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Entry #20 It has been one full day since my African butterfly cichlids arrived. They are looking healthy and are exploring the tank which they own at the moment. I see the emergence blue speckles on some of the fish. Unfortunately the color doesn’t show up on my photo.

Congratulations Matt. Great tank.

Entry #19 It has been 10 hours since the African butterfly cichlids went into my tank. All six fish stay together in one group whether they are swimming or just hovering. They really seem to be getting along. This may be because they are young siblings. But I know a. Thomasi is a peaceful fish...

I’m glad to hear that. I was imagining a systemic fungal infection of the entire tank.

Good idea. But just to be certain, we are looking at the same thing, I am referring to the white fuzz at the end of the piece of wood, and not the little white wormy things on the wood itself.

Entry #18 Six Anomalochromis thomasi arrived today individually bagged and looking very healthy. They are shoaling as a group. I do not know the gender distribution.

I wish I had a microscope. I had to return it to the University after I closed my lab for retirement.

I bought a piece of spider wood for my tank. I boiled it for 20 minutes, let it cool and then placed it in the tank. Today I see wispy white cotton patches attached to the wood. Is this fungus? What should I do? I already removed the wood from the tank.

Attach a pre-filter sponge to the filter intake.

I’m not certain. Next time I return I will check.

Yes indeed.

Relaxing in the back yard enjoying a perfect, peaceful autumn day. I’m listening to Handel’s opera, Rinaldo. Cecilia Bartoli just sang Lascia ch’io pianga like an angel.

Multiple species of Apistogramma and kribs but TR not WC.

My orange pumpkin neocaridina are out grazing this morning. Breeding like crazy despite sharing the tank with Mollys, platys and endlers.

It may have been there back then. It looks old and run down. But the tanks look healthy and well maintained.

House of Tropicals in Glen Burnie, Maryland.

Yes. I’m a terrible botanist.

Hahha. They do have a big staff. Some of the workers actually know something about fish.

Yes I meant cryptocoryne wentii. I have anubias in the tank too. That is great. I always learn something on this forum. Thanks.

In my 20 gallon long tank, I have three species of live bearers frolicking among Anubias, Amazon Sword and Corynewentii. One of the Corynewentii plants has given birth to a flower.

This picture was taken from a privately owned large tropical fish store about 30 minutes from my home. The picture is of a single aisle of fishtanks. There are seven such isles. Amazing variety of freshwater and saltwater fish. I will not purchase any fish from them until I know they are good...

Now that I plumbed a nitrate filter into the sink I attach my python to I no longer have a nitrate problem. I only feed my fish Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

I have the opposite problem. My mystery snail beats the frogs to their food.

Entry #17 Six Anomalochromis thomasi arrive Thursday. I performed a 40% water exchange today now that the tank is cycled and the nitrate levels were 25 ppm after several doses of ammonia. The tank is ready for guests after a quarantine.

When I cloned and DNA sequenced my first gene in the 1980s, it took me several weeks and cost my grant several thousand dollars. By the end of my career we could sequence DNA in a matter of days, the cost was less than $100 and the technology became so user-friendly that even undergraduate...

I started my first tank at 69. I plan on keeping fish until the sun sets.

My neocaridina are a thriving colony despite platys, Mollys and endlers.

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