http://www.fishkeeping.co.uk/ Entries for AliBunn Sun, 19 May 2013 20:28:53 +00:00 http://backend.userland.com/rss/ Fish Blogs weBLog fishadmin@fishkeeping.co.uk fishadmin@fishkeeping.co.uk en http://www.fishkeeping.co.uk/images/logo.gif http://www.fishkeeping.co.uk/ 144 80 http://www.fishkeeping.co.uk/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=309 I'm new to fishkeeping, having got the boys - Chester (Black Moor) and Peter (Calico Ryukin) - just a couple of weeks ago. They're currently in a death prison BiOrb 30 litre tank and awaiting whatever upgrades we can afford in the near future.Since finding out how very unsuitable a 30 litre tank is for fancies I have found myself spending every waking moment researching the nitrogen cycle, cycling tanks, fish medicines and food, types of fish, types of plant... anything fish related! I have read hundreds of old threads on the fishkeeping.co.uk forums and spent hours looking at pictures of pretty fish. Oh, and planning a lovely shrimp tank for the BiOrb once I have a nice 200 litre one for the fish.Today I spent a good hour writing the first draft of a complaint to the shop where I got the boys in which I'm trying to make them feel guilty as well as hopefully make them want to change their ways.I have dealt with many people telling me that my fish will "grow to the size of the tank" and that "it's only a fish". I've argued the point with some. "My goldfish from the fair was fine in its bowl for at least 6 months" is another of my favourites. 6 months of its 15+ year life expectancy, that's great!What I'm wondering now is, what on earth did I spend my time on before this? Reading, music, work? Yes, yes and yes. But this is much more fun! I guess this old fish-keeping thing has really got me - hook, line and sinker!Ali. x(PS - sorry about the pun, I couldn't resist!) Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:37:17 +00:00 http://www.fishkeeping.co.uk/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=309