Fish Pics

Feb 08, 2006 12:56

Since I last made an entry, I lost another fish. This one was a black neon tetra. There is also one that is injured. I'm not sure how it happened, but he seems to be doing ok, so I suppose that he'll make it. Here are pictures of the adorable baby fish!

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citrustangerine February 9 2006, 21:09:39 UTC
The fish are so neat! There are so many of them!

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flipping4jesus February 10 2006, 03:18:48 UTC
Thanks! I like them too :)

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cool_mums_rock February 9 2006, 22:47:18 UTC
The fish are neat...I loved having a fish tank...love watching them...right now our fish tank is taken up with a turtle.

I love your neon tetras...what kind are the other fish again? That's so cool that they had babies!! The other fish aren't trying to eat the babies?

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flipping4jesus February 10 2006, 03:18:32 UTC
Thanks! I like the turtles, too. They just aren't safe with Ryan right now!

The orange fish are Red Mickey Mouse Platys. The guy I bought the fish from said that they had a 50% chance of living on their own. I wanted to raise their odds, so I got a net breeder. The babies are in there while the bigger fish are in the tank. The net breeder is in the tank.

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cool_mums_rock February 10 2006, 13:27:19 UTC
Yes, that's smart! That will give the babies a much better chance of survival! I tried to breed Betas once (Simese Fighting Fish), I followed all the instructions...made sure the water was warm, put a clear-plastic divider in the tank so the male could see the female, but not get to her...he made his bubble nest like he was spose to....when everything was ready I took the divider out and that female went after that male...man...she latched onto his tail with her mouth and wouldn't let go. Hmmmmm...that didn't seem right to me...LOL. He swam around the tank in a fury with the female trailing behind holding on to his tail with her mouth...LOL. I finally had to remove her physically from his tail. :o(

They both survived, but that was the last time I tried to breed betas. BTW...just a bit of trivia...during that process (which was about 3 or 4 weeks) Elvis Presley died! Just a bit of trivia....

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flipping4jesus February 10 2006, 14:44:53 UTC
That is too funny! I tried to breed betas once, too. The male refused to make his bubble nest, though. We never got very far! Apparently, the platys are the easiest fish to begin breeding with. I wasn't even looking for that when I got them! I just wanted some more color in the fishtank!

Ha, ha. Now I can say I remember something about when Elvis died ;)

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