Notes:
January 21, 2001
We got this tank and stand second-hand from a friend of the family. The footprint is 4 feet x 18 inches, and it's 2 feet tall, which we guestimate makes it about 100 gallons. It's touch to change the water because if the depth of the tank, but it does look pretty. The gravel is hideous, leftover stuff from my first ever goldfish tank. Tacky gravel never dies. Someday I'll replace it. The tank was bare for a long time (no substrate), but the geophagus like to dig in the substrate (hence the name "geophagus - earth eater), and it just seemed wrong not to give them something to rummage through.
We keep the tank at around 74-76 F with one submersible Ebo Jager heater. The tank has several pieces of rock on the bottom, and a large piece of driftwood. We lost several of our other fish in fall of 2000 due to a strange illness, including our awesome plecostomus. I hope to get another one soon.
We feed these fish Tetra Bits ("color bits"), tropical fish flakes, and large cichlid sticks. Occasionally, they get frozen green peas (shelled), frozen bloodworms, or zucchini (steamed or frozen).
Here are some photos of our fish. Click on any photo for a larger
view. These pictures were taken in the fall of 2000:
These photos were all taken with our Nikon Cookpix 990 digital camera (scaled down and compressed for the web). Feel free to write to me for more information or with any comments. Please do not copy or use these photos without contacting me for permission first. Thanks!