hobbies New aquarium!

[Uncle Eckley]

The water changes finally caught up to the nitrite production! I ought to be able change the water only every other day now.

 

[Downriver]

I'm starting to think we need to change the title of this thread.

WHERE'S THE FISH?!?!?

 

[Tinkerbelle]

 

[Siv]

Well he did say aquarium - to qualify it's just a tank with water that you can look in to.

 

[Uncle Eckley]

Nitrites were above 5ppm today, as expected. I'll change the water again tomorrow. What fun!

The fish are still in Texas.

 

[Downriver]

 

[Uncle Eckley]

Still nitrites. I'm feeling pretty discouraged.

 

[CaneDog]

You and me both

Hang in there E. At least you're reading something other than ammonia. Final stretch now.

 

[sicman]

Been gone a week. Thought I would have fish

 

[Uncle Eckley]

Just came across this. Baby Franko!

 

[Bou]

Just came across this. Baby Franko!

Cute little pup!

 

[Tinkerbelle]

Just came across this. Baby Franko!

bugger the fish, gimme the puppy

nice sleight of hand Eck

 

[Uncle Eckley]

No appreciable developments today. Water change tomorrow.

 

[CaneDog]

Just came across this. Baby Franko!

Just a little bit late with the source of free ammonia

 

[Uncle Eckley]

Just a little bit late with the source of free ammonia

Y'mean puppy pee? This is an old photo. It's actually Frankie Donuts' birthday tomorrow! She's five.

 

[CaneDog]

Yep, exactly. The nickname threw me off. I thought maybe you got tired of waiting for the fish and got yourself a new pup.

 

[Uncle Eckley]

Yep, exactly. The nickname threw me off. I thought maybe you got tired of waiting for the fish and got yourself a new pup.

We'd like a third, but these two jokers are plenty. Charlie's only two years old, besides. Gotta space 'em out more than that. I couldn't lose more than one in any short space; it would break me.

 

[Uncle Eckley]

Yep, exactly. The nickname threw me off.

We call them by lots of names.

Frankie Donuts:
Frankie Too Much
Frankie Spanky
Frankie Doodle
Franko
Frankenstein (for whom she was actually named)

Charlie Beans:
Charles
Bruce
Brucie
Baby Bear
Big Bad Bitch

They're both, "bubbas," which has devolved from, "puppies," over the 17 years since we rescued our first doggo.

 

[CaneDog]

By whatever name, it's a great pic of Franko. I'd like to keep a dog, unfortunately I can't currently dedicate the time to properly provide for all one's needs.

 

[Uncle Eckley]

So.. I lamented my stalled cycle to my vendor and he says just go:

To be honest, I never worry about cycling tanks when adding juveniles. The volume of water is so massive compared to the amount of waste the fish would be able to produce.

Dogma is insidious. He's right, of course - I've been stacking mattresses worried about a pea when these little guys would most likely not notice a bowling ball. Looks like I'll finally be ordering this week. Happy to be getting the fish, but still feel defeated.

When I first started keeping fish, I'd draw water for changes into buckets and Prime the buckets before moving the water into the tank for fear of chlorine. I eventually got tired of the extra step and just started adding Prime directly to the tank before refilling. It's always worked fine.