Many and Varied

Some pictures of my fishy friends.

Angelfish:



A baby Albino Bristlenose (Ancistrus):



Adult Male Brown Bristlenose:


Corydoras Aeneus Fry (apologies for the quality, these guys are TINY):



Male Powder/Neon blue Dwarf Gourami:


Male German Blue Ram (his name is Boris ;):


Danio and GBR:


Glass Catfish (hard to photograph!):


Black Ghost Knifefish (his name is Kershaw ;):


Neon Tetras:


This guy is no longer with us. A Siamese Fighter (Betta) that was given to me in a very sad state. He was kept in one of those awful little Fighter tanks before I took him home, named him 'Nitro' and nursed him back to health in a planted 100L. I then made the mistake of moving him, and he died that night. I don't really know why, but I suspect Kershaw):


Platies and their fry (love the one where the platies appear to be watching the guppy dance):






Rummynose Tetras:


Juvenile Silver (Bala) Sharks:

The difference between 'pet fish' and 'lifestyle choice'.

Or, a little tour of my house.

Things have changed a bit around here since I last wrote. I have been enjoying a severe case of Multiple Tank Syndrome (MTS) that doesn't look to be getting better any time soon.

Here is where I am typing to you from, with my favourite fishy resource proudly displayed on-screen:


Here is a collection of treatments and medicines:


A collection of foods:


My Male Guppy tank (female culls go in here as the stores like them pre-hit):


Female Gups:


A breeding tank on my indoor kitchen 'windowsill':


Quarantine/fry tank:


220L Softwater Community:


African Cichlids (I am getting out of these, too aggressive for me. My Goldies will be moving into the tank):


My Goldfish (this tank will be another breeding tank when they goldies move):


My husband's planted community tank (right after a massive plant-trim, believe it or not!):


Even my 8-year-old son has a tank in his room (he chose this as his last birthday gift, hmm... I am a bad influence!):


I have set up another tank on the kitchen sill since taking these pictures, so that means I am now up to 12 tanks in my house!

Some of my other fish

This is Peppa, a Peppered Corydoras Catfish.


This is Bimbo, an Albino Cory.


This is Olly, a Bronze Cory.

I love my Corydoras. Not only are they fun to watch, they vacuum the tank floor for me.


The Goldfish in the front is Taiyou, named for the Japanese word for Sun.


This guy didn't have a name for a while. When I first bought him he was all orange. He looked like the above for a while...


... now he looks like this. He is named Jacko, after Michael Jackson, who also turned white.

(The spot algae is on the glass, not him!)

AQWA!

Last Wednesday, the fam and I headed to AQWA (The Aquarium of Western Australia). I love this place. It makes me proud to be a West Aussie in a weird kind of way - when I experience the aquarium and think about the fact that these beautiful, weird and wonderful creatures are all native to our coast, I realise just how lucky I am to live where I do.


Here is where AQWA is located, right on the W.A. 'Sunset Coast' - I live 30-45 minutes from here.

Of course, I took lots of photos!


This guy is, I believe, a Grey Nurse shark. They aren't known for their dangerousness (despite appearance!), but unprovoked attacks have occurred.


This fish is known as an 'Old Wife' because it makes a grumbling sound when caught!


This is a Moon Wrasse. I would love one for our planned reef tank, but he is a bit destructive and aggressive, so it probably wont happen.


Lion Fish.


Clown Fish.


Just about the ugliest (and most venomous) fish in the world, a Stone Fish.


The Blue-Ringed octopus, the most deadly octopus in the world. He holds enough venom to kill 10 humans. There is no antidote.

I don't know the names of the rest of these creatures:









Afterwards, we went to the little shallow beach bit at the harbour. For the fun of it, here is a picture of my youngest and I, playing in the water:



Such a fun day! I can't wait to go back again, but next time we will be going to the Naturaliste Marine Discovery Centre, which is located right next door to the aquarium.