I haven't updated y'all on the aquarium for quite some time. It is doing pretty well. Plant wise, we have learned that violets, while pretty, don't really do well in such a wet environment. I got a palm plant which is doing quite well and a peperomia which is either doing well or badly, I can't tell. It really likes the florescent light and responds by growing florescent green leaves. It has taken over the top plant area, but its leaves are spread out and flopping all over the place. The Baby's Tears I got at the beginning did really amazingly well at first, but then slowly died.
We are now down to 3 neon tetras (one died as soon as we brought it home) and 2 zebra danios. After Fred died, one died more recently and ended up on the pump intake, and the other has simply disappeared. Amanda claims that it is in the center pool, hiding in the rocks. I can't see it, but perhaps she knows something I don't. I am certain it has passed away, wherever it is.
The neon tetras mostly hang around the bottom pool, hiding below the waterfall or near the pump. I'm afraid they have a death wish. The danios really chase them around if they get out of line and try to go to the upper pools. The upper pool, the biggest one with the sculpture in it, is now the exclusive territory of the biggest danio.
The question now is whether to get more plants and fish. I think I'll wait until after Christmas for the plants, since the garden centers are not likely to have a big houseplant selection right now. I'd like to get some new kinds of fish, but I probably need to do more research. Danios are fun, but they are a bit agressive and I worry that they would keep all the new fish in the lower pool with the tetras.
We are now down to 3 neon tetras (one died as soon as we brought it home) and 2 zebra danios. After Fred died, one died more recently and ended up on the pump intake, and the other has simply disappeared. Amanda claims that it is in the center pool, hiding in the rocks. I can't see it, but perhaps she knows something I don't. I am certain it has passed away, wherever it is.
The neon tetras mostly hang around the bottom pool, hiding below the waterfall or near the pump. I'm afraid they have a death wish. The danios really chase them around if they get out of line and try to go to the upper pools. The upper pool, the biggest one with the sculpture in it, is now the exclusive territory of the biggest danio.
The question now is whether to get more plants and fish. I think I'll wait until after Christmas for the plants, since the garden centers are not likely to have a big houseplant selection right now. I'd like to get some new kinds of fish, but I probably need to do more research. Danios are fun, but they are a bit agressive and I worry that they would keep all the new fish in the lower pool with the tetras.
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I'll be back ;)