Well, now that the horrible retail holiday season is mostly come to a close.. I have more days here and there to work on my fish.
I even managed to get $60 worth of gift cards to the pet store I work for(though I am sooo sick of them that it may not be for long, whole new story there), which I planned to put towards a canister filter.. ended up only paying $3 out of pocket for a fluval 305 because of the christmas money mixed with the gift cards... Of course, got it home and it didn't fit. Only thing I realllly hate about my tank so far is the lack of space underneath on the stand... I think when it was designed it was made for form and not function. Leaves me a little disappointed and may be something I replace someday. I tried alternatives by running it on the side.. but the placement of my tank is really inconvenient when it comes to the canister and I will have to put it on the backburner for now. I ended up just getting an ac70 as a secondary filter because they were on sale for $43.
My little ram is doing very well now. All the fishies seem to be very happy. I ended up getting a couple of Bolivian Rams, as well. I was hesitant to mix them as I wasn't sure of their compatibility, but it's been a while and they all seem to coexist well. I'll move them if any problems arise.
Had to give the angels to a friend of mine because one of them was eating the back fins off of my cardinals.. and these aren't bite sized cardinals, nor were the angels very large.. so it's just something I'd rather not have to worry about. I'm thinking I may just stick with Rams and assorted tetra's. Though I really want to add some middle/top color and haven't decided what to do. Will probably order some of those killifish eggs soon, though, so maybe that'll fix it.
Hope everyone has has a good holiday season and that if you weren't already gray or balding.. that you aren't any more so now.
I even managed to get $60 worth of gift cards to the pet store I work for(though I am sooo sick of them that it may not be for long, whole new story there), which I planned to put towards a canister filter.. ended up only paying $3 out of pocket for a fluval 305 because of the christmas money mixed with the gift cards... Of course, got it home and it didn't fit. Only thing I realllly hate about my tank so far is the lack of space underneath on the stand... I think when it was designed it was made for form and not function. Leaves me a little disappointed and may be something I replace someday. I tried alternatives by running it on the side.. but the placement of my tank is really inconvenient when it comes to the canister and I will have to put it on the backburner for now. I ended up just getting an ac70 as a secondary filter because they were on sale for $43.
My little ram is doing very well now. All the fishies seem to be very happy. I ended up getting a couple of Bolivian Rams, as well. I was hesitant to mix them as I wasn't sure of their compatibility, but it's been a while and they all seem to coexist well. I'll move them if any problems arise.
Had to give the angels to a friend of mine because one of them was eating the back fins off of my cardinals.. and these aren't bite sized cardinals, nor were the angels very large.. so it's just something I'd rather not have to worry about. I'm thinking I may just stick with Rams and assorted tetra's. Though I really want to add some middle/top color and haven't decided what to do. Will probably order some of those killifish eggs soon, though, so maybe that'll fix it.
Hope everyone has has a good holiday season and that if you weren't already gray or balding.. that you aren't any more so now.
