Lazy Life of Fish

Life has been a little traumatic for our fish recently. In late October, the filter on our top tank stopped working. Due to a lack of money free to invest in a new filter, we had to go au natural in the top tank. We feared that our bigger fish in the top tank would die, so we moved them to the bottom tank where the filter still worked. That overstocked the bottom tank, but was our best chances of fish surviving. The nitrate levels in both tanks skyrocketed, but no fish died in the top tank (God preserves the sparrows). Recently, Trevor (our first Gourami) died in the bottom tank. We set aside some money to get a new filter for the top tank. Once the new filter was bought and ran for a day or so, we moved Spike (our largest Angelfish) back up to the top tank. Most recently, Katy bought me a new Gourami named Hope. Hope is larger than Bronch and they seem to get along better than Bronch and Itis and Trevor. I think Hope is a male and the rest were females. Soon T will be moved back to the top tank, too.

We have Katy's dad's old 30 gallon tank now as well. Once we get a stand for it, we can start the process of preparing it for fish. This may be a while, though.