Well, since Frances blew through my entire saltwater reef crashed. I was without power for over 28 hours, and nothing made it. In attempts to completely restart my tank this afternoon (lots of work, let me tell you!) I made plenty of trips to the LFS. While there, my attention dirfted from the reefing side to the freshwater side, one I hadn't visited in a long time. I have 3 tanks set up, and 2 of them are fresh (10, 29, both were previously planted, but are now beautifully decorated with plastic) and I had been needing to pick up some stuff for those tanks for a while, but I was always preoccupied with my marine tank! Since I knew buying any livestock for the saltwater aquarium was out of the picture (even though they had a beautiful Potter's Angel for sale....OMG! :sad) I figured I could splurge for a much needed algea eater for the 29.
I knew I wanted a Bristlenose Pleco, so walking through the isles looking for one, I accidentally stumbled across the absolute coolest fish, and I new right there I had to have some.
They are so tiny, yet bursting with striking colors. They flitter and flutter out and about the water in loose schools, and captured my heart in an instant. They are: Endler's Livebearers!
MUCH more charming than Guppies and even considered rare, these fish are (IMO) the epitome of the Freshwater Hobby. I couldn't believe how cool these little fish are, and now I can't stop watching them in the 10 Gallon in my room. They are in the tank with 4 other Neon tetras, and everyone is getting along great.
I think it's so odd how I've been a part of the freshwater hobby for over 3 years now, and have never ever heard of these fish until now! All I'm thinking is how lucky I am to stumble upon 7 of these cool little fish! How many of you have these awesome little fish? Dunno about you, but I already want to set up a species tank limited to only these guys- they are so awesome!
:: Wow- I can't believe I just typed that much about these little fish, I'm one of those people that says in 5 sentences what could have been said in 1, so basically, uh, yea, Endler's Livebearers....cool, real cool...::
I knew I wanted a Bristlenose Pleco, so walking through the isles looking for one, I accidentally stumbled across the absolute coolest fish, and I new right there I had to have some.
They are so tiny, yet bursting with striking colors. They flitter and flutter out and about the water in loose schools, and captured my heart in an instant. They are: Endler's Livebearers!
MUCH more charming than Guppies and even considered rare, these fish are (IMO) the epitome of the Freshwater Hobby. I couldn't believe how cool these little fish are, and now I can't stop watching them in the 10 Gallon in my room. They are in the tank with 4 other Neon tetras, and everyone is getting along great.
I think it's so odd how I've been a part of the freshwater hobby for over 3 years now, and have never ever heard of these fish until now! All I'm thinking is how lucky I am to stumble upon 7 of these cool little fish! How many of you have these awesome little fish? Dunno about you, but I already want to set up a species tank limited to only these guys- they are so awesome!
:: Wow- I can't believe I just typed that much about these little fish, I'm one of those people that says in 5 sentences what could have been said in 1, so basically, uh, yea, Endler's Livebearers....cool, real cool...::
