Tropical Fish

I can give you pictures! Heehee

Here are my female bettas:

Tess:



Rain:



Laken:



Marcy:



And this one doesn't have a name yet...



I don't have any pictures of the cories but they're super cute. Heehee

My male betta, Gideon:



This next picture is only about 6 months older than that first one but you can see how he now has a huge navy blue streak through his anal fin. His color, marble, is known for changing dramatically and weirdly.



My goldfish!

This is their tank:



This is S.E.F. (or Special Ed Fish). She only has one eye. I'm not really sure what breed she is yet. She's either a Fantail (most likely) or a short-tailed Ryukin. I'll know for sure in a few months.





She absolutely adores this pink vase. She'll go in there and sit for hours and if I try to take it out of the tank, she seems to get "mad" until I return it. Hahaha



This is D.F. (or Differently gifted Fish). She has a bubble obsession and special food needs. She can't have too much of certain things or else she'll get floaty and become unable to sink in the tank. She's a Crown Pearlscale goldfish.



And this is Mr. T (also known as Tentacle fish). He has a dorsal fin deformity that's probably genetic and since his eyes are so large and awkward he sometimes has a hard time finding food. He's a Black Moor goldfish.



The snail!



I don't have any pictures of my pleco because he's pretty shy but he's a cutie! His name is Hobbes, like Calvin and Hobbes. Heehee

Thanks for the pics!! That is a beautiful tank, how big is it? I think that one eyed fish is kind of cool actually. That is so funny about the pink vase. I have a video of a tropical fish we went to look at. She had the coolest personality I had ever seen I never actually realized that a lot of fish have some really neat personalities.

Great pics you shared!

Thanks! The goldfish tank is thirty gallons. I actually found that tank at Goodwill! I had to buy a light for it and a hood ($40) but the tank itself was $20 which is still a pretty dang good deal if you ask me! Haha especially since later in the day I went to Petsmart and happened to see that tank and yknow how much they were asking for it, just the tank and the hood and light? Almost $90! O.o

Yeah, S.E.F. Is definitely my favorite. The day I got her I went to the store with every intention of buying a "perfect" fish since I usually end up with the pathetic animals that need me but then I saw her, behind all the other fish in the tank, seemingly scared to join them all up at the glass, and I knew right then and there that she was mine. I can't wait to spend, hopefully, the next five years with her. She could actually live to be over ten but that's more rare, 5 years is a pretty reasonable estimate, although, I hope she's around in ten years! She'll be huge by then, at least 7 inches long. O.o

Tropical fish, especially the larger ones, have such personality! I'm definitely a large fish person. Haha I had some cherry barbs (small, very pretty, tiny fish) for a while and they were very nice to look at but it was definitely like the difference between finches and parrots, if you know what I mean. Finches are really in their own little world and parrots want to be with you...

Ah, I could go on all day! Horses and fish, my two major loves. =P

That is so neat. I'll definitely try to remember to post that video of that fish we saw. It was the neatest thing I had ever seen.

I'll come back later with the video.

Cherry Barbs are lovely little fish, we used to have a pair until my bully of a Tetra ate them. Used to have a lovely tank at one point then we decided to get rid after all the fish had died and now just have the one tank and one fish. I love the Pearl Danios, used to have a couple but they died a couple of years ago.

Fish are absolutely phenomenal. I'm still trying to do all the research to set up a 75 gallon tank, might go slightly bigger. Great pics everyone!

Go bigger if you can My2Geldings. Otherwise you'll be wishing you had! LOL

That's what everyone is telling me. The thing is, I have never set up a salt water tank and I'm afraid to start something bigger just because of big of a project a 75g tank is going to be in itself. As you posted above tho, everyone has been saying to start off with bigger. The aquarium guy I dealt with at the store, was the one to tell me to start off with at least 75g in size. I might look with something a little bigger.