Mysterious Deaths

Our male Gourami and one of our Rasboras were found dead today.

For the Gourami, there was no visible physical deformity, so it is a mystery what led to his death all of a sudden. Just few days back, he was still aggressively chasing other fishes away from his bubblenest and fries (see Gourami Fries!)…
We have scooped [...]

Gourami Fries!

Since we introduced our three Gouramis (see Gouramis are back), they appeared to be busy mating, with the aggressive male Gourami chasing after the two females.
Things got worse this evening when we observed the tank, where the bubblenest had been destroyed and the male Gourami turned even more aggressive, chasing any of the fishes in the [...]

Gouramis are back

We had several Gouramis with us since the start of our hobby, but unfortunately they did not last very long. For our Orange Gourami Guai Guai, he died soon after being trapped in one of our ornaments (see R.I.P Guai Guai and Fish Rescue…). As for our other Gourami Fiesty, he died soon after too)(see Farewell, Fiesty).
Gouramis are known [...]

A New Beginning…

Following the migration of the remaining guppies in the original 2-feet Guppy Tank (see Future of the Guppy Tank), we have planned a new beginning for the tank — by introducing Goldfishes into it.
The initial interest in Goldfish started out from Cat, where we bought a nano tank to house two young goldfishes, named Zhu Zhu [...]

Future of the Guppy Tank

Following the Guppies’ Epidemic which left us with only around 10 guppies, it was time we decide what to do with the almost vacant 2-feet tank.
While some idea came to our minds, we moved on to vacate the tank of the remaining guppies and performing a 70% water change to clear off as much harmful bacteria and [...]