Clean tank!

I always feel so great when I see a bright, healthy, clean tank! I keep forgetting what pleasure a clean tank gives me because I always put cleaning it off. I finally got around to it today. Report: All the fish are doing well, as usual, but the pores on my air stone are getting clogged, therefore only half of it blows bubbles :(

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.

One year anniversary!!!

Today marks one year since I got my fish tank. Wow, has it really been a year? I remember my facination with them on the first day, I watched them for hours! Being busy with my Halloween festivities, I didn't have time to throw them much of a party, what would I have done anyways? I gave the tank some outer decorations and even sang 'Happy Birthday' to them thrice (you can imagine how ridiculous I looked). Well, it's been a wonderful year! I can't imagine my life without them!

Thinking back on those first days with the tank. How much it has progressed!!!

Welcome Hatchepsut & and Hades!!!

Welcome Hatchepsut & Hades, my two new male guppies!!! (Hat-chep-soot and Hay-dees) At first, Hades was going to be named Alcibiades or Peracles, but I kept forgetting how to pronounce his name and it just wasn't sticking. I renamed him Hades: god of the underworld in Greek Mythology, which I think is much more fitting considering his coloring. Well, they will surely make my take a happy one for the upcoming (on Wednesday) one year anniversary!!!

A Weakening Empire

There has been yet another death. The aquatic kingdom has been going through some devastating times. All the fish seem lonely now, for the only species that I have two of is the corys. The death which I mentioned was the death of Ahmen Ra. He too (like Tut) I deemed immortal, the thought of him dying never crossed my mind. He has always been a part of my tank. I did notice about a week ago that his spine had looked slightly curved, which I remember the same thing happened a little while before Sharkbait's death. Now only six fish are left in my tank, three are bottom feeders, the other three are normal swimming fish, three are part of my original tank, three are not. I hope to revive my sorrowful tank before the one year anniversary of its birth.

Grave news

Two new headstones have been added to my graveyard of dead fish. The first was one of the Pachuses, he looked as if he was attacked and was hardly recognizable. He was found on September 27, 2012. He will be missed. The second death was devastating, for it was my newest fish, Apollo. Athena guarded Apollo's body until I found her. She died on October 4th, 2012 and was finally buried today (10/6/12). Both of these deaths have effected the Aquatic Kingdom forever. May they rest in Peace.

Lots of news!

A lot has been going on my my fish tank lately. For starters, I sold Caligula. I felt he was getting too big for my fish tank, and didn't really have a place anymore. I sold him to a fish keeper with a 250 gallon tank! I figure he'll be happier in his new home. After the recent disappearance of Eiosepa, Athena was looking awfully lonely, so I went to the pet store on Wednesday to get her a friend, but they were fresh out of guppies!!! They told me they would have more in by Friday, so I left with no guppy. I came back on Friday, and found that they only had female guppies! So they told me to come back on Saturday. I came back today and they still only had female guppies! I was determined to leave the store with a fish today, so I considered my options. I could buy a different fish, or I could just get a female guppy. I found an adorable Zebra Danio that I was almost about to buy, but then I thought of how lonely Athena was. I went back to the female guppies, and they were all pregnant! So yes, I did buy a pregnant female guppy. What an adventure this will be! I'm researching all about taking care of the fry, and I'm very nervous and excited. Her name is Apollo, she is mostly white, but her tail is yellow and looks like a sun. Meanwhile, my Sea Monkeys (Brine Shrimp) got some matching decorations of their own!