tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26853138781095101242024-03-13T23:04:07.440+08:00{Aqua Oasis}The Journey of a Goldfish HobbyistUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685313878109510124.post-77000297849381602832016-04-03T14:50:00.000+08:002016-04-03T14:50:25.936+08:00Fresh start!Hi Everyone, so after much upheaval over a year ago, I am now back into fish keeping.<br />
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Unfortunately I was in such a position some time ago that caused me to have to say goodbye to my fish and 220L Blue Planet Aquarium. Voodoo, Saffron, Opus and Astral were all given away and my tank was sold to a lovely couple that kept goldfish themselves.<br />
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Fortunately my circumstances have changed in a way that allows me to enjoy fish keeping once again. My boyfriend has setup a 180L Juwel Vision tank in his lounge room which has given us the chance to enjoy the company of 6 lovely goldfish. <br />
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So, let me introduce you to our fish and their home: <br />
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Check out more photos of the tank and our fish at my flickr found here: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/aquaoasisaquarium">https://www.flickr.com/photos/aquaoasisaquarium</a> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685313878109510124.post-20989795475587078132013-11-18T17:12:00.000+08:002013-11-18T17:12:46.930+08:00Back!Ok, so I tried moving my blog ages ago. I did, but then did nothing with it. So I'm back here!! Yay :D<br />
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Things are going well!! It's been over a year now that the tanks have been going and we've added 4 fish to our family and moved my 9 year old, now 10 year old, not longer very gold - goldfish Cosmos into the house.<br />
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I must mention we did also have the addition of Cydon, the red capped oranda and also two panda goldfish, sadly all of which never made it out of quarantine =(<br />
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So, what's new? Not much, the fish - Cosmos, Voodoo, Saffron, Opus and Astral are all so big now! I've uploaded the photos of my goldfish journey to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aquaoasisaquarium/" target="_blank">flickr - aquaoasisaquarium</a> feel free to check it out and see the progress of my lil finsters growth :)<br />
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For example: Saffron and Voodoo, the first additions (besides Cosmos), check out their growth!!! Their shapes have completely changed!! Click to enlarge...<br /><br />
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<b>VOODOO </b><br />the black moor</div>
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the orange fantail<br />MALE</div>
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<b>ASTRAL</b></div>
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the broadtail <br />MALE<br /><br /><b>OPUS </b><br />the white ranchu </div>
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MALE<br /><br /><b>COSMOS</b><br />the white and orange nymph<br />MALE</div>
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How's that? out of 5 fish, I have only one female. At one stage, recently, I had Voodoo, Astral, Saffron and Opus all in my 220L tank together. Then it became apparent that some, and by some - I mean a lot of, breeding behaviour was going on, hence I found out the genders of my fish. </div>
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I've since had to separate Voodoo into her own tank. Poor love was getting really tired of being chased around by the boys. I was concerned for her health and was worried they might exhaust her to death with all the chasing.</div>
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At the moment, I'm a bit stuck at what to do. Voodoo is currently in the 70L tank until we can organise the 160L for her, most likely this weekend coming up. I feel sad for her though, Saffron and Voodoo have grown up together, we bought them home together on the same day, in the same bag!<br /><br />I guess I have a few options. <br /><br />1. Turn the 160L into a breeding tank for Voodoo and Saffron. <br /><br />2. Get another FEMALE goldfish to share the 160L with Voodoo (but that won't be for some time yet, the newbie would have to go through quarantine etc as well)<br /><br />3. Or.... I don't know? lol... I'm yet to do more research and seek help on fish forums. <br /><br />My fiance and I are looking at upgrading eventually to a very large tank and hopefully by then we will have an equal male to female ratio!! (as in getting more female fish haha).<br /><br />I will have to get updated photos / video of the fishlings. They are getting BIG! I was going through old photos and video and it's hard to believe they were ever so small. Their shapes have changed immensely as well, you can hardly tell they are the same fish.<br /> </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685313878109510124.post-74687532542994994102013-04-25T20:55:00.000+08:002013-04-25T20:55:17.826+08:00R.I.P CydonI mentioned in my last post that my fiance and I had an Oranda goldie in quarantine. Unfortunately Cydon passed away on the 16th of March. It turned out that he had a vicious case of columnaris - a very aggressive fish disease. <br />
