In The Tank!

My girl is now in her tank! I put her in a day early, sue me. Like the serpaes she immediately took to her new home She darkened up instantly and her tail took on a deeper red. I dunno what's going on with the quarantine tank but for some reason the fish just don't get to their best color in there.

Anyways, she started to check out the other fish and the tank and they started to check her out. To my delight she headed immediately for the slate cave I made for her months ago. She's decided that its hers and spends a lot of time hovering around it. She's been the model fish so far and has kept to her side of the tank. I was worried she might bother the corys or vice versa but they seem to ignore one another.

She's gorgeous and I already love having her in the tank.

Shark, "Oh No!"

With the serpaes in the main tank there's room in the QT tank for something I've been waiting five months for, my red tailed black shark.Well my RTBS and three more neons. Before I put them in I broke the tank down and removed about half the gravel, there was just too much and I had to dig a pit so I could fit in the filter and still put on the lid. I also pulled out the baggie of biomax since the sponge was cycled and the bioload went way down.

And here's my pride and joy. I have to say he's skittish... well he's a complete sissy. He spends most of his time hiding under the heater, the filter, or in a cave/rock. He'll even run and hide when a neon swims by and he's easily ten times their size. I don't want him vicously attacking everyone in the tank but a little back bone would be nice.

It makes it even funnier that when I first brought my boy over to look at him. I told him I had a shark in the tank and pointed to him. My boy spotted him and immediately backed up saying, "Oh NO!"