BichirKeeper
Fish Fanatic
I've had a 55 gallon that has been sitting empty for over a week now. The two Ornates I had in there have grown large enough to not get knocked around by my Senegals, and thus have gone into my 125. So, the 55 that they were in, which sits in my room, has been bugging me with it's... emptyness. I hate empty tanks, and I hate not knowing what to put in them even more.
I thought about it while setting up me and my fathers 225 that has recently been repaired (Big startled knifefish + sharp shale = cracked tank) and couldn't come up with anything. So by this time, it'd been about a month since I'd visited our local fish store (a travesty-ish thing to do in our family
) and so I figured I'd stop in for a few things.
So upon entering, I make a bee-line straight for the fish department. And how I love this store's fish department. It's like, entering a dark cave of fish awesomeness. Fifty-foot walls of nothing but fish, fish, brackish fish, marine fish, and more fish. I could go on, obviously, but perhaps i'll save it for another time.
Regardless, I was hunting along the rows of aqariums, seeing everything from blue sharks to aba-abas, when I happened across a tank with nothing in it but one big overturned pot. Upon closer inspection, I saw a pair of flourescent green eyes poking out at me, then a big honking puffer mouth, and finally, I saw it...
"Fahaka!" I cried, raising my hands up in glee.
I knew what was going in that 55, now!
The store owner, Chris, was loathe to part with the green-eyed wonder. (as he'd grown quite fond of it) But before long, the Fahaka was packed into a clean tupperware container (previous puffers had bitten through bags) and quickly taken home.
That was yesterday, and now our nameless Fahaka puffer has settled in nicely. Me and my father were up literally until midnight watching it check around the tank until it finally went inside it's new overturned flower-pot home, and sat. We fed it prawn this morning (which it gobbled down with relish) and then we argued over what to name it. We still havent decided, so we've moved on to argue over what kind of pleco should go with it.
We have plans to move our 125 crew into our 225 when it's up and running (and cycled) so, our new puffer will eventually have 125 gallons to her/himself.
I promise to make the Minions proud! And soon, we hope to have pictures!
Wish us luck!
I thought about it while setting up me and my fathers 225 that has recently been repaired (Big startled knifefish + sharp shale = cracked tank) and couldn't come up with anything. So by this time, it'd been about a month since I'd visited our local fish store (a travesty-ish thing to do in our family
) and so I figured I'd stop in for a few things. So upon entering, I make a bee-line straight for the fish department. And how I love this store's fish department. It's like, entering a dark cave of fish awesomeness. Fifty-foot walls of nothing but fish, fish, brackish fish, marine fish, and more fish. I could go on, obviously, but perhaps i'll save it for another time.
Regardless, I was hunting along the rows of aqariums, seeing everything from blue sharks to aba-abas, when I happened across a tank with nothing in it but one big overturned pot. Upon closer inspection, I saw a pair of flourescent green eyes poking out at me, then a big honking puffer mouth, and finally, I saw it...
"Fahaka!" I cried, raising my hands up in glee.
I knew what was going in that 55, now!
The store owner, Chris, was loathe to part with the green-eyed wonder. (as he'd grown quite fond of it) But before long, the Fahaka was packed into a clean tupperware container (previous puffers had bitten through bags) and quickly taken home.
That was yesterday, and now our nameless Fahaka puffer has settled in nicely. Me and my father were up literally until midnight watching it check around the tank until it finally went inside it's new overturned flower-pot home, and sat. We fed it prawn this morning (which it gobbled down with relish) and then we argued over what to name it. We still havent decided, so we've moved on to argue over what kind of pleco should go with it.
We have plans to move our 125 crew into our 225 when it's up and running (and cycled) so, our new puffer will eventually have 125 gallons to her/himself.
I promise to make the Minions proud! And soon, we hope to have pictures!
Wish us luck!
)
) so tomorrow, I'm going to scan this in when I get to work. 
