Waterlogged

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One of the very first corys we brought home back in the summer. Right around the time of an X concert, dontcha know.

The newest tiny cories in the house. They're a little less than an inch long.

I got two small hillstream loaches about ten days ago. (Said purchase was prompted partly by my new fascination with string rays.) This is the smaller one, which is maybe 3/4“ wide and 1“ long. I rarely get to see them from their top angle, but their bellies are very cute.

(One more photo below the fold.)

This is the largest tank in the house. I wouldn't want to carry anything larger up and down the stairs.

A good photograph of my first fish tank (started last July) still eludes me. For now, this is the best I've got.

Krista has gotten me started in trying to keep shrimp. I've got a couple of varieties, red cherry shrimp and amano shrimp. Above, the picture is an adult RCS. Below, a juvenile. The juvenile is what started it all. It tagged along as a hitchiker when I bought some corydoras hastatus. Krista said: "How cute!" Next thing you know, I'm buying two more at the exorbitant price of 9$ each. One of those died today, I'm not sure if it's the one in the picture above. I found a better source, I hope, on Aquabid, where I can get them for a couple of bucks apiece.

At about 2 1/2 months, I suppose can quit calling them fry. I haven't done an exact count, but I think the net population gain was around 12 from the hundred or so wigglers. I seemed to lose about one or two a day for each of the sixty days. There are five nicely sized bronze cories dwelling in a new 3 gallon tank, and about six or seven smaller ones left in the 10gallon temporary tank I set up. I suppose I'll get around to shutting down the nursery in the next few days. One advantage of using a reasonably large nursery is being able to use a built in brine shrimp hatchery: