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At the suggestion of our administrator, I decided to compile a loose record of the weekly adventures in my disorganized fish rooms. Most of the aquariums are in a small, otherwise vacant bedroom, four more are in the guest room (also a vacant bedroom) and one is in the family room. The reason for mentioning all those rooms in this small house is to give readers an idea of the Python marathon. It’s not easy to avoid tripping over fifty feet of hose while draining aquarium water into the front yard where it will do some good, and not letting it run into the street where it will do no good. Filling the aquariums back up also requires more alacrity than is normally attributed to us senior citizens. So far, only once has a loose fitting erupted during a fill cycle. To avoid a similar disaster, it becomes necessary to run (make that hobble) between fish rooms while the hose is pressurised and the valve is turned off. A big towel comes in handy. Maybe some day, I’ll try turning the faucet down a notch or two.
All that, of course, has nothing to do with the diary. This week, two pairs of angelfish spawned. Maybe this time they will not eat their eggs or fry. Ms Broomstick also shuffled off this mortal coil after eight years of making little angelfish. Her mate, Fatboy, is acting very strange, so I’ll try picking a female angelfish from one of the grow out tanks. Distinguishing gender in juvenile angelfish is mostly guess work, but I’ll look for a big tummy. Ms broomstick and Fatboy are the only two angelfish with names and were in the first group acquired after I reached PV status in the aerospace industry eight years ago. PV is Permanent Vacation, a glorious state that some people call retirement.
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Condolences on Ms Broomstick. How on earth did she land such a name?
Do you think Fat boy was attached to her or just in general need of a female?
Fat Boy is a fairly large, imposing looking angelfish, and MS Broomstick was a skinny Minnie. I may try introducing him to a new lady angelfish today. However, the main fish room is also the computer room, and I’m installing a new one today. Things are crowded in here, so i hope to avoid strangulation from the bird’s nest of wires associated with computus frustratus maximus.
Since I’m not running a fish farm, I like to let angelfish raise their own fry. Of course, that’s not without risk. Many pairs will consistently eat their eggs or fry, which both pairs did last week. Maybe they will get over it as they become more experienced parents, or maybe they’ll end up in an aquarium shop to make room for other promising pairs.
After putting it off for several days, I just picked a replacement for Ms Broomstick from one of the grow out tanks. If it turns out to be a Mister Broomstick, he’ll need to be rescued quickly from Fat Boy.
The angelfish juvenile gender judging seems to have been correct. Woopie and all that stuff.
Well good :-) Now you better run out and shop for some baby equipment ;-)
Anything to make Fat Boy and Ms Broonstick,II happy
Sorry to hear about the first Ms Broomstick. Eight years is pretty impressive and I am sure you gave her a fulfilling life. I would like to see some pics of Ms. Broomstick II.
Welcome back! I’m a terrible photographer, but I’ll give it a try
Thanks, I look forward to the pics.
Well, I took a terrible picture but don’t remember how to post it as a blog on. Ms Broomstick II will appear in a regular posty.
Looking good.
Mr. and Mrs. Eggeater spawned again. Maybe I’ll move them as soon as the eggs start to wiggle.
Johnarthur - you can always refer back to this article http://www.myaquariumclub.com/faqs/how-to-use-the-blog.html for technical information on the blog editor.
I saved a copy of the article, but maybe I need to print it for easy reference. By the way, the Eggeater family had angelfish egg omelets a la duckweed yesterday. Maybe they just need more practice or new mates.
How about this. The Eggeater family has raised their latest batch of eggs to wiggler stage and still going. Maybe they’re finally getting the parenthood thing right, which is quite a bit to say for any species.
Gold angelfish are more or less colorless. Somehow, one of the spawns produced quite a few. They mostly went into a 60 gallon grow-out tank, and now a couple of the juveniles made fry. The eggs are white like they had a fungus, but they wiggle. Survival is not likely in a tank with all those angelfish. We’ll see.
Meanwhile back at the ranch, the eggeater clan is being responsible, and the Fatboy family has decided to add at least eggs once again.
When you remove the eggs… The idea is to dose the tank with Hydrogen Peroxide or Methyl (sp) blue. That keeps down the fungus.
I’ve had some wigglers in a mess of fungus. I figure you’ll let nature take it’s course… But if you were to pull them… you could squirt the fungus to loosen it off the wigglers… Or suck it off the wigglers…
That’s how I fool with them when that happens…
Grats on the Eggeater family… Wiggling is good… LOL!
The Eggeater family now has viable free swimmers, and another grow out tank has a spawning pair. The parents are very aggressive about defending their wigglers.