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| I think my aquarium is finished. It's starting to look really good (in fact, so good that you'll often find me, ![[info]](https://www.scribbld.com/img/userinfo.gif) stoneshop or Tigger sitting in front of it to watch the pretty fishies) and I think I should not add any more species to it. Here's a list of who's living in it at the moment: - About ten cardinal tetras, they won't keep still to be counted
- Five silver tipped tetras, four of them have tails
- Two three spotted gouramis (Cosby variety), female
- Two gold gouramis, female and male
- five kuhlii loaches, all named Mike. And here is why.
- five African clawed frogs, all named Mike as well
- four fish of a species that goes by many names, one of them being Beaufortia. We'll just call them Butterfly Loaches.
The last mentioned fish are in charge of cleaning the windows (while the kuhliis take care of any rubbish that's on the bottom). When I bought three of them yesterday the salesman told me they don't actually eat a lot of algae, but my experience differs. And they look cute, too:  As you see, most of their fins are shaped like a large suction cup. It was pretty hard to get them out of the plastic bag I bought them in. In fact I had to tear up the bag and then put it in the tank and wash them out. Oh, and I bought a very lovely plant which I've had before but the crayfish, shall we say... pruned it. Pruned it to death, in fact. It's called a red tiger lotus. Just look!  Mine has only two leaves so far, but more are under construction.
It's been years since my tank has looked as good as it's looking now. I'm so glad I bought that new filter. The blue algae almost ruined all of the fun in fish keeping for me, but I do think I have conquered it!
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| I think my aquarium is finished. It's starting to look really good (in fact, so good that you'll often find me, stoneshop or Tigger sitting in front of it to watch the pretty fishies) and I think I should not add any more species to it. Here's a list of who's living in it at the moment: - About ten cardinal tetras, they won't keep still to be counted
- Five silver tipped tetras, four of them have tails
- Two three spotted gouramis (Cosby variety), female
- Two gold gouramis, female and male
- five kuhlii loaches, all named Mike. And here is why.
- five African clawed frogs, all named Mike as well
- four fish of a species that goes by many names, one of them being Beaufortia. We'll just call them Butterfly Loaches.
The last mentioned fish are in charge of cleaning the windows (while the kuhliis take care of any rubbish that's on the bottom). When I bought three of them yesterday the salesman told me they don't actually eat a lot of algae, but my experience differs. And they look cute, too: As you see, most of their fins are shaped like a large suction cup. It was pretty hard to get them out of the plastic bag I bought them in. In fact I had to tear up the bag and then put it in the tank and wash them out. Oh, and I bought a very lovely plant which I've had before but the crayfish, shall we say... pruned it. Pruned it to death, in fact. It's called a red tiger lotus. Just look! Mine has only two leaves so far, but more are under construction.
It's been years since my tank has looked as good as it's looking now. I'm so glad I bought that new filter. The blue algae almost ruined all of the fun in fish keeping for me, but I do think I have conquered it!
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| [Error: unknown template 'qotd']No coffee for me thanks. I'm a tea drinker. And I guess you could call me a tea heretic, because I use tea bags.
I use the bags-for-a-cup, and a very large mug (for you Americans out there: a fairly small mug), let the tea get nice and strong and don't add any sugar, sweetener or what have you. A hardcore tea heretic, that's me.
Another fun fact: I'm among the few who not only drink Pu-Erh tea, but actually enjoy it, too.
In fact I'm not sure that I ever met a tea that I didn't like (I like most herbal teas, too), with the possible exception of those artificially flavoured fruity teas. But then, that's not really tea; that's an abomination in drinkable form.
I think I'll put the kettle on. | |
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