Caligula is a fat boy!

The other night I was cleaning my fish tank, and as usual little Caligula came out, only this time he wasn't little.... He was alot fatter! At this rate, he'll be full grown by the summer!! I cleaned my fish tank, only this time I switched it around, now the coral is on the right, and the Pantheon on the left. I even took a sample of the water, algae, and waste. I looked at it under a microscope and though few, there were lots of unique microbes in it! Well, not much else is new. The picture doesn't show Caligula's size, but he's big! I'll post again later... bye!

Just to bring you up to date....

So, I decided to take Poseidon out of the separator. He started to surface rest and looked sickly. I knew that if he died, I didn't want him to die a sad death, I wanted him to be able to swim free. So, I let him out and... VOILA! All the sudden, he's acting like nothing ever happened. Maybe it was the possum treatment, maybe he was jealous that his friends were hanging out without him, maybe he was just stressed... I don't know. So, yeah. I'll need to clean the tank soon. It's getting dirty. The algae wafers are starting to be fought over between Zeus, Caligula, and Xerxes. Speaking of Caligula, he's becoming more social, I see him alot more often, mostly at night. He's still a little shy, though. Well, there's your update!

Update!

My fish tank has been its usual happy self. Recently I put Posiden into one of those separators, not because he was being bad, but because he's being nipped at. I noticed his fins looked a little torn a couple months ago, but just recently they have gotten worse. I put him in there so he could heal, and so I could find the culprit who's nipping at him. I suspect Aphrodite, I read that her species likes to nip at fish with long tails. Would it be bad if I put her in the separator like.... forever? I'd make it homey, but a couple pebbles and plants in there. Maybe it would be too much stress. Oh well, for now I'm keeping Posiden in the separator so he can heal. Other than that, not much news. Zeus is starting to eat the algae wafers... and he's enjoying them! He looks rather cute when he does, but whenever I try to take a picture of it or take a video, he swims away or hides. If somehow I ever do get a picture, I'll be sure to post it! Here's a picture of Posiden in the separator, if you were wondering what the separator looks like. Sorry about the lack of posts recently, I'm trying! I also noticed the ads that have been popping up on the blog, I don't know how to get them off, so I'll work on that. Bye for now!

What a scare!!!

The other night, I was making my way up to my room, as I looked into my fish tank, I noticed that two fish were missing: Tutankhamen and Eiosepa. I frantically looked around until I noticed two limp brown bodies atop the Pantheon's roof. I immediately fell to the ground and started crying. So many had died! As my mom heard me crying, she came up into my room. I told her what happened through my sobs. She looked inside. "I don't see any dead fish...", I replied "They're there. Look on the roof," "There are no dead fish on the roof." "What???". I sat up and to my amazement saw both Eiosepa and Tut swimming happily around the tank as if nothing had happened. "They're alive? They're ALIVE!!!"I don't no if I was just really tired, or they came back to life... but what a miracle!!!

These are my top 5 favorite photos from my fish photoshoot:

Victory!

At last! I have finally lured Caligula out from hiding... I just had to clean the tank! He even came out front and I go some great shots with him and Xerxes! He is super shy, though. So Zeus didn't eat him! Huzzah! It's so weird, Caligula is like a mix of Xerxes and Zeus... has the same color and pattern as Zeus, same size and has a similar attitude (except a little shyer). Not to mention that his mouth is almost a perfect mix! Oh, I'm SO happy! Zeus didn't eat him after all!! The two best shots are posted. Well, I'd might as well give you an update... as I said, I cleaned the fish tank. I even moved some stuff around and added a plant. Other than that, most hasn't changed... I used to be worried about Caligula... but it's OKAY! I also got some pH tester strips and treatment (thanks, mom!) I hope you enjoy the shots!