7 posts tagged “fish”
Yesterday I got three new fish - YoYo Loaches - presumably named because they're markings make it look like the word "Yo" is written several times across their sides (not a great picture for that, but trust me on that one). I know they eat snails, which for me was their main selling point since I still have a bit of a snail problem. When I got home I looked them up to see if there was anything important I should know about having them. Nothing incredible came out of it except this really weird bit of info:
A razor sharp movable spine under each eye? How flippin' weird is that? Thats like, x-men weird."A word of caution when purchasing these fish is to make sure that they are double bagged for the trip home. Being from the genus Botia these fish have a movable spine under each eye that is razor sharp. Care should also be taken when netting because if the spine should become entangled in the net, the fish can be injured."
I want a razor sharp movable spine under my eyes.
This is from my new phone. Teeny tiny and only 30 seconds. But hey, its a phone too.
Finally, I can post my fistank movies on comet!
Thank you comet team!!
Clownfish and anenome @ 826 valencia.
Most of you know about dog, who lives on my desk. But I also have a 35 gallon tank at home. Thanks to the wonders of youtube.com you can now watch my fishtank at home too.
Dog is making a bubble nest. That means he's happy and is settling down - and hopefully wont be jumping out of his tank any time soon. Building a bubble nest means he's ready to have babies. Of course, he can't all by himself and I'm all for fish abstinance in this case, but its still cute.
Most of you have met Dog, the Marketing Department's Aquatic Companion (MDAC), or at least know about him due to last week's brush with airy destiny (he jumped into my pen cup).
What you probably don't know is that I brought the plants in from my 20 gallon tank at home. My tank at home has a little bit of a problem. A snail problem. What started out as three snails, quickly became five trillion snails. I dont like to kill things but I can at least justify a little natural selection. I bought teeny tiny puffer fish that eat baby snails. So they, at least take care of the next generation and have a nice escargot meal at the same time.
You also may not know that snails lay eggs. It looks like clear jelly most of the time and it sticks to plants and you usually dont see it. You just get surprised by trillions of nearly microscopic baby snails about two weeks later.
Getting back to the point, these plants that I brought from home. I just noticed they have snail egg jelly alllllll over them. So I estimate that in about a week I will have at least 40 baby snails on my hands. They're sort of facinating and fun to watch. Maybe you'd like some of your very own? They'd live pretty well in a cup of water for a bit. You could take breaks and watch them. You could dress them up as your favorite star wars character and watch them battle. You could paint their shells bright colors and sneak them into that bag of skittles on your office mates desk. Otherwise, honestly, they'll probably get flushed.
Check back at my desk in a week and see if you fall in love with one of the little gastropodic wonders.
