Your Daily Fishtank Fix

In Fond Memory of Conan, Pinecone, Zarathustra, and Sweetie Pea

The recent passing of my last hermit crab, Conan, had left his terrarium merely an empty shell of its former self - that is, until I decided to pop some fish in.  Now it's a veritable haven for marine wildlife of all shapes and sizes, as long as those shapes and sizes resemble goldfish, snails, and aquarium gravel.

Conan's conical shell, peeking out from inside his coco-condo

The New Aquarium

A series of fuzzy webcam pictures of many fish, indeed

These fish all come from a tiny pond in my backyard.  They're the offspring of a few feeder fish and some regular brown pond fish (with some interbreeding!), all of which I set loose a few years ago.      Three of the seven fish in these pictures are no longer in the tank - I was having problems with water chemical levels at the outset and the three biggest fish looked so sick, I had to get them out.  They're swimming wild and free in the much larger pond down the street.      More recent pictures and info on the plants, fishies and rapidly growing snailies will come in the next update.

fish12.jpg - Two goldfish and one silver hiding under the arches fish3.jpg - Swimming near the coliseum and fake plant fish4.jpg - Fishie-rama fish6.jpg - One goldfish looking unhappy in his cage fish7.jpg - Voicing his extreme discontent-- or perhaps yawning

snail1.jpg - Upside-down on an arch, with fish looking on snail5.jpg - Head-on collision, or near miss?  What could happen?! snail8.jpg - Sucking on gravel near one of the fake plants

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