Here is a blue sapphire or neon damsel.
A yellow damsel
This is a false clownfish
I just noticed that my tomato clown, which was too wily for me to take a decent photo of, has been in my possession for over 14 years! I might try again because he's a beauty... or is it "she"?
WOW!! Beautiful fish! We had tropical fish for several years, then we moved and the people who bought our house wanted the fish. It was a great deal, since I really didn't want to move them.
ReplyDeleteThese are tropical saltwater fish. I've had saltwater fish for most of my life since I was about 17, when I went into an aquarium shop with my dad who kept the freshwater fish at the time. When I saw the marine fish it was like a whole new world opened up, and despite the extra costs I "had" to get a marine tank.Back then, the average lifespan was about 12 months so it was a fairly expensive business.I had a few years with just freshwater tropical fish because it was too expensive, and when we lived in Hay we were too far away from suppliers.Since then there have been big advances in technology, in understanding the needs of the fish and in collecting the fish. Some species are now commercially bred in captivity which means that they are more adaptable than the fish collected from the reef then transported thousands of kilometres. That also means the costs of fish, salt etc has fallen in real terms.My long term dream would be to get a proper reef tank with live coral and the full range of invertebrates such as anemones and shrimps, but the cost of such a system is way beyond us for the foreseeable future.
ReplyDeleteMy mother bought the children 5 goldfish and a small bowl. I was cleaning it twice daily, so we got a large aquarium, then we saw the tropical (fresh water) fish and had to get those, but they like a warmer temperature than the goldfish, so the goldfish were back in the little bowl. In the end, we ended up with 2 - 5 gallon aquariums, two goldfish bowls and a large 25 gallon aquarium which my dad had to weld a stand for. It's certainly a hobby that can grow!! :lol:
ReplyDeleteVery, very nice. I like the blue snapper the best.
ReplyDeleteYes Lois, it can be very addictive for some people. I find my single 4 foot tank is enough for me for now.After probably about six months of quite bad neglect, apart from feeding the fish and occasionally topping up with fresh water to make up for evaporation, I thought I had better check the water quality. I expected the worst but was very surprised to find the pH was 8.1 (what you expect for salt water), nitrites were zero and nitrate was about 10 ppm-- about the same as when I was doing regular water changes. Now you would expect in a healthy tank that pH should be pretty constant, only rising if the tank is over loaded, as the salt works quite effectively to buffer the pH. I have a very effective under-gravel filter which keeps the nitrites under control, but the nitrates should be much higher as the only way to remove it normally is by water changes-- or the live rock is still working effectively to remove the nitrate. Interesting!All of this proves that water changes aren't really that critical these days to keep a healthy aquarium-- as long as the tank is not heavily stocked. Thanks solid copper.
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