Slacking off

Okay, so I've been slacking on my blogging.
There has been some drama here. I went from having six of my own fish, and two foster fish, to four of my own fish and one foster fish in ONE day. One of the foster fish died almost immediately after arriving at my house. then I turned around and realized that Digby and Pigby, my two otocinclus catfish, were both dead as well. So I FREAKED out. I'm still not sure what happened to them. Many people tell me that otos are sensitive and prone to dying, some say they are not...I have a theory that Ned, the betta they were housed with, may have gone postal over night and killed them. I tested the water and it was fine. He, I think is probably one of, if not THE, healthiest of all of my bettas, and has if anything thrived since the demise of his tankmates. Maybe they stressed him out. Maybe he is undercover during the day as my mellow, sweet little guy, but turns into someone crazy at night. Maybe he was trying to sleep and flipped out and finally lost it on the otos- who are of course, nocturnal.

I finally recovered from that shock, and focused on the foster fish who was left. I thought at first it troubles were external looked like he something going on there, but then realized that he probably had internal trouble as well...but he would not eat. I even tried the garlic and pea thing. (Which made my house smell like garlic for days, pretty sure my husband is never goign to eat garlic again) and then realized that he was also blind. He died during the day after trying the garlic and peas.

So, fearing an outbreak (since I'm relatively certain Emerson has a bit of the bug himself) I switched EVERYONE to medicated food for about five days. Actually still have Emerson on it for a bit longer. but everyone else has been freed, especially Olive since she wasn't eating it anyway. But she eats everything else fine.

When I get some pictures taken, i will have some things to show. I still felt Emerson (because is a giant) was crowded in his 1.25 gallon tank, so I bought him a 3g. I think he is happier now. :) So I moved Olive from the 1 gallon bowl into the 1.25 tank. Charlotte has also moved into the lovely cylinder I got from SNIPE. I might move her into a bigger cylinder eventually, but she's so small, this small one seems to suit her and is still bigger than the tank she was in.


Picked up two more foster fish yesterday. One didn't even make it home, and the 2nd one died during the night. :( I'm obviously running much more of hospice than i had planned. Hopefully next time I can get some that I can actually help, who aren't so far gone. I have a fish cemetary happening in my yard cause I hate flushing them.

That in a nutshell is what has been happening around here.