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When I got him I noticed a small pink blemish on his lip but thought nothing of it really, I figured he might have bumped himself on something or whatever. <br />
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Unfortunately, as you can see below, it developed into this and started eating his face away really quickly. The photos below were over 3 days. We salt bathed him and even got some <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">antibiotics for him but sadly he didn't pull through.</span></span><br />
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The day he past, we buried him in our backyard then purchased some plants and mulch to make a garden for him. This is Cydon's Garden....<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685313878109510124.post-36695052326208146342013-03-10T20:49:00.000+08:002013-03-10T20:49:00.917+08:00Much news!Well, the 220L tank has been set-up for some time now. Today we added some black sand substrate as well as some of the live plants we've been growing. Below is a picture of it. The water is a bit murky due to the newly added sand, I'm looking forward to it settling. The reason we changed it was because Voodoo seemed to really enjoy sucking up the gravel/small stones, but the thing is he has gotten to the size that he could fit some of them in his mouth and I was worried it would only be a matter of time before he got one jammed! <br />
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Opus is growing fast! He has a little belly now!!! It's so cute haha... The photo below doesn't do it justice - It's just one I liked of him that I took today.<br />
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And here is one of Voodoo ^_^<br />
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A big welcome to the family - Astral! Astral has been in quarantine for sometime. Last weekend we tried introducing him to Cosmos, however Cosmos didn't seem to like that idea one bit and became a bit mean. Luckily we have enough tanks that Astral can have his own for now until maybe we get him a friend? We shall see! I absolutely love Astral's fins!!</div>
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A few weeks after Astral finish his quarantine we have another fish in quarantine. He's an Oranda. The wen on his head is what made us think down the line of royalty and hence spin off name "Cyden" from Poseidon. I will get photos of Cyden once he finishes quarantine, he seems to be having issues with his mouth. I think it might be the case of mouth fungus? But I'm not 100% sure yet. <br />
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Oh! and check out the photo album page as I've updated it with new pictures!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685313878109510124.post-45841319359681016092013-02-02T19:21:00.001+08:002013-02-02T19:21:42.904+08:00The new addition - Opus!!Welcome Opus our baby white Ranchu Goldfish!! So tiny and so cute! (click the images to enlarge them)<br />
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He is entirely white besides the orange spot on his left tail fin, and a little orange above his eyes (looks like eyeshadow or something haha).<br />
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Also, check out the progress of our plants!... the left is the newest photo, right being the one from last week. The Green Foxtail (middle) has gone nuts! and the Spiralis (right) has made heaps of progress. The lily on the left will get there eventually lol...<br /></div>
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We have also finally picked up out 220L tank setup. I've been starting to cycle it since last night, added some filter media from an established tank and also have put some fish food in there to give it a good kick start. So far pH is good, ammonia is 0.5ppm and 0 nitrate and nitrate. I haven't got a photo of our set up yet but it's the Blue Planet Orient tank and stand, which I can't seem to find a photo of online either. I'll get a photo of it soon :)</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685313878109510124.post-12730948560979016882013-01-27T22:53:00.000+08:002013-01-27T22:53:30.941+08:00Plants!Today my partner and I started a planted tank. This is a new venture for us, as he has never had much to do with fish and tanks before and as for myself I've kept goldfish before but never a planted tank as far as I can remember.<br />
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So we thought we'd give it a go and use an old smaller tank we had lying around in the shed. Bought some supplies as well as the plants today.<br />
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We shall see how this goes! Hopefully, when these are better established, we will put some of them in with the goldfish. In with Saff and Voo anyway, not necessarily Cossi because he'd eat the plants entirely. Saff and Voo would nibble at most I'm guessing lol.<br /><br />Also, we are planning on this tank shown above to be home to a fighter/beta at some stage as well.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685313878109510124.post-53089513679164682642013-01-24T21:13:00.001+08:002013-01-24T21:13:12.663+08:00Growing fast!Happy New Year! It's been just over a month since we bought home Saffron and Voodoo and they have already grown so much. They are starting to get fat little bodies on them now, so cute!<br />
