Fish babies: the next chapter

[naomi_jay]

So with the help of a local expert (thanks, Jones!) I finally got my new and improved fish tank up and running this weekend. I left the fish babies in the original, smaller tank so they can grow up without being pestered for sex by the bigger fish, and moved my mollies and platys into the new tank. Here they can mate unhindered (although hopefully they won't). I also put mt corydoras in there so they'd have more room to sit in the corner and never do anything.

I bought a pair of moonlight gouramis, ostensibly because they look pretty, but secretly because they'll probably eat any baby fish that come their way, thus helping to control the population levels. But all this news pales in comparison to my favourite acquisition:



Upside-down catfish! How freaking cool are they? As long as they refrain from breeding, they are officially my favourite fish.

Comments

[tezmilleroz.livejournal.com]

Ooh, what are their names? Since your mood is "quixotic", you should call one Don Quixote...and the other Dr Zoidberg ;-)

(Okay, you'll probably read this and reply with the "box says no" userpic, because you're smart that way ;-) )

Have a lovely day! :-)

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

My corydoras are called Cajun and Gumbo. I haven't named the upside-down catfish yet, but Zoidberg definitely seems right :)

[tezmilleroz.livejournal.com]

Cajun and Gumbo...are you going to eat them, or were you just hungry when you named them? ;-)

Have a lovely day! :-)

[chaostheory.livejournal.com]

I thought I heard somewhere that fish breed in warm water and refrain from doing so in cold water.

Dunno if thats true or not.

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

Lulz to your icon.

Yeah, they do prefer warmer water, but basically mollies and platys will breed at the drop of a hat. Other types are harder. My gouramies, even if I have a male-female pair, will very likely never breed. The catfish are the same.