New School News
We know you’ve been wondering what’s been happening with those fish Talia was talking about in January…
First and foremost, we learned that Tiger Barbs are not a perfect fit for the environment at Buddings. Two weeks after their celebrated arrival, all but one had died, and the last one was tormenting the Long-Fin Ancestrus by sneaking up on him and nibbling his long fins. Benson and I took him back to the store and bought five more of the Neon Tetras, three active and interesting cleaner shrimp, and a beautiful orange-finned Siamese fighting fish named Beta.
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A lovely love, born of shared adversity and triumph, has been growing between our original Red-finned Tetra and Cherry Barb. The two survivors swim around together, and seem to have a sweet inter-species friendship. But after introducing them to the new fishy friends, it became… clear… that the tank was in need of a serious cleaning. And so…
An epic adventure of transferring, screening, and syphoning…
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Before and after pictures show some of the changes, but you can hardly see how much nicer the rocks and glass are. But Maksim can tell!
