Sigh. I just pulled another dead panda cory out of my aquarium. Over the last two-three months, seven out of the nine I’ve bought* have died. That’s it. For whatever reason, poor care on my part or weak stock or something else, I just can’t keep these pretty little critters alive. Not only is it [...]
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And then there were two
Posted in Aquariums, tagged Aquariums, betta, corydoras, Tropical Fish on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Safe and snug
Posted in Aquariums, City life, Miscellany on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That’s a relief. After today’s earthquake, I was scared to death I’d have a destroyed or at least severely damaged aquarium on my hands. Instead, I get home to find not even a drop has spilled, and the fish are doing their usual thing, wondering where the food is.
Whew!
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Bits and bobs
Posted in Aquariums, Chess, Writing on July 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My writing partner and I had a good morning working together today. Our spec script for Without a Trace I think is in pretty good shape, but now we’re at a point where we need outside eyes to tell us what’s working and what doesn’t. Sadly, our current writer’s group is pretty useless. I wish [...]
Panda-mania
Posted in Aquariums on July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I bought two more panda cories today, one to replace the one that died, and another to bring the population to six. Assuming they survive, that should do it — other than for adding a new male betta, which was the whole point of setting up this small tank.
Right now, the new guys are enjoying [...]
Aquarium update
Posted in Aquariums on July 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t written an update about my aquarium in quite a while, so here’s one I recently posted at Aquaria Central, a great site for tropical fish hobbyists.
Sad to say, the famed Rocky T. Betta went to the bubblenest in the sky on June 13th (yes, Friday the 13th). He developed a case of fin [...]
Poor little fellah
Posted in Aquariums on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I came home tonight planning to do a water change on the 10-gallon aquarium and saw that one of the panda cories, which I bought last weekend, was on his side barely moving. Not a good sign. I think this is the one I noticed last night with a pinched stomach, indicative of not eating [...]
I feel like I’m dealing with children
Posted in Aquariums on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Got some different food for the panda cories today: flake food that I crumbled and then let the filter current distribute around the tank. I think one, maybe two were already eating. Fingers crossed that the rest do. I’d hate to think I brought them home only to have them starve to death.
The shrimp, [...]
Sleepy
Posted in Aquariums, Holidays, Miscellany on July 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
And so, another holiday weekend comes to a close, and I face the prospect of going to work in a few hours. Weeee! I wonder what it’s like for people who actually enjoy their day jobs?
Not much happened this weekend, other than picking up some panda cories for my 10g aquarium. They’re cute little guys, [...]
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