Already?

Not long ago, I sat admiring my tank. I watched as my five guppies swam happily around  my tank-but something was wrong- Nero, one of our newest guppies, was not with them. Instead, he swam by himself in the corner. He looked sickly. Well, as you can probably guess... he died. We shall miss him.

RIP Nero

Just some new decorations...

I know this is off-subject, but I wanted to share this photo of Augustus with you! (Yes, yes, this is a filter...)

Here We Go Again...

Once again,I come to you with horrible, terrible, depressing, negative news... A couple days ago, I noticed that I hadn't seen Tiberious in a while, which started to worry me. And, as you can guess, when a fish goes missing, they're probably dead. I wish I could tell you I found him hiding somewhere, but instead I found him lifeless, floating in the water. So yes, the adorable Tiberious is dead. I regret having to make so many sad announcements, and hope to deliver better news to you in the future. We'll miss his (or I guess 'her') sweet spirit.

I plugged in the new filter, and everything else is going great!

Last picture ever taken of Tiberious (one day before he disappeared, three days before he was found)

Sound familiar?

It seems like all the news I've been giving you lately has been negative.... well here comes some more. One of our newest citizens, Hatchepsut, had gone missing. He disappeared a couple weeks ago, but I was in denial for awhile. He had always looked sickly, especially the night before he vanished. Some good news for your crying hearts-- Athena and Hades have bonded and continue to brighten my tank with their friendship, Aphrodite is over her nipping problem, Tiberious and Xerxes are still comrades, diligently keeping my tank spotless, Pachus is lonely with the recent loss of his companion, Pachus. Zeus continues to reign over the aquatic kingdom.

Decisions & Discoveries

I decided to put Aphrodite in the separator before I left on a short 3 day trip because she wouldn't stop nipping at the other fish- even Zeus! I got back and found the Zeus' badly nipped fin had regrown completely! So she's still in the separator and doing well. I'm hoping I can keep her in there until all the guppy's fins grow back too. The new guy is doing well, I still haven't decided on a name yet. I'm leaning towards Tiberious. I came up with more, now the top 4 are Tiberious, Hatchepsut, Socrates, and Nefertiti.  I also did some research about Pachus' disappearance. Appearantly this isn't uncommon. I've come to the conclusion that he died from bad water quality and Zeus ate his algae-covered corpse. It's reassuring to know that plecos only are known to eat corpses, not living fish. So the mystery of the missing Pachus is solved! More pictures of the new guy are above.

Just to Catch you Up....

Sorry I haven't been keeping you up to date lately. The summer has kept me really busy! Pachus has literally disappeared! He's nowhere to be found. I've cleaned the tank several times since he went missing, and still no sign of him. During all of this time,  Tut has been ill. It started with his fins rotting away, and a large yellow-orange spot growing on his fin. Then he was surface resting. I tried to help him up with the net, but he would immediately sink back to the bottom. I began to fear that he would die, so I did some research. I considered various diseases that fit his symptoms, and came to the conclusion that it was a parasite. I treated him for a couple weeks and, gladly, he is swimming again! I truly hope he makes a full recovery soon! I haven't noticed any new nips from Aphrodite, but Poseidon and Sepa's fins are not growing back! I have been treating them with different medicines, and still no improvement. Well, I guess I'll just have to wait. I've made two or three water changes since my last post. During one of these changes, I accidentally bumped into Zeus with my gravel vacuum, and boy did I startle him! He leaped an inch or two out of the tank before splashing back in. It scared me! A different time, I was putting the decorations back in. I was picked up some gravel to move, and instead grabbed Xerxes for a whole three seconds! It was a shocking, yet almost delightful experience, but it doesn't seem to me that he enjoyed the experience. He totally spazzed out! I must say, it was rather amusing to watch him recover for the next five minutes. Speaking of decorations, I got   a whole box of freshwater supplies from my uncle, who is starting a saltwater aquarium. I'm covered for the next five years! He even has a large filter and gravel if I ever can afford to upgrade tanks! One of my lightbulbs burned out, so my tank is only half lit... I was about to replace it, but I decided to leave it for a week or two. I kind of like it that way. I just hope they don't turn into vampire fish!! Well, I'm about to leave on a two week vacation, so we'll see how my fish do. Don't worry we'll hire somebody to feed them. I be sure to write about it when I get back.

Be sure to check out all new pictures of the fish in the "Fish Name Photo Gallery" tab!

Caligulaaaaa..... where are you?

Recently I have noticed that I not seen Caligula, (newest member of the tank) I know he's nocturnal and shy, but yesterday (his FIRST day) he would come out on occasion. I have not seen him ALL day! Out of curiousity, I lifted up the artificial coral that he usually hides under, but he was nowhere in sight. This worries me. I've checked everywhere! I hope to find him soon..... maybe Zeus ate him!