Great big thanks to everyone here who helped me out over the past two months. :clap:
I received 9 Boeseman's Rainbowfish on Tuesday morning at about 9:30 AM. :dance: They were purchased from Tanner (Rarefishatlax on aquabid.com or http://www.thatfishshop.com/ ). This breeder was chosen based on the recommendation of Roan Art (special thanks for all the help I received from her!) Tanner did an excellent job with shipping and overshipped (ordered 6, shipped 9) in case of losses during travel. Fortunately, he did such a good job shipping that so far (after over 72 hours) all 9 are alive and look healthy in spite of the 20F temperature outside here when they arrived!!! (keeping my fingers crossed that all will stay healthy).
They are a joy to watch. They'll get scared and all go into hiding amoung the fake plants, then as I sit and watch TV, they'll come out one or two at a time and start a school in the swimming space. They like to stick together and explore the tank together. The more comfortable they get, the more they spread out and explore alone. Oh and they go crazy for freshly hatched baby brine shrimp.
My cat finally realized that there was something alive in there about two days later. I think she was so used to the tank being empty during the 8 week fishless cycle! :joke:
Anyway, just wanted to say thanks for the help and information. I'll be posting some pics after they grow a bit and start to color.
I received 9 Boeseman's Rainbowfish on Tuesday morning at about 9:30 AM. :dance: They were purchased from Tanner (Rarefishatlax on aquabid.com or http://www.thatfishshop.com/ ). This breeder was chosen based on the recommendation of Roan Art (special thanks for all the help I received from her!) Tanner did an excellent job with shipping and overshipped (ordered 6, shipped 9) in case of losses during travel. Fortunately, he did such a good job shipping that so far (after over 72 hours) all 9 are alive and look healthy in spite of the 20F temperature outside here when they arrived!!! (keeping my fingers crossed that all will stay healthy).
They are a joy to watch. They'll get scared and all go into hiding amoung the fake plants, then as I sit and watch TV, they'll come out one or two at a time and start a school in the swimming space. They like to stick together and explore the tank together. The more comfortable they get, the more they spread out and explore alone. Oh and they go crazy for freshly hatched baby brine shrimp.
My cat finally realized that there was something alive in there about two days later. I think she was so used to the tank being empty during the 8 week fishless cycle! :joke:
Anyway, just wanted to say thanks for the help and information. I'll be posting some pics after they grow a bit and start to color.
. My cats looove watching the tank. Though their favorite was the gourami who is no longer living 
. But they like the little oto's when they stick to the glass adn the guppies who like to tease them (and hence the kitties have torn down my background thinking they could get to them.
