The following table shows the fish that we have or have had in the
tank along with comments. Fish marked "gone" (and described
in dark green for those with modern electric browsers) are no longer
in the tank. For clarity, only fish that are currently in the tank are
listed in the No. column :-
| Type |
No. |
Comments |
Angel Fish
(gone) |
- |
We bought two of these along with the
original three Clown Loaches. One of them succumbed to ich and died
within a couple of weeks. The other one lasted until the very
beginning of January 1998 and then died. We were very sad about this
as we liked them. Sniff. We will probably get some more soon. |
Clown Loaches
(gone) |
- |
After our Cory died and we managed to give
away the large number of platies, we bought three Clown
Loaches. Unfortunately they developed ich which, due to me misreading
the medicine bottle, was incorrectly treated. They all died. We bought
two more in November 1997, but unfortunately one of them died at the
beginning of December and the other one died at the very end of
December. We have not decided if we are going to buy any more or
not. We like them a lot, but they are expensive and don't seem to like
our tank. |
Corydorus Catfish
(gone) |
- |
Included in our second purchase was a
Peppered Cory. Being beginners, we did not know that they liked
company and so we only had one. It died after about nine months in the
tank. We decided to replace it with Clown Loaches instead of more
Corys. |
| Flying Foxes |
4 |
As a result of the algae plague, we were looking for some
Otocinclus catfish which are generally reckoned to be extremely good
algae eaters. Due to the difficulty we had in finding any, we bought
four Flying Foxes instead. These seem to be rated about second in the
algae-scoffing league. They were added in November 1997 and are doing
a very good job of clearing the tank. They are playful fish and very
entertaining. |
| Glowlight Tetras |
6 |
Our second purchase of fish included these six fish. They are
beautiful, especially when they school. They are almost transparent,
except for a very bright orange stripe along their length. |
Guppies
(gone) |
- |
Oh I know, everyone starts
a tropical tank with guppies. Well so did we. We lost two within the
first couple of weeks and the other two over the next couple of
months. They were very attractive, but we moved on to other
fish. |
| Harlequin Rasboras |
5 |
We purchased six of these in the spring of 1997. Unfortunately we
had a bit of a pH fluctuation and four of them died. It took until
December 1997 to find some more. We now have five, two of which are
from spring 1997 and which have grown well. The other three are still
small, but school happily with the others and will hopefull grow. |
Herbert The Snail
(gone) |
- |
I know that this isn't a fish, but Herbert
was our very first occupant. He must have hitched a ride in on one of
the plants. He was a large ramshorn snail who became quite prolific
before suddely disappearing. If anyone's seen him, please return him to
PSG World Headquarters. We will happily swap him for his ten million
snail friends who have moved in instead of him. |
| Red Wag platies |
3 |
Our first fish included two bright red female Red Wags. We bought
an orange male some time later and were quickly overrun with assorted
red and orange platies !! We eventually gave about twenty of them
to our dentist, leaving space in the tank for other fish. We still
have three, all of whom were born in the tank. |
| Silver Mollies |
1 |
Our initial purchase included a pair of Silver Mollies. They
produced a few fry, but then the male developed an abcess and died. We
replaced him, got more fry and then the female died. The one that we
have left is our original replacement (if you see what I mean). |
