pasomystic

My 25 gal has housed an Angel for the last 3 mths with 6 Harlequin Rasporas, a male Betta, and a flying fox. The angel has grown from quarter size to well over toonie size and is a happy camper. I do 30% water changes once a week with gravel vacuum. My only difficulty in that tank is I cannot keep cories alive--and I believe that is due to my well water being too high in sodium, but all the rest of the fish do well--the Betta and the Raspboras have been living in this water a year with no trouble.

Amazes me how different people perceive reality. Thanks to those who can understand that the more you know the more you desire to know, [and the less you say about it], forum threads can get quite entertaining. Humans will persist in trying to control and change all of their environment on a daily basis until they irradicate themselves. Just the nature of the beast. They will also proclaim the "truth" as they see it loudly and irresponsibly--whatever the subject, and regardless of whether they have any firsthand knowledge of same. Also human nature. Obviously, this same creature has decided that humans are the most wonderful species to ever grace the universe. Wonder what a jury of other life forms would have to say about that? Not that it matters, every dog has it's day, as they say, As far as hybridization, there is nothing alive on the planet today that has not been affected by human tampering in some way, and the line to not cross is more blurred each decade. From sterile but immensely [to humans] useful mules--to Dolly the sheep from outer reality, the desire to recreate and reinvent everything around us has a long history and is unstoppable. Unfortunately. For us.

I am on a well--farm north of Irma, so have better water than Wainwright. No chlorine or choramines to worry about, fish do well in it. I can't even drink icetea made with Wainwright water, lol. What if you asked at the useless, I mean..um..little pet store what they do about it for their tanks??

Thanks all for the warm welcome. Yes, it does look like I am almost ready for a bigger tank, but best hold off a wee bit. I also have a combination horse trough/goldfish pond outside that two comets have tripled their size in this season, and my moor doubled over the summer. Lots of live food [insects], and horse dribblings, make for a good diet, believe me!! The moor is now back indoors in his little barebottom 5 gallon for the winter, and very thankful. He will need a bigger tank for next winter, lol. The horse trough is heated to just above freezing all winter, so the comets do well. Hope to eventually get to know some fellow Albertans who enjoy their aquatic pets.

Hello everyone. Recent convert to the fishy world--up until now, my critters have all had 4 legs. Moved here two years ago from southern interior of BC. Decided winter out here is so long, needed something "tropical" to look at indoors. Started with a Betta last christmas, in a 2.5 gal home with 7.5 watt heater and Elite sponge filter. Happy Betta. Then, a 5 gal. for a couple of platies and a couple of cory cats. Well, one needs more room, now, doesn't one. So, now a one month old 25 gal. cycled with media from 5 gal. and the platies. Took a week - I was amazed. Love the info gleaned from the net before I started!! Platies back to store. Slowly added fish I wanted -up to last one yesterday. The two Cories--1.5" each Flying Fox--2" 6 rasporas sold as Harlequin but are actually the smaller version--3/4 inch each One two inch marble angel [after taking the first one back as he was both fish aggressive and people non-friendly] My very happy now 2.5 inch Betta. Lastly [YES I know the tank is not big enough at this point, but he is small for a long while] a Bala shark 2.5 " Tank has kept good parameters, changing 20 to 25 % a week. Zero ammonia and nitrites, less than 10% nitrates. Have 5 silk plants, a chunk of mopani wood, a siliconed together Inukshuk [about 4 " tall], and a clay pot in there, on small size gravel substrate. Everyone appears healthy, happy and hungry, and get along fine. Betta has proven himself a gentle soul as bettas go, and I will watch Angel closely. Only aggression at all is from the Flying Fox to the Bala--look too much alike, but is only short chases. I know that is a ton for a hello--but I sometimes don't get around to posting much--so you get it all at once, lol, sorry. Bonnie