OT- My name is