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Saf' almost doesn't look like the same fish! (Compared to the photos from when we first got him).<br />
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Voodoo was a bit camera shy tonight, I couldn't get a good shot of his growth. He looks really grumpy at me here.<br />
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Cosmos is still trucking along, and I am happy to report that he no longer floats upside down due to his swim-bladder disorder. He still has floating issues but... right-way-up only now =)<br />
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This skeleton ornament was Cosmos's Christmas present from some of our family haha. It's awesome, seems to suit Cos' as well, in a cheating death kind of way.<br />
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Lastly here is Saffi in the log ornament I've put back into their tank. I can think of him saying "Ah! you found me!" that or he's just really shocked to see me... haha.<br />
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Other than that, my fiance and I may be looking at upgrading / getting another tank soon!! Depending if our local pet shop has a sale on. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685313878109510124.post-39095683127518516332012-12-23T23:45:00.002+08:002012-12-23T23:45:27.792+08:00The New Addtions - Voodoo & SaffronWelcoming Saffron (gold fantail) and Voodoo (black moor). They have been happily swimming around in the 100L tank, that finally hit correct parameters last week!! We got Saffi and Voo on Sunday, 17th Dec.<br /><br />Enough writing, here are photos!!...<br /><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685313878109510124.post-67557559004641140562012-12-05T20:44:00.001+08:002012-12-05T20:44:23.491+08:00Fishless Cycle Update - 100L TankAs you may or may not know I have started my 100L tank from scratch, a good few weeks ago. I'm doing a <a href="http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/FishlessCycle.html" target="_blank">fishless cycle</a> with it. Given the difficulties of acquiring exactly what is described as needed in the information linked. I had to resort to putting fish food in my tank everyday for 5 days and leaving that to decompose. (Something I was recommended from the Koko's).<br />
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In my previous post I wrote about how I could see a slight reading of Nitrites when I did the parameter test. Today, I got the following readings for Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate...<br />
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Most importantly is that the Nitrites reading has jumped! It was barely purple yesterday now it's definitely unmistakeable. I'm rather happy with these results! It means we are closer to adding to our fish collection and family hehe! *insert happy dance*</div>
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Below is a picture of what the 70L tank Cosmos is in looks like at the moment. I added some more fake plans and such. Especially near and behind the filter head mainly. I did this because he was getting in the habit of swimming behind the filter head with some force (Cossi is a strong swimmer). He manage to lose a scale the other day. It flared up a little yesterday but today you can barely tell he did anything to himself. It's healing really well. <br />
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I also ended up making a batch of Goldfish Gel Food. If you are interested there is a absolute load of recipes for this online. With me being not the best of cooks, found a fairly simple one and changed it a little to suit the ingredients I could get a hold of. Below is a picture of the Gel Food setting in my fridge. Luckily it didn't work out too bad haha! Cosmos eats every morsel when I feed him bits. I have also fed him Bloodworms which he seems to enjoy as well.<br />
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The next time I do Gel Food I think I will stick spot on to a recipe. My Gel could have been a lot more gel-like.<br />
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Oh! and to finish this post off. Here is another video of Cosmos swimming around in his tank from the other week...<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685313878109510124.post-68308421579709342492012-11-25T15:21:00.000+08:002012-11-25T15:32:48.713+08:00Cosmos is home!Ok so a few things have happened since my last post, such as... I bought another tank! Yes you read correctly... haha. I'm still cycling my 100L don't worry - that one has not been forgotten about!<br />
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Thing is, I bought a 70L tank to transfer my 7 year old ryukin goldfish (Cosmos) into. He has been at my parents since I got him. Since back when I wasn't too knowledgeable in the keeping of goldfish. Unfortunately he was in a 38 - 40L tank, which is much to small. So, with my recent research in mind I decided to upgrade him!<br />
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I got his new 70L tank on Wednesday 21st and did his transfer last night. All went well thankfully. I ran his old filter in his new tank for some time to get the water parameters right for him. Along with also transferring an amount of his old water into the new tank for him.<br />
