Currently in my 29 gallon, very little fish life exists. It is very
relaxing to watch and is not over crowded with fish. There are 3 Corydoras
sterbai that school together and swim around everywhere, flying like
little airplanes around the tank. I do not know if they eat the algae
wafers.. but their stomachs are always full like that of pigs.
There are 2 Siamese Algae Eaters in the tank, although one was small
and has not been seen for a week. The other, is called "boss",
he is roughly 3in long and likes to swim around in circles. He is joined
in his circle swimming antics by two False SAE's, they also clean algae
with him. The three tussle and play in their underwater garden, oblivious
to the studying going on only metres from them.
The two Pelvicachromis pulcher (Kribensis) are the king and queen of
the tank. They own a cave on the left middle of the tank, but spend
much more time in the glossotigma patch, watching their kingdom.. which
extends to my room pretty much. They are spawning regularly althought
i don't take care of the fry. These fish are very intellgent.. when
I sit and watch them.. they sit and watch me too. The female and male
will both let me touch them if i want, and will willingly come and 'attack'
my hand while i clean the tank. They are unafraid of anything.
When I sneak into my room at night, thousands of little coned shaped
snails climb up the walls of the tank. These are Malaysian Trumpet Snails,
and they come out at night to eat debris. They do a good job of eating
dead or decaying leaves, and leave all my living ones alone. I hear
they eat fish eggs though..
PAST FAUNA :
Black Phantom Tetras : now in the 55 gallon, their short 1 week stint
in the 29 gallon proved to be boring. They swam in a small school and
seemed quite stupid. The giant male however looked cool
2 Neon/Praecox Rainbowfish : These chaps were rather charming, displaying
all the intelligence of a cichlid in a rainbow fish. The two swam around
together and danced along the currents, flashing their neon blue bodies
for all to see. these were traded in for the tetras.
2 Pearl Gouramis : These two kept their hostilities to each other,
and after 3 months were separated.. one back to the pet store, and one
in my 55 gallon. I rescued them seeing them suffering from velvet, and
over time they have both recovered just fine.
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