Today, we were up at Forest Lake Pets getting some Giant Khuli Loaches for one of my aquariums at school and stumbled upon these little wonders. They are the most versatile and most BIZARRE fish in our collection. They can handle from 40-100 degrees Fahrenheit, fresh-almost ocean level salt, AND they can use their mouth…
Surprise Fry
March and April have been quite interesting on the fry front. I moved the java moss from the gardneri killifish pair’s tank into the daphnia tank in February. In the beginning of March, I discovered a FRY in the daphnia tank. Plenty of things for him to eat in there between the algae, the things living…
8 months later…
A lot has happened at our house since the last fish postings. We are up to 12 tanks that are up and running, and another couple to be set up here at home. I also have a 20 gal on my desk at school, and have spread this addiction to 3 other teachers. SO MANY…
Viking Crafts
While we were visiting my parents up at the Boundary Waters Canoe Area this summer, we came across a catalog for the North House Folk School in Grand Marais. I saw courses for Viking knitting and Nålbindning. I had to try them both out at soon as I got home. I started out with the Viking…
Serious Catching Up To Do
So…summer has flown by and I go back to work/school on Monday. We were so busy having adventures and fun that I didn’t get around to blogging. Well, there are new additions to the fish tanks and some of the residents have grown considerably. Here is a photo journal of what’s been going on. At…
Gobies and Gudgeons
They are SUPER tiny, but the main attraction for the Dark Tank has arrived. We picked up two pairs of stiphodon gobies (we hoped), but since we brought them home, we had one of the males disappear. We also picked up two Peacock Gudgeons which, unfortunately, turned out to both be female. This will just…
New Tenants in the Dark and Shrimp Tanks
Meet the new kids in the tanks! The Ottos Otocinclus are a species of catfish that only grow to between 2-3 inches in length. They have no jaw, and no teeth. They are the only fish that we have found that are 100% shrimp safe. We resisted putting any in the shrimp tank until now…
Waiting for Hillstreams and the New Addition
The Loach Tank is up and cycling. The tank started cycling with 3 zebra danios and 3 longfin blue danios. We have added 5 golden white clouds, 2 corydoras julii, and 3 ringed loaches. We are hoping to add a snail soon. Unfortunately, the little longfin blue danio was not able to handle the current,…
Loach Tank Construction
I absolutely LOVE Hillstream Reticulated loaches! These are the highlight of every trip to Aqualand. They are just as silly as all the other loaches that I love. They scurry about and ram into things, and they hang out on the glass like our otocinclus do. At the fish store, they are in a tank with quite a few arowana…
Welcome to the Jungle
Our shrimp tank is progressing quite nicely. Here is what it looks like as of today, June 8, 2013.
Dragonfly Imaginings 