Fish, Fish and more Fish

Aquariums--love 'em. I have had them for the most part since i was a child. Now they are my hobby. Here is the deal. I have three tanks... one is a livebearer tank (the fish actually give birth to live babies), an egg layer tank (fish lay eggs and babies be damned lol) and a nursery (any babies rescued will be placed in the nursery where they will be cared for especially and grow up to be strong adults.

Now if you are just starting out, you do not buy a fifty gallon tank and put expensive fish in it. Au contraire, my friends. Start small with a ten gallon. There is a lot that goes into setting up a tank. For starters, you have the set up. You have to clean it, rinse the gravel, place the plant (live or plastic) and condition the water
so that when you place the fish in it, its ideal.

Then you have to decide what kind of fish you want. I would not recommend that you buy anything expensive until you develop an understanding of how aquariums become their own worlds. It may turn out that you dont like fish or that you do not want to be bothered.


Once your tank is up and running, you must continually change the filters and 20% of the water in the tank every two weeks. So you see, keeping a fish tank is a major commitment and a fun hobby once you get into it.

Today I want to speak about my live bearer tank. The fish in my live bearer tank actually mate and give birth. I constantly find babies hiding in the plants or swimming away from adults that may eat them. I used to save them but i dont anymore (I once had an Alpha female red sword that gave birth to 124 fish... thats alot). The reason i dont save them anymore is because it allows for natural selection to take place--only the strongest survive.

Also, it helps control the population of the tank. Overpopulation in a fish tank can result in poisons in the water and bacteria that can wipe out your fish tank community. I have all types of fish. I have silver and marble mollies. I have different types of guppies, swordtails and platies. And I recently added varietus. Its very import to also have one pleco, one or two clown loaches and a few cories. The pleco eats the algae in the tank. Keeps the glass clean. The cories eat leftover food anywhere it falls. An the clown loaches will eat those pesky snails that seem to pop out of nowhere.

So there you have it... As you look at the pics, you can note that I have plants, stones and drift wood in the tank to give it a nice touch. Hope you like the pics.