Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Frogs

I have a dream that I will have and frog/fish tank and I am doing research so I can get this dream. (the frogs/toads below are available at Petsmart in sandy UT)
 My dream
 Fire belly toad
 Pacman frog
 Tomato frog
Chubby Frog

Happy fish; happy's birth


Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Happy fish comics

I made this comic up a long time ago. Now it is on Robyn's Fishy Tail!! (by me; Obviously)

Sunday, December 5, 2010

My Tanks

I started this hobby with two dinky fish bowls about three years ago from this post and Look how I have Grown in fish, tanks and nollage; plus all this is in my sister's and my room and that totals to six containers containing fish.
 My new tank, between 5 and 8 gallons
 Tank two it is now called but will be changed
 Tank one and one of the little bowls that I started with containing dragon
 Albino, A crown tail male unfortunately belonging to my sister
Bug eye's, also my sister's

Fishy Books

My Books are not actually mine but the library's. I wish they were mine though. I will share the titles with you.
 Livebearers
undrstanding Guppies, Mollies, Swordtails and others
David Alderton
Aquariums
the complete guide to freshwater and saltwater aquariums
Thierry Maitre-Allain and Christian Piednor
 the aquarium fish hand book
 the complete reference from anemonefish to zamora woodcats 
 Dick Mills and Derek Lambert
 Aquarium fish breeding
Jay F. Hemal
 the practicle aquarium fish handbook
 by David Goodwin
Tropical fish 
 Peter Stadelmann and Lee Finley
Bettas
Marshall E.Ostrow
Freshwater aquariums
 Basic aquarium setup and maitenance
 David Alderton

A Cat?!

A Cat?! Not one but two. Who ever thought I; The fish Queen would end up with two cats? my mom inherited them from a child-hood friend and when I herd about them I totally forgot I was an aquarium keeper and protector. " Yay?" yes and no. I've always wanted a cat until I got into my aquariums. Cats are great anyway thought. I'll take the cats. Guess what I forgot? L-I-D-S that is right. My aquariums have never had needed or had lids for a whole year. Until now. 

 When my dad asked; "Are you getting lids?" I was baffled. I said; "I totally forgot" which I truly had. The Roller Costar had started. My dad said " No more fish Til' you had some lids"
 The sad part is, I needed Two! not one but two! That Saturday I went to my favorite fish store; The Tropical fish store it is called, and they gave me two lids for free! they said I can have them even if they don't fit. Guess what? They DID NOT fit!!! >:( I was really mad
Then I went online and It said that Petsmart are selling lids of all sizes so I hightailed myself to Petsmart. They had one of the size I needed. Great. So I am waiting so I can call on Wednesday the 8th prior to writing this post to see if they have them. I'll post to say if they have one

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Water Me

Ever since I can remember remembering I have been interested in water.
My earliest memory is I am squatting in water at Wild Waves in WA state U.S.A
When I was little I took swimming lessons and I do not remember being afraid (except for being cold) at all and I swam pretty good.
Another memory is walking on a bridge with my dad and lilies (like below) were in the water and frogs too. I wanted those frogs SO bad!!( I never Caught one and my dad wouldn't) 
I've only been in a boat once or twice and the first time I looked over the edge ( with help from my dad ) and in the water there were whales or some other water mammal (I don't remember)
About two or three years ago (from writing this post) I started to keep the cheap gold fish and feeder guppies in the little dinky bowls I bought myself. back then I didn't even know fish could get sick; and none of them lived more than two months (now I know that they were not well taken care of)
one time during this period ( at the time some cousins lived with us) I was on vacation with my mom and my cousins were taking care of my goldfish and it died while I was gone and my cousin Clayton said it was fun to see it go down the toilet. you can probably Imagine how angry and sad I felt at the same time. 
Then about two years ago I said; "I want to breed Guppies!!" This was my list of supplies:
1. 2 male guppies
2. 4 female guppies
3. 7 inch by 10 inch fish bowl
But the guppies kept dying on me! Luckily the pet store let you bring in a fish that died within thirty days and get a new one.( I later learned that they are Tropical fish and really can't live in cold water fish bowls)
Then I looked up online and It said; "guppies need a ten gallon fish tank to breed in. so, for Christmas Santa Claus gave me a ten gallon fish tank. That was last Christmas. I have been in my fish-keeping hobby for almost three years and I have learned many ways to keep my fish out of fish grave yard. (the toilet)