Fish Observations

I noticed today that the j. reganni have babies! I have only counted two so far, but there may be more hidden in among the rocks.

The transcriptus continue to improve. They are now eating and moving about the tank, but very timid.

Water Change on 55 Gallon

The 55 gallon was really disgusting -- lots of algae all over the place. So, I finally got around to doing a 50% water change on the aquarium!

New Fish Take 2: DOA, Pt.2

The seller wrote back and told me that the fish are not guarenteed because they were sent two day mail and not overnight. However, if I pay for shipping again, she will send me more fish free of charge. I sent her a paypal payment tonight.

Incidentally, the three surviving transcriptus are still alive. Their gills are pumping like mad and they are hidden amongst some rocks in my 20 gallon tank. But they are actually moving around the tank. So, maybe they will make it. I will have to wait and see.

New Fish Take 2: DOA

I am at a conference in Baltimore right now and my wife called to tell me that my fish arrived. The seller had agreed to send me a new batch -- free of charge -- because of the shipping error they made. Unfortunately, my wife informed me that all of the daffodils died and only three transcriptus survived the trip -- and just barely at that!

I will have to write the seller and see what we can do from here.

No Fish

After three days of no delivery, I decided to email the seller. She checked the package number online and found out that the package was delivered. When I checked USPS's site, I discovered that it was delivered to an address I lived at three years ago!! Aparently, Aquabid had an old address for me and she used that as a mailing address.

I had sent her my correct address in an email and I know for a fact that paypal has my current address as well. I emailed her with that information. I guess now I just wait and see what she says.

Final Prep for Fish Arrival

The ammonia levels were still around .25 ppm tonight, so I decided to take out 6 gallons of water from the 20 gallon and refill it with water from the 55 gallon. Needless to say, I then had to top off the 55 gallon with tap water.

I also added some rocks to the 20 gallon tonight that I had picked up on the New Hampshire shore over the weekend. As always, I boiled them before adding them to the tank.

So the new fish should be here tomorrow and I think I am ready for them.

New Fish are on the way...

I received an email last night from Deb at Black Lagoon Fish, and it looks like my daffodils and transcriptus are on their way. The 20 gallon still hasn't cycled -- last night the ammonia levels read around .25 ppm. The fish should be arriving tomorrow, so hopefully the tank will be ready for the transcriptus when they get here.

55 Gallon Water Change and 20 Gallon Startup

Did a water change on the 55 Gallon last night and started up the 20 gallon in prep for the j. transcriptus. I put about 6 gallons of water from the 55 gallon into the 20 gallon and put a little gravel in too. I hope that the cycled tank material will help this tank cycle faster. I also added a little ammonia to the tank -- it read between .5 and 1 ppm last night and about the same tonight.

The pH in both tanks (haven't tested it in a while) is about 8.5. That's it for tonight.