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Sick Fish Weekend

Jason — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:00:51 +0000

I’ve had a bit of a rocky weekend when it comes to Fish care.

First, my betta (Fish). Fish had been very lethargic and depressed for a while, mostly sulking in his tank. I think he may possibly have velvet, but we’ll see if that’s the issue. Anyway, I decided it was about time that I should grab some medication to help him out. No change so far, but I’m going to give it some time. If you’re unfamiliar with fish diseases, Velvet is a parasite that attaches to the outside of the fish. After a period of time the attached parasite bursts and deposits spores to grow new parasites. And then these new ones swim around looking for fish to attach to. You can only kill it when it’s floating around in the water, so it’s not an instant improvement type of med.

Additionally, Saturday, after the lights came on in my 20 gallon fish tank, I noticed that my Blue Gourami had developed what looked like a fungal infection. But after doing some more research, I determined that it might actually be a bacterial disease that looks like a fungus.

Unfortunately, despite my best attempts at curing the fish, she died sometime last night. Boo.

Hopefully Fish makes it through ok.

Just A Fish

Jason — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:51:20 +0000

I don't have much to say at the moment except that I took a good picture of my Three Spot/Blue Gourami last night that came out pretty good. So I figured I'd share.

My Three Spot Gourami

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Fish: The Movie

Jason — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:26:47 +0000

Well, I couldn't get a decent picture of my new fish since he's really moving around a lot, but I do have a video! It looks like Vox did a number on the compression, but it's still watchable if you want to see a fish swim around.

Blue Gourami Swimming Around

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New Fish!

Jason — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:05:32 +0000

Just a quick update for now. I have a new fish in my aquarium. Like I mentioned yesterday, I was going out last night to pick up a new fish for my aquarium and I have returned with a Blue Gourami/Three Spot Gourami which I believe is female. I also picked up a few new plants to fill out the back a bit.

I was trying to take a picture but my camera is hard to work with at the moment (since I broke it) and I need to access the menu to change some settings so aquarium pictures don't look horrible. Luciky I was able to order a new LCD for my camera yesterday afternoon. They said it would be here in 1 business day, which I'm hoping means today and not tomorrow…that'd be pushing it though.

Pictures will be coming later, in any case.

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