We have really enjoyed watching these gorgeous cichlids grow from small drab juveniles into stunning mature adults. #FishKeeping #aquarist #pets #cichlid #severum #acara #geophagus #fish #tropicalfish #aquarium #vertebrates #Wicklow #ireland
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I just got in on the fad of "put sweet potato in your aquarium". Didn't really know how we're supposed to do it, so I just stuck one whole thing on Saturday and now it has some roots growing out of it. 
#aquarium #fishkeeping #plantedtanks
perhaps related to previous post, I have a new hobby and it is #aquariums / #aquascaping / #fishkeeping
currently cycling my first tank and I am very excited about it
please talk to me about your fish tanks
Having to put another fish to sleep is a really shitty way to start a Monday.
This is the problem with the #fishkeeping hobby - when you setup a tank and stock it with a load of babies, they all grow up together, but they all grow old together too. So you end up losing them one after another.
I think I might hang up my buckets once these all pass.
I closed a drawer on my thumbnail pretty darn hard. There was much profanity. I am now watching my oscar fish Jeff trying to fit more food in his mouth which is so full he can't fully close it. When I'm home I watch the fish more than a screen. #tropicalaquarium #fishkeeping #oscar #cichlid #birchir #catfish
In case anyone needs a smile this week, here’s more baby #peapuffer content. 
#aquarium #fishkeeping #fishkeepersofmastadon #pufferfish #Unitynotdivision #fishbreeding
It’s hard to tell how tiny pea puffer fry are so I set the container on a dime while they were having baby brine shrimp for breakfast. Such cute little guys. 
#peapuffer #peapufferbreeding #peapufferfry #aquariums #fishkeeping
We didn't intend to become a two aquarium household. But we've had to deploy a bachelor pad (on the left) after we accidentally bought a female #guppy and.. well let's just say we have all learned a lot about guppy reproduction, and now have a very well stocked tank. #fishkeeping
Mr Kitten of Note is in the bad books this week! He unplugged the aquarium and killed our silver dollar fish and catfish.
So, I went on a search to find a coin with a fish on it to write up. What is your favourite coin with a fish on it? Do let me know and share in a reply please!
#SaturdayNightCoinShow #CoinCollecting #Numismatics #Fish #FishKeeping #Aquarium #Caturday #Catstodon #Fishstodon @numismatics
Today's PSA: if you have a mini-pond, do not let it fill up on heavy rain days, or you run the risk of finding one of your favorite fish dead on the floor the following days. Medaka do jump and... they can't jump back into the water. :-(
(yes, I know, my water hyacinth got a "sunburn" - shading was added this afternoon)
Managed to get some of the fish out into their summer tub but always a few that avoids the net so need to try to catch them later. First, breakfast... I wish the waterlilies were further along by now #SummerTubbing #FishKeeping
Continued thread
On a side and sadder note, in my third pond, the cute and as well-kept as possible one that's on my balcony, I started to have an algae invasion (not surprising after buying plants from the shop).
I bought snails, and they enjoy the algae but not on the plants and their pots.
So, I bought algae-eating shrimp (a dozen) and... they all died overnight. Whoops.
Was it the methylene blue? the anti-algae products I had already poured in the water? Something else? Anyone?
Our Platy gave birth sometime in the weekend. We first noticed the fry on Saturday afternoon. Since then it's been mostly hiding behind the tank, around the plants. Today it started exploring towards the front of the aquarium so I could take a better video of it.
Platy fry looks transparent/lighter in color when first born. It should develop its color and looks brighter in a few more weeks.
#platy #fishkeeping #aquarium #platyfry #aquariumdiary
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Me: "Alright, I haven't really touched the old medaka mini pond (aka Japanese rice fish, aka killifish - and not killer fish like an automatically translated text wanted me to believe once) since last Autumn, and it's not appropriate for global warming summers (plastic, black, it pretty boiled some fish alive, last summer), it's gross and full of algae, time to make a real mini-pond (Last year, I was a beginner with mini-ponds).
Prepares new mini-pond (with a big light-colored ceramic pot, gravels, plants, etc).
Daughter: "Dad, when do we move the fish to the new pond?"
Me: "In a few days, we just need to wait for the plants to settle in a little bit and the chlorine from the water to evaporate."
Daughter: "Okay. What about the old mini ponds?"
Me: "First we'll empty them, and then I'll probably put them in the garden as a water source for birds, or with aquatic plants or something."
Daughter: "Can I check it out? I want to see something."
(she studied the medaka life cycle at school)
Me: "Sure, knock yourself out."
A few minutes later...
Daughter: "Dad... it's full of eggs and... yes... and babies too!!!! We need to save them..."
Me: ....
Narrator: Operation "moving the medaka" turned out to be more complicated than originally planned.
#LifeInJapan #Parenting #Fishkeeping
Daily #AquaPost from the secret experimental #AquaLair in the basement next to the floor drain…and a big shout out to the hardest working fish in the tank.
Tank entering what appears to be its teenage years. Some plants have acne, they’ve grown a bit gangly and unruly…and just seem a bit moody.
Some tough love coming in the form of mandatory trimming of their locks and no more staying up past hours (need to remember to turn off lights) and cutting off the junk food (liquid fertilizer) a bit.
Nitrates building a bit (suspect over feeding of brine shrimp). Still a watchful eye but not dangerous.
A glamor shot (looks like Jr. High Prom quality) and more reverence for the heads down work ethic of the Corydoras. Keep on keeping on you lovely bottom feeders.
Daily #AquaPost from the secret experimental #AquaLair in the basement next to the floor drain…and a big shout out to the hardest working fish in the tank.
The Ottocinclus duo and an antsy Salt and Pepper Cory work the fine leaves for two different foods…algae and any scraps of food that may have settled onto the leaves and crannies at stem.
Nitrate levels still up a bit…after removing a third of the floating plants. Upped the light a bit to promote plant growth.
Monitor and adjust…water change a last resort…but always a tool in the aquabelt.
Daily #AquaPost from the secret experimental #AquaLair in the basement next to the floor drain…
Nitrate levels up just a bit…after removing a third of the floating plants. Not bad…just need to give remaining plants a shot at sucking it up by reduced feeding.
That said, the fish enjoyed a healthy feeding of frozen brine shrimp for breakfast.and are now strutting with brilliant colors and proud fins.
An Ottocinclus hangs contentedly on the glass, but keeping a watchful eye on the dude with camera.
#SilentSunday and daily #FishPic
Feeding time at the Portal after removing 1/3 of the floating plants recently to allow more light into interior.
Hoping to start seeing some egg laying behavior, but probably happening before the lights go on.
Microorganism cultures still incubate in the green water tank…and will be a while before enough there to sustain fry.
