I had removed their spawning pipe 2 days prior because they were busy parent raising fry. Guess they fooled me! The Female is the Silver veiltail and the Male is the Pearlscale with regular tail.

Jan29. 2005

Here I have 1 spawn at 12 days old swimming in 10 gallon tank(400+ babies). I have a new spawn of wigglers 4 days old(200+ babies) in the 1 gal incubator with air diffuser . They are all inside the 10 gallon tank. The blue water is the result of the Mythlene Blue I added to prevent the eggs from developing bacteria inside the 1 gallon incubator.

Dec. 19 2004

Here are the babies from the  above  picture  at 4 weeks of age in a 55 gallon tank.They are about the size of peas in this photo.

Jan. 16, 2005

One of our little Bala Sharks. This one measures in at just under 12 inches. They just never seem to stop growing so we have to keep buying larger tanks. Their next home will be a 125 gallon tank, once I get a stand built for the tank.

Aug. 12, 2006

Here are our 5 Clown Loaches (Botia Marcanthis). They love to cycle around the tank with the Bala Sharks. We are sure they chant "I'm a Shark" when they are following along with the Bala's.

Aug. 12, 2006

Our Kitties

Here is a picture of the "Queen" . She rules with an iron paw and weighs in at a slender 22 lbs. When I am too busy cleaning and feeding fish she lets me know when she needs attention by tapping me on the hip until I stop and pet her or rub her ears.Lately she has decided that she is a lap cat, which can be a little tough on the legs when she puts full weight on your lap. Her pet peeve is Pearl, Layla swears she has cooties and stinks bad(lol). Her favorite thing is a black & white (naturally) knitted ball that she carries around and howls like she is on her last leg, it is the weirdest sound. Of course she always brings it to me like a puppy dog (it is so funny). When I work on my website she is always laying at my side like a puppy dog...The latest joke is that we are going to attach bigger ears and call her our pet Welsh Corgi.

Photo taken  Feb 5, 2005 "Layla"

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The Princess Pearl. She likes to squeak quitely and cause the other two kitties extreme grief. She has various different personalities that take her over from time to time. "Lillian" is a cute playful kitty who likes to nuzzle up to us and play with her mommy. "Luther" is her devilish persona where she bites stalks and attacks the other Kitties when they least expect it. Pearl uses the mirrored hallway closet doors to practise her boxing skills with her own reflection. She is so vain, if she sees she is being watched, she will non challantly walk away, pretending nothing happened. One of her main jobs here is to supervise me when I'm busy cleaning the fish tanks, she chases the old waste out of the tanks along the syphon hose to the sink. Periodically she likes to exercise the Bala Sharks and Clown Loaches, just to see them get panicked. We have a "No Interior Closed Doors Policy"  that she eagerly enforces when we forget.

Photo taken  Nov 11, 2004  "Pearl"

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We are sorry to say but on November 17, 2006 Vanilla passed away. She went to sleep on one of her resting  spots, the computer chair and passed  on in her sleep. She will be deeply missed!

The Queen Mum. Well she really isn't the Queen's Mum but we like to affectionately call her that. Every once in a while the Alzheimer sets in and she howls when she forgets what she was doing. Her favorite past time is to ying yang with Layla on the spare bed and sleep the days away. Her pet peave is the med's she has to have every 2 days. She has incredibly keen hearing when I try to open those pill bottles..she's hunches her back and waddles off to hide under the spare bed. Then after the meds she tries to play like a young kitten again..

Photo Taken July 2004  "Vanilla"

February 15, 1991- November 17, 2006. Rest In Peace & Enjoy the Butterflies

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