The Pond
Updated - My Last Aquarium, to go (Eventually) – Reprieve
You may have read my article My Last Aquarium, to go (Eventually) published on 6th April 2016. At that time I had 6 clown loach, 2 harlequins and 2 mountain minnows, and was thinking about not getting any more fish.
In January (2017), the only surviving fish left were, 1 Harlequin, 1 mountain minnow and 4 clown loach, so, I started to think about getting rid of the aquarium, decisions had to be made.
WELL:
On Thursday 5th January I decided to get some more fish, and so on Friday 6th, I bought 6 mollies and 6 tiger barbs with a few more plants, so now there are 18 fish, not a lot but enough to see some activity and the tiger barbs and mollies will grow bigger and possibly breed.
Mollies, tiger barbs and a clown loach also known as tiger botia. If you are troubled with snails in your tank clown loach will eat them for you.
The tiger barbs on the left with a posing clown loach on the right but I couldn't get it to smile. The other loaches are inside the logs.
On the left the sole surviving harlequin with four mollies, five tiger barbs and hiding behind the plants is a clown loach.
Four mollies and six tiger barbs.
Tiger barbs
Mollies.
Tiger barbs.
Mollies and tiger barbs.
Mollies top and left, tiger barbs on the right. At the bottom a tiger barb is eating a blood worm. The minnow just coming into picture on the far right.
Here you can see the tiger barbs feeding on the blood worms.
The surviving mountain minnow.
I have just noticed that there are 7 mollies, even though I only paid for 6 so that makes the total number of fish in the tank 19, not 18.
So how long is the reprieve for?
Published 09/01/2017
Updated 19/01/2017
Today I bought another 4 mollies, 3 black and another multi coloured one.
One of the clown loach feasting on bloodworms.
Two of the black mollies .
To finish with a variety.
I have decided that this aquarium is here to stay for quite a while yet.
