bolivianbaby

I've been keeping a few secrets for a few weeks.

I "rescued" five goldfish from a woman who had raised them from fry. She was looking for a good home for them and spoke with several people that she didn't feel comfortable re-homing them with. I take it as a compliment that she wanted me to be their forever home. They came with two 29g tanks, but I thought they'd be happier in the 55g. I used both the substrate and the river rocks and decorations that they were used to, so it kinda "divides" the tank, but they seem happy.

SWilkins was kind enough to share several babies with us. Their pics are attached. I couldn't get the baby peppered corys or the blue JD male to cooperate with the camera. The jewel cichlids from a few weeks ago are also playing hide and go seek with the camera. They hide and the camera can't seek them.

We also discovered two platy fry in the tropical community tank. We're growing them out for Shelby's tank.

We have one JD fry that SWilkins was kind enough to share with us. We had four, but lost three. The small tank on the counter is a 10g. We named the remaining fry "Cuddles". He's the little black dot and the bottom right of the pic. When he grows up, we have a 55g waiting for him.

In addition, we have I think around 30 guppy fry. The pic of the guppy tank shows two nets. The net on the left is where the babies are. The net on the right is in case I discover more. We didn't want the guppies or endlers in the same tank with the angels, so they're in a bare bottom tank until we get Shelby's tropical community tank up and running.

Finally, my very first convict spawn from about 6 weeks ago is showing up on camera fairly well. We're keeping 8 to grow out, but we'll be re-homing six probably in the spring, so feel free to pm me if you're interested. If we don't find homes for them, we do have extra tanks.

Attached Images

	Angels 102509.JPG (617.4 KB, 109 views)
	Convict Fry 6 weeks old.JPG (581.0 KB, 108 views)
	Cuddles 102509.JPG (527.8 KB, 101 views)
	Fem Con JD RTS.JPG (608.9 KB, 99 views)
	Gold JD Fem.JPG (625.3 KB, 98 views)

bolivianbaby

More pics

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	Goldfish 101709.JPG (579.7 KB, 53 views)
	Goldfish 102509.JPG (625.3 KB, 46 views)
	Goldfish Tank 101709.JPG (591.0 KB, 43 views)
	Guppy Tank 102509.JPG (570.6 KB, 52 views)
	Gups 102509.JPG (597.0 KB, 48 views)

bolivianbaby

Final Pics.

Enjoy!

Attached Images

	Gups 102509 2.JPG (556.1 KB, 46 views)
	Rainbow Cichlids 2 102509.JPG (502.2 KB, 38 views)
	Rainbow Cichlids 102509.JPG (514.2 KB, 32 views)

Beth1965

Now THESE are the secrets i was waiting for! How great for you!

redlessi

Beautiful fish and tanks!!!!

Butterfly

Beautiful tanks and wonderful secrets Hubby likes your guppys(he's partial to guppys)
Good job!
Carol

Willis81

beautiful fish

Tony G.

Beautiful!!! i just noticed i have your female yellow guppy's twin over here who just dumped fry as well!!!
OH! BTW, i recognize some of those plants... i think i've seen them somewhere before

Very cute! I love the goldies too! and i jsut love the 55 with the angels, i love how you have a little village going on with the budda too!

eiginh

Man.. are you sure your house isn't an LFS?? LOL you have a lot of beautiful tanks!

bolivianbaby

Thanks, we feel so blessed that most of our fish have been shared with us.

Thank you

Thanks, my daughter is a guppy fanatic, but I really enjoy having them in the house. We still need to figure out where her tank is going to be, so we can get them in their final home.

Thanks

Woohoo! Congrats, Grandpa T. Buddha and Buddha "almosts" are kept in a few tanks. It keeps the "positive energy" flowing

That's what my mother says. She says I need intervention, but she's also glad they keep me out of trouble and that I enjoy taking care of them so much. She's just praying I never get really sick. Although, my daughter can feed every tank in this house and knows what each tank needs.

Thank you for the compliment, we're proud of our happy, healthy finned babies. Once I started breaking up the water changes over a few days, it's really become an easy routine.

Tony G.

LOL your house is a ZOO!

but its a cool zoo

eiginh

A zoo indeed, You have now been entitled to the name of Aqua Queen!

bolivianbaby

I like that title! Does it come with a tiara? I love tiara's

Tony G.

they sell the princess kit at walmart you know

bolivianbaby

I've already tried those. Their tiara's are too small for my big head

Tony G.

LOL have you thought of a DIY?

bolivianbaby

DIY Tiara? Me? I can't do dishes without trying to cut my finger off. I checked one of the filters earlier and skinned the skin off of the top of my finger. I'm afraid, I'm very afraid

lorabell

THEY R beautiful!!!!!!!!!pics are great!!!!! love the guppy one...looks like they posed for u!!!!

Lucy

Keeping secrets!
The tanks and fish look great. What a wonderful rescue. I know they'll have a wonderful home with you.

Tony G.

imagine building a stand!

hmm.. maybe ask shelby to make it for you

LauraJoe

whisper

Beautiful just beautiful. I have a question though. Where are you planing on putting those four Goldfish when they all grow to be 12" or more?

aquarist48

How wonderful BB. All the tanks, fish and photos are beautiful. You know you may be "crowned" around here for keeping secrets!
Ken

Shawnie

great job shelby and BB!!!!!! you are the queen of MTS ! in one year holy cow!!!!!
everyone looks happy and healthy and im glad you both enjoy this hobby together

bolivianbaby

Thanks, everyone!

I was told that goldfish needed 20 gallons for the first, and 10 gallons for each additional. Since these are goldfish and not koi, I thought they were compatible for an actual tank and that the 55g would be good for them. The woman I got them from said they were fantail goldfish.

Since you have goldfish experience, what will they require? I do have a friend with an actual goldfish pond as a possibility, but if I need to set up a 75g for them, I can do that as well. They are two years old right now. I have no problems upgrading them, just please let me know what they'll require so I can start making arrangements.

Shawnie

55g will be perfect for the 4 fannies
but you can come help me make a pond LOL

aquarist48

Hello BB. Here is the link to the Goldie care sheet:
Goldfish Caresheet
Ken

bolivianbaby

Shawnie-I'm on my way

Thank you both! I was thinking I'd have to find room for a few more 55g's around here.

Ken, I was looking for that-thank you

whisper

Fancy goldifsh will get to about 9". I have them in my outdoor pond that are that big now and are only about two years old. But things grow bigger in ponds because they can graze on algae and what ever else is in there all day long plus we feed them. Just keep a close eye on your ammonia levels. Goldfish are very messy fish and poop and pee a lot which will raise the ammonia in your tank. It's good that you know someone with a pond if you need it. I don't know what you're feeding them now but you may want to get some floating pellets for them. Good luck and hope all goes well.

bolivianbaby

We kept the filter media and substrate wet during the move and set everything up from their old tank, but they're on daily "ammonia watch" for a month to be safe. For the past two weeks, we haven't seen any, but we're doing daily tests for another two weeks to be sure.

I do want to "seed" two new filters, since the filters they came with are pretty old, but everything else has gone wonderful.

Thanks, Whisper