fishies & gecks

side blog of only-goldies run mostly by terifying (aka hayley) you will see all of our pets here! We currently have one betta, four fancy goldfish, a leopard gecko and a hedgehog!

[finefeatheredfish]

A gentle reminder for the chronically ill (mentally and physically) fish keepers. Water chances don’t need to be large to be helpful. I just used a 3 gallon bucket to scoop the water out of the 55 gallon tank. I did 4 scoops, that’s a 12 gallon water change, that’s 22% of my 55 gallon, without stress or hurting my self in under 20 min. On days when I am bad I’ll do 2 buckets a day, that’s 6 gallons, that’s a 11% water change. Doing this daily or ever other day keeps the tanks levels stable and helps the health of the fish.

If you can’t lift 3 gallons, use a 1 gallon. The point is little things help enormously when it comes to the health of our pets.

[aquaticlizrd]

The goldies spawned this morning!!

I’m not too sure how successful the spawn was/will be but I’m already seeing tiny black spots in the eggs and I have removed the obviously unfertilized eggs and made them a makeshift breeder box. There seems to be sand stuck to almost all of the eggs since they weren’t laid on a spawning mop (we weren’t anticipating breeding) and I’m not sure how that will affect their success. Overall there are about 150 eggs.

The potential fry will be the offspring of dante as shes our only female, and potentially all of the other males. However, we think that the fathers are mostly lia and paisley since they were displaying breeding behavior the past few days.

(Also there are some air bubbles on the bottom of the box that look like big unfertilized eggs if you were curious about that) Edit: none of the eggs hatched :(

[cello-slut]

Hello yes I spend hundreds of dollars so I can stare at little squirmy things that live underwater.

[anabantoid]

I couldn’t get over this betta I saw yesterday, he was really pretty and I’m a sucker for the contrast between blue and orange.

[aquaticlizrd]

easily the most photogenic betta i've had, name suggestions are welcome!!

[tosh-orchids]

Cutting the grass and plants in the goldfish aquarium.

[yellowgecko]

She’s been working on this blanket for 10 minutes

[aquaticlizrd]

Unfortunately I have some sad news but we had to put vincent down about a month ago as the tumors he had were really starting to interfere with his behavior and his overall quality of life. I don't have any recent pictures of him simply because the tumors made him look worse than he was and I didnt want to show him looking so sick despite his normal behavior. Vincent was such a cool little fish and I miss him so much but im happy that he lived a good life.

[ddwfr]

ME: Okay son, we’re going to try again… now, when I put it in, you’ve got to notice your reflection this time. HIM: [notices his reflection in the ball and stares at it incessantly] ME:

[celestial-cephalopod-deactivate]

Bedroom 20 gallon long update: Can’t believe how much my rasboras have grown. Very social group of (mostly) ladies (I think).

[aquaticlizrd]

FOODS

[um-yesplease-photography]

have a gif of herby boy

[art-and-things-of-beauty]

Lee Man Fong (1913-1988) - Goldfish, oil on masonite, 122 x 61 cm.

[lizardbeans]

look at that eye!

[mo-nature-nerd-blog]

There is a planted aquarium forum I frequent, and one of the members has the best signature… “There are 2 types of people on this forum. Those that have algae, and those that lie and say they don’t.“ 

[anabantoid]

Unpopular Opinion

Divided tanks are a risk and you shouldn’t even try them. If you want two bettas, get two tanks. If you can’t afford two tanks? You get one betta. You’re not obligated to a fish and you shouldn’t place two fish in an unsafe position in order to have two bettas.

[artdweeb]

Pillow. Apparently.