Pog
New Member
Hi All,
Debbie and I (Ken) are looking forward to participating on this web site.
We never intended to keep fish. We moved into our new home in August 1998 (Hertfordshire, England) and were told "there are Goldfish in the garden pond if you want them". Being animal lovers, we said yes. We knew nothing about keeping fish but as time went by we discovered that the water quality of the pond was diabolical and some of the fish were ill. Rather than install pumps and filters, we decided to buy an aquarium and keep them in there. There were two goldfish and, what we though, was a fry. Turned out to be a Tench. All are now well. We have learnt that goldfish grow quickly and have since bought them a 400 Litre tank. The biggest is just over 30.5 cm in length and the Tench is catching-up rapidly.
The story would end there but, we volunteered to look after our neighbour’s tropical fish for three weeks - that was a week ago. We discovered that one of the fish was dead and another was seriously ill. The aquarium had been totally neglected (not intentionally) and was overstocked. Long story short - we bought a bigger aquarium and treated the ill fish, but sadly he was too far gone. We are now claiming ownership of the remaining fish as we think our neighbour will not be interested in having them back when they find out how much work they are.
So here we are. We have 2 Dwarf Congo Frogs, a Blue Gourami (opaline), a Moonlight Gourami and 3 X Corydoras (2 X Albino and 1 X Bronze) – at least, we think we have. We also have 2 unidentified fish - not for long we hope.
We want the best for them all and will leach information from everyone
Meanwhile, we hope to post piccies of the unidentified fish on this site.
TTFN,
Ken and Debbie.
Debbie and I (Ken) are looking forward to participating on this web site.
We never intended to keep fish. We moved into our new home in August 1998 (Hertfordshire, England) and were told "there are Goldfish in the garden pond if you want them". Being animal lovers, we said yes. We knew nothing about keeping fish but as time went by we discovered that the water quality of the pond was diabolical and some of the fish were ill. Rather than install pumps and filters, we decided to buy an aquarium and keep them in there. There were two goldfish and, what we though, was a fry. Turned out to be a Tench. All are now well. We have learnt that goldfish grow quickly and have since bought them a 400 Litre tank. The biggest is just over 30.5 cm in length and the Tench is catching-up rapidly.
The story would end there but, we volunteered to look after our neighbour’s tropical fish for three weeks - that was a week ago. We discovered that one of the fish was dead and another was seriously ill. The aquarium had been totally neglected (not intentionally) and was overstocked. Long story short - we bought a bigger aquarium and treated the ill fish, but sadly he was too far gone. We are now claiming ownership of the remaining fish as we think our neighbour will not be interested in having them back when they find out how much work they are.
So here we are. We have 2 Dwarf Congo Frogs, a Blue Gourami (opaline), a Moonlight Gourami and 3 X Corydoras (2 X Albino and 1 X Bronze) – at least, we think we have. We also have 2 unidentified fish - not for long we hope.
We want the best for them all and will leach information from everyone
Meanwhile, we hope to post piccies of the unidentified fish on this site.
TTFN,
Ken and Debbie.
to the forums! You did a good thing rescueing those fish. This is a slightly evil idea, but to further discourage your neighbour from wanting the fish back, show or email them a 'short' bit of info on fishkeeping. Try to find the most tedious, long and confusing piece you can. 
party party!
