Here he is, my fabulous new betta fish... The rainbow-riffic Sir Elton ( Read more... )

After a month of careful maintenance, I found four red wagtail swordtail fry! It's been a battle- mom got an ich infection early on (a kind of skin parasite) and there was some kind of nitrate explosion (nitrates are the end product of the processing of fish poo by bacteria- they aren't horrific for fish, but in large enough quantities can be toxic ( Read more... )