What Is The Deal With People Wanting To Eat Their Goldfish?

I own a very small and not often visited tropical fish forum.  I thought the name was clever, etc.  At some point, someone posted a question asking if goldfish are edible.  Disturbingly, this have become the #1 reason people come to the site – referred to the site by searching to find out if . . . → Read More: What Is The Deal With People Wanting To Eat Their Goldfish?

African Cichlid Stocking Screw Up

I posted before about converting a 55G tank to African Cichlids.  All is going well, but I happened upon a few concerning articles, specifically this one about keeping Mbuna cichlids for beginners.  As it turns out, I managed to buy two of the three fish that the author strongly cautions against.  I have a . . . → Read More: African Cichlid Stocking Screw Up

The Terrible Fish

I had a chance to visit the Tellus Museum in Georgia this weekend with my oldest son for cub scouts.  There were a number of very interesting fossil displays.  Including on named “The Terrible Fish”, pictured here:

It’s hard to get a perspective of how big this thing is, so I took a . . . → Read More: The Terrible Fish

Converting My Tank From Gravel To Sand

As I mentioned in my 55G disaster post, I decided to convert the aquarium in my family room from a community tank to African cichlids.  The ph of my water is somewhat low (~6), and African cichlids like higher ph, in the 7 to 8 range.  A good way to do this is with . . . → Read More: Converting My Tank From Gravel To Sand

Disaster in a 55 gallon tank

I worked from home this past Wednesday, following my normal routine – get up early, go to the gym, come home and get on a conference by 8am.  Somewhere between calls, I make the rounds to turn on my aquarium lights and feed the tanks.  When I walked into my family room and turned . . . → Read More: Disaster in a 55 gallon tank