apocraphya 5 Posted December 19, 2009 Alistair bought me 3 new fishes yesterday for my tank. DJ unfortunately passed away and I gave Skoot away to a friend who has a biorb and knows about dwarf puffers. Skoot wasn't doing too well in the big tank and I didn't know what else to do. I didn't want to have a beautiful tank being empty so Alistair and I went to our lfs and I fell in love with these guys. I eventually came up with names about an hour or so after getting them settled into their new home. Here are my new additions to our household: This is Puddles This is Peaches and this is Kai 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clweddell 0 Posted December 19, 2009 Love them! I bet they look great together! I love the white on Peaches.....but Kai is really cute too! And the white on Puddles is gorgeous.....so glad you didn't have to choose from them!!!! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anielynn 3 Posted December 19, 2009 Lovely trio you have there. Great find. Congratulations. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RanchuDressing 2,542 Posted December 19, 2009 Congratulations on the new fish! I especially like Peaches, but they're all adorable. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benandjamie22 6 Posted December 19, 2009 love them...peaches is my fave...shh don't tell k? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hidr 4,961 Posted December 19, 2009 Very nice. But Peaches is my Fave too. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy 2 Posted December 20, 2009 They are beautiful, nice shots! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogsbykat 22 Posted December 20, 2009 They are a gorgeous group, I can't pick a fave! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lupin 11 Posted December 20, 2009 Neat! I especially love Peaches. So irresistible. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caitie 36 Posted December 20, 2009 on your . They are a great looking group but I have a soft spot for Peaches. She just looks so sweet. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johann_pond 39 Posted December 20, 2009 Very nice...they al look great. Puddles is my fav! I love Red-caps 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amynmitchell 61 Posted December 20, 2009 Wow...I can't imagine the fun of getting that many at once! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kshepherd87 3 Posted December 21, 2009 Aww they're so pretty! I love Peaches 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shellbell4ever 1,381 Posted December 21, 2009 Congrats on the new additions There all so pretty,but i love the face on your puddles 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apocraphya 5 Posted December 22, 2009 Here are some more pics of my new babies Puddles Kai with a bit of Peaches Peaches Kai has a tendency for mouth to be going ten a penny after feeding time, eating everything in site no matter how small. Maybe I should've used hoover as a name instead.......lol. I've never seen a fishes mouth go so fast after being fed. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mike and Linda Posted January 2, 2010 (edited) Alistair bought me 3 new fishes yesterday for my tank. DJ unfortunately passed away and I gave Skoot away to a friend who has a biorb and knows about dwarf puffers. Skoot wasn't doing too well in the big tank and I didn't know what else to do. I didn't want to have a beautiful tank being empty so Alistair and I went to our lfs and I fell in love with these guys. I eventually came up with names about an hour or so after getting them settled into their new home. Here are my new additions to our household: This is Puddles This is Peaches and this is Kai Nice pics. What brand of camera did you use. I am looking for a decent one for my fish?? Do you use a heater in your tank if so what temp. Mike Edited January 2, 2010 by Mike and Linda 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apocraphya 5 Posted January 2, 2010 Alistair bought me 3 new fishes yesterday for my tank. DJ unfortunately passed away and I gave Skoot away to a friend who has a biorb and knows about dwarf puffers. Skoot wasn't doing too well in the big tank and I didn't know what else to do. I didn't want to have a beautiful tank being empty so Alistair and I went to our lfs and I fell in love with these guys. I eventually came up with names about an hour or so after getting them settled into their new home. Here are my new additions to our household: This is Puddles This is Peaches and this is Kai Nice pics. What brand of camera did you use. I am looking for a decent one for my fish?? Do you use a heater in your tank if so what temp. Mike We use a finepix SF8000D digital slr camera and most pics are taken with macro. I use a rena heater that we got when I bought Alistairs rena tank and have it set to 20 degrees. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mike and Linda Posted January 2, 2010 (edited) Thanks for the info. I have 2 fantails and 1 Ryukin and 1 Ranchu Lionhead and When I did not use a heater my fish would swim good and now they rest a lot when I had my heat turned up so I am turning it back down to 70. I would like to know what filtration do you use and how many gph? I have 40 g and 3 Aqua clear filters with 550 gph I was just curious to see if maybe I have to much filtration and to much current maybe. Thanks again Mike Your fish are really good looking and look very healthy. This is my setup. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U00Qg8_izrA Edited January 2, 2010 by Mike and Linda 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apocraphya 5 Posted January 2, 2010 I have a 39 us gallon tank with an eheim ecco 2036 external filter 750 lph (198 gph) and an eheim 130 aquaball which does 550 lph (145 gph). At the moment I am only currently running 8.5 times filtration but I find that I can get away with this due to the great results I've had with the Eheim canister. If I was using any other type of filter I would definately go for the 10 times filtration rule of thumb. Your fish should be fine with your over filtration as long as there are some areas of the tank where they can get out of the current. This is how I have my tank at the moment 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mike and Linda Posted January 2, 2010 Nice setup. I am thinking of removing the Aqua clear 30 and just keeping the 2 50's 400 gph. They seem much more livelier since I have dropped the temp. I am at 72 now and tomorrow I will drop to 69. Then i will see how they are. I really believe that goldfish need the cooler water not warmer because of oxygen. Thanks again for your info take care Michael. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gunbunnyj 0 Posted January 2, 2010 Beautiful fish! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apocraphya 5 Posted January 3, 2010 Beautiful fish! Thank you 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
