New pictures, New fishies. R.I.P. Mini-Koi.

Well, we've got new pictures! First, we got some fishies yesterday. We got two new albino cories so they could school, which means we now have four cories: Lenny, Carl, Barney and Homer. We don't actually know their genders, but if any of them has eggs, we'll know. We also got a ramshorn snail, named Mr. Snail. We ALSO got a painted red platy named Mini-Koi (he had black speckles like a koi), but Paul didn't like him. He flared up at him every time he passed by, and chased him a little. Eventually, we found Mini-Koi at the bottom of the tank, dead, with part of his tail-fin missing. Tail-fins heal, so we think he just got too stressed out, and the nipping was the final straw.

*sigh*

So, I guess our tank is complete. No more platies for Paul.

Happy pictures! Oro decided to try to take a nap in our CD shelf, so naturally we had to take a picture. We also got a picture of the kitties playing in the tub. They looooove the tub. Every time we got to take a shower, they have to come with us. If we don't let them in, Meara meows at the door. They like to walk between the two shower curtains (the inside and outside, not the one at the end). Oro tries to attack me through the clear one. He fell in once, doing that. Heehee. Sometimes, Oro will camp out on the ledge at the foot of the tub, while Meara sits on the toilet and stick her head in to watch the water. Then when you leave, they lick the water out of the tub. And these little rat cats have a water fountain!

Oh, and Meara peed on the shower mat. Baaad Meara. Bad. Its soaking right now.

Window kitty! 

Tub kitties! 

Kitty! 

Cories! 

Snail! 

Fishcam

You can see the fishies live, now! Albeit at a low frame rate and resolution... Anywho, log on to Yahoo!Messenger and find sini_violin. I think you can view the webcam by double-clicking on my screen name, as if you wanted to chat.

I think.

Try it! :D


P.S. Eabha.net gone. Yahoo webhosting people are annoying. Next website will not be with them. Grrr.

New Fishie Post

Well, upon closer inspection, I've decided the aquarium photo--while showing the aquarium well--simply does not do justice to the fishies. So, here's another couple of pictures. The cories move too fast to get a good picture of, so you'll just have to be content with a rear-view flash photo of one of the cories. The other is non-flash, and shows Paul's colours very well, me thinks. He posed for me for about a minute, while I was trying to get a good picture. Paul is much more cooperative with the camera. :P

Paul wants to know what the big gray box is. 

One of the Cories. 

New Fishies!!

Well, we did it. We gots us some new fishies! We got a ten-gallon tank, with some gravel, live plants and a fish house shaped like a cambodian sculpture (building?) Anywho, the picture's not stellar, but its decent. Now for introductions!

The betta is Paul [Atreides], because he's succeeding Duke Atreides and Baron Harkonnen.

The two albino (yes, albino) cories are Lenny and Carl. Their actual genders are unknown.

Enjoy! Meara sure is.. Oro only sat and watched for a minute, but Meara's been watching them for HOURS. She also tries to eat them or paw them through the glass. Hee. We'll be getting more fish later, but we need to let the bacteria catch up first.


Extra investments (or additions to the tank):

Water testing kit, which tests ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, and pH.
Fishie food.
Heater and thermometer.
3-way filter.


Yay!

Fishies! 

Meara interrupting my work. (That's the camera wrist strap.) 

R.I.P.

Rest in peace, Baron Harkonnen and Duke Atreides. You were good fishies. *sniff*

June - July 2005


There was something wrong with water cleaner.

Oro and Meara bein' cute 

Oro likes his catnip. 

The heat! The heat!

So.. its been about 85 to 95 degrees here recently. Not so bad compared to Oklahoma, huh? Well, here's the problem: We don't have air conditioners. If we chose to buy and install one ourselves, we would have to pay an extra 20 dollars a month for it. *sob* So, currently, we have an armada of fans running, and we're keeping the curtains closed to block the sunlight.

The kitties have been pretty docile during the day, probably because of the heat, but they're maniacs at night. Sometimes, at about three in the morning, Meara decides to yowl/chirp to get our attention. Bad kitty. Oro and Meara chase each other around in the early morning: over the bed, through the bathtub, etc. Right now Meara's all conked out in her kitty box. (Not her litter box: the box we brought her home from the shelter in.) Meh. At least the kitties are happy.

Melanie