New Roomies!

We got 10 new fishes today, 5 lemon tetras and 5 rosy tetras.

Letting the little ones acclimatize to the tank temperature. The other fishes were very curious. Swimming vigorously around the bag.

As you can see, they are fast little ones. They don't like their pictures taken much.

Our tank is really bare but we are planning to change it soon. Maybe a little more plants and more rocks or drift wood.

Imminent Spring Clean-Up

It's amazing how fast the rabbit's fur has changed colours in the past few days. I think he/she is also patiently waiting for spring.







The pictures above might me a welcoming sight but can I draw your attention to the last picture. The little black dots on the uncovered concrete landing are not stray pebbles or rocks. Those are little gifts from our furry friend. I'm trying to see the positive in this, which is the adjacent rock bedding beside the concrete. "Oh honey....can you hose the patio area?"

Visit from an Old Friend

Spring? Spring is that you? I've missed you for awhile. I hope the colour change on this bunny friend of ours is a sign you are coming back soon. Oh please oh please.

These pictures were taken a few days ago but it got me a little excited cause the white stuff should be gone soon. This has been a long winter. So Spring, you are cordially invited to visit and stay as long as you like.

New Addition to the Family

We've been wanting to get more fishes in our biggish freshwater tank. Somebody wanted to get one of those magnetic glass cleaners to deal with the algae problem (I won't say who). So instead of getting such an unsightly magnet, we got ourselves a live fish that would deal with the problem.

As I am watching him in the tank while I am typing, he is amusing us with his reversing abilities in the tank. Moving forward, backwards, side ways along the walls and the ground.

He is not as graceful as our other fishes but I am hoping he will start cleaning the tank. The cardinal tetras were the first to check him out as they also prefer the bottom level of the tank. I don't think he really liked that. By the way, his name is Francis.


Francis says "Hi".