Up and Running

I thought I would post up some photos of the fish room/home office.

A new year

Well it is a couple of months past where I thought I would have things up and running again but here we are. I would just like people to know a little more about me and MFF. I do this as a hobby - my dad did this as a hobby. I hope my kids take this up as a hobby.

I love to sit with my kids in our fish room and immerse myself in their curiosity of what our little patch of nature entails. "are they playing tag Dad?" or "hey are those little guys babies?" what a great alternative to a TV.

I hope to provide information, support and a relatively inexpensive way into a wonderful hobby.

Rich

New Stock impressions

Well we have just received a shipment of new fish and I am impressed with the quality. The bags had up to 180 fish in them and there were no DOAs.

The Chili Rasboras are going to be amazing once they settle in. These guys are fantastic for nano-tanks and can be safely kept with shrimp which is a big bonus.

The Green Fire and Ember Tetras are already colouring up and eating like little pigs.

My Rainbow display tank is looking awesome with the new Irian and Turqouise Rainbows but I will have to get in there soon and do some trimming.

The Albino Longfin Bristlenoses are local and have settled in immediately and are available for pick up anytime.

I may be picking up some additional stock in the middle of the week - looking at Rainbow Snakeheads and some Apisto Steel Blues (dwarf cichlids).

Have a great day!

Arrivals for the week of Jan 20 - 27

We are expecting shipments for these fish. Let me know if you are interested.

Greenfire Tetras (ML) (Aphyocharax rathbuni)
Ember Tetras (M) (Hyphessobrycon amandae)
Chili Rasbora (M)(Boraras brigittae)
Turquoise Rainbows (ML 6.5cm)

New Plants

I have a bunch of new plants - all $4.00/pot unless noted

5 glossostigma elatinoides
10 Hemianthus callitrichoides (HC)
5 pogostemon helferi (Downoi) - $5.00
2 Anubias barteri v angustifolia - $6.00 - sold
1 Anubias tetra - $6.00 - sold
3 cryptocoryne balansae
5 cryptocoryne parva
5 lilaeopsis mauritius
5 hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
2 Alternanthera reineckii

I do have some left over from the last shipment which is listed 2 posts below.

Some shots of a couple of my tanks

TOP PHOTO - This is my 50 gallon low tech ghost knife tank (most of these plants are for sale)

BOTTOM PHOTO - This is my 72 gallon high tech planted tank

Electric Blue Jack Dempsey update

So they guys have doubled and tripled in size since I first got them 2 months ago. Their colouring has gone very dark and very blue. They are taking on the colours of full grown adults. The photos are not great but they give you an idea of what they are looking like.