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This morning I had a bit of a scare, as he was floating upside down and I thought he had past! My heart pretty much skipped a beat, It was not a nice way to start the morning. Luckily when I got closer to the tank he moved his eye to look at me then started swimming!<br />
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I've come to the conclusion that he has <a href="http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/Swim%20Bladder%20Disorder.html" target="_blank">Swim Bladder Disorder</a> / Floating Disorder. Which I believe might have developed due to feeding problems. "Gulping air whilst feeding at the surface or eating food with too much air inside, such as dry floating foods." - <a href="http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/Swim%20Bladder%20Disorder.html" target="_blank">Kokos Goldfish</a><br />
I'm planning on feeding him some cooked/steamed skinned peas soon, as the treatment for SBD suggests. Hopefully that is as far as I will need to go and he will be happy and healthy.<br />
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Other than floating a little he does seem happy in his new home. I'm sure it was a rather "freeing" experience to go from a 38/40L tank to a 70L. I am aware that technically the 70L is a little small for one fish, as 75L is the going size. But, seeming that he has been in a very small tank for 7 years, 70L would be a lot better! That and I believe his growth has been stunted due to being in such a small tank for so long.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685313878109510124.post-34755858073109577512012-11-18T16:59:00.002+08:002012-11-18T17:02:21.503+08:00Fishless Cycle - UpdateSo today is day 8 since starting the cycle. This is what the past week looked like in regards to food,<br />
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Sunday 11 - Food<br />
Monday 12 - Food<br />
Tuesday 13 - Food<br />
Wednesday 14 - Food<br />
Thurday 15- Food<br />
Friday 16 - Nil<br />
Saturday 17 - Food<br />
Sunday 18 - Nil<br />
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I put food in on Saturday because my tanks ammonia levels were still quite low after 6 days.<br />
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Today the ammonia level is at 2.0 - 4.0ppm, Nitrites are at 0 still and so is Nitrates.<br />
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Just a matter of waiting a whole heap now.<br />
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Also, quick tip - if you need to cycle your tank with food like I have - put the food in a nylon stocking or mesh bag!! I didn't do this and I wish I had (messy).<br />
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I freaked out because I saw these moving dots along the inside of the tank! They may be a harmles bug thing, or small airbubbles caught in the biofilm that's formed on the glass according to some lovely people on Kokos.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685313878109510124.post-55852478541262552392012-11-14T11:30:00.000+08:002012-11-14T11:30:10.066+08:00Fishless Cycling with Fish Food + GravelI'm doing a Fishless Cycle with my tank. At this stage, I've decided to go with using fish food - and waiting for it to decay to build up the ammonia. I've been advised to put a teaspoon of fish food in the tank every day for 5 days. Today, I'm on day 4 of putting food in. The food I put in from Saturday and other days is still in there as well, decaying slowly - which is exactly what I want to happen (faster would be nice though! haha). I tested the Ammonia levels this morning and its at 0.25ppm/0.50ppm. The colour is a bit greener than the 0.25 indicator and a little yellower than the 0.50ppm indicator. The ammonia reading needs to be around 3-4ppm from what I've researched. Then a few days after that I should start to get readings for Nitrite as well. Once I get nitrite readings, Ammonia readings should start to decrease. After some more time, Nitrate will start showing in readings. Once the Ammonia reading is 0, Nitrite reading is 0 and Nitrate reading is at a high spike (100 range), I can do a 50%-75% water change and then we are all good!<br />
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Before I put food in on the first day of starting the Fishless Cycle, I decided I wanted a bare bottom tank (no gravel). So I took out the gravel I had put in prior. The information I had been given about gravel from various sources was somewhat conflicting, so I weighed out my pro's and con's of having gravel and then decided against it. <br />
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<i>My Pro's of using gravel being</i> -<br />
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<li>I have it -I had been talked into getting two 1kg bags of gravel from my local pet store. By their calculations, apparently I needed a kg and a bit, however one bag did the job quite well.</li>
<li>I had spent the money on gravel already so I may as well use it. </li>
<li>It looked quite nice with the gravel in (down to personal preference really).</li>
<li>Tank decorations sat nicely in the tank and it all blended well.</li>
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<i>My Con's of using gravel being</i> -<br />
