Well, lets just say that about 3 weeks ago there were about 65 fry in the tank i was keeping them in. I have been doing 10% water changes and didnt suck any up at all (i had a bucket underneath the airline hose i was using as a siphon tube just incase i did). Now there are just 12 of them left and they are now swimming happily* around in a big 48 ltr tank compared to their old 12 ltr one.(* except for one which has a deformity due to inbreeding and now has a neck bent to the right at bout 10-15 degrees just behind the head as you look at him from the top of the tank, he is also failing to stay upright and has almost given up except for the odd occasional flick of his tail, soon, i think there will be just 11 out of the 120 eggs i put in there that are still alive but i hope out of all hope that this does not happen and he pulls through against all the odds)
The tank i have them in now is unfiltered until they get to be a fair amount bigger and stronger as at the moment they would just be sucked in and blitzed or caught in the current and be killed as they are flung into the far wall of the tank (however they did manage to survive being sucked along a 2 metre bit of airline tubing into a bucket which was then gently poured out into the 48 ltr tank)
I still find it amazing that nature can be so kind and loving and yet so hateful and sinful (but then as a satanist, i can't really talk about being 'sinful') as to leave but 10% of them left. But i think in a way that i should be thanking nature (because think about it, what are you going to do with 120 goldfish eh?)
I dragged out 106 little bodies from the blanket weed put in there to give them some food (a medium sized clump about 10 cm) and buried them all beside my orange/black koi (jaffa who died naturally of old age at 43 years old). Bless their 117 little souls, i wish the nothing but clear water and plenty of fish food for the afterlife ahead of them.
R.I.P little ones R.I.P
The tank i have them in now is unfiltered until they get to be a fair amount bigger and stronger as at the moment they would just be sucked in and blitzed or caught in the current and be killed as they are flung into the far wall of the tank (however they did manage to survive being sucked along a 2 metre bit of airline tubing into a bucket which was then gently poured out into the 48 ltr tank)
I still find it amazing that nature can be so kind and loving and yet so hateful and sinful (but then as a satanist, i can't really talk about being 'sinful') as to leave but 10% of them left. But i think in a way that i should be thanking nature (because think about it, what are you going to do with 120 goldfish eh?)
I dragged out 106 little bodies from the blanket weed put in there to give them some food (a medium sized clump about 10 cm) and buried them all beside my orange/black koi (jaffa who died naturally of old age at 43 years old). Bless their 117 little souls, i wish the nothing but clear water and plenty of fish food for the afterlife ahead of them.
R.I.P little ones R.I.P
