards, passed away yesterday, which is a real shame because the two were obsessed with each other. Always booping each other gently and swimming around each other. Sauce has been looking a bit lost today but he seems to be lingering around Sushi now (Sushi and Nards look a lot alike). The three glo fish typically stick together but Lavender likes to chase the guppies around. Fleck and Speck always are seen side by side while Shrapnel goes from having some alone time or sticking right by them. Al and Waldo love to snuggle with each other in my log. It’s disgustingly adorable.
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