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<li>Possibly choking hazard to my future fish.<br />Something I didn't consider when buying it, it was all a bit rush rush at the time). The gravel ranged from bits being 2mm to 8mm in some cases, of various shapes. And with the history of Cosmos (my Ryukin of 7 years which is living at my parents place) playing with his gravel and getting it lodged in his mouth once - I don't want a repeat of that experience!!</li>
<li>Can scratch the tank.</li>
<li>Builds bacteria.</li>
<li>Collects fish poop and food waste, which fish would forage through and eat if bored.</li>
<li>Can make the tank look "cluttered". </li>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAeAYIEIHKWuyKIwmDGfT-9q0bBg6c5Gl46FyKCZNzuUmMf1s5GPBsfEf0DCyDQtp7zBlMGteGIyISWvwE0LOM5p7mLYhrrfHOkOiMRGHOk7cGYt3TXKzE2lR2clu-z3WlYPZ-OcWjufj6/s1600/barkmed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAeAYIEIHKWuyKIwmDGfT-9q0bBg6c5Gl46FyKCZNzuUmMf1s5GPBsfEf0DCyDQtp7zBlMGteGIyISWvwE0LOM5p7mLYhrrfHOkOiMRGHOk7cGYt3TXKzE2lR2clu-z3WlYPZ-OcWjufj6/s200/barkmed.jpg" title="" width="200" /></a>So... I've decided to go "bare-bottom" for my tank. I do actually prefer the look of this, even though my decorations don't look 100%, or don't suit at all. The "log tunnel" (pictured) I had in there before actually doesn't sit flush on the tank floor, which means it would rock if fish nudge it etc. Which then may cause scratches to the bottom of the tank *sad face*. What somewhat irritates me in this situation, is the way that the log was packaged when I bought it you wouldn't be able to tell if it did or didn't have a level base on it. You can see from the picture, the packaging is a "box", which the ornament was actually suspended in and tied to - so it doesn't really allow for a full inspection to see if it is suitable and what you want. Although, I wasn't aware of the fact I was going to end up with a bare bottom tank so a level deco wasn't the top on my priority list!<br /><br />
Long story short - had I have been aware of all this from the start I wouldn't have bothered with gravel, and I would not have bought this tank deco. I hope to use the gravel and deco in future tanks of mine, hopefully!<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685313878109510124.post-66224566625600222812012-11-11T01:06:00.001+08:002012-11-11T01:17:46.322+08:00Fish - Not yet!Thankfully, with the help of members from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_283430836" target="_blank">Kokos Goldfish Forum</a>, I was introduced to information about tank cycling before getting my fish! I would have had them today had have I not been told about it. Bit of a bummer, however, I would rather have healthy, strong and happy fish!!! So, I have no issues waiting that little bit more.<br />
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I have been doing my research on the <a href="http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/cycle.html" target="_blank"><b>Tank Cycle</b></a> and learning the ways of how to go about it. At the moment I'm looking at my options on how I am going to do it. I did attempt to jump start the cycle of my tank using API's "Quick Start" water treatment formula, however I found that the water parameters have not changed at all from the readings I took prior to putting Quick Start in my tank. The option I'm currently looking into is obtaining established filter media for my filter, which will make for an instant cycle to occur (ie. won't take a month).<br />
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Also, I've been looking into what I can feed my future fish. I've learnt that they like peas, pumpkin, zucchini, even steamed carrot some other research of mine has told me. Check this out Solid Gold's "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSIULLvGKQ8&feature=share&list=UU7azsssU_6geqrRmi-iuGLQ" target="_blank">Goldfish Food Frenzy</a>" video on youtube! <br />
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I have been glued to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_283430836" target="_blank">Kokos Goldfish Forum</a> it's amazing. So much information, and lovely people as well!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685313878109510124.post-17573064598335000902012-11-06T17:55:00.002+08:002012-11-06T17:57:08.522+08:00Art - Goldfish CollageBelow is the picture of a special piece of mine that I completed a few months back. Titled - "The Inner Spin". It was featured in an exhibition in October.<br />
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I plan to have this hanging in my home somewhere. It is not for sale and probably never will be. The amount of work I put into this was immense, well over 5 hours at least. Also, I am very connected to it personally.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685313878109510124.post-1851516049110745402012-11-06T07:57:00.003+08:002012-11-06T08:03:16.195+08:00My 100L Tank SetupBelow is a picture of my new 100L fish-tank, on it's 3rd day of filtering (setup was on Saturday 3 Oct) . The tank, as you can clearly see, is awaiting it's fishy friends.<br />
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I intend to get two special fish friends this Saturday. Hopefully, a Black Moor and an orange/red Fantail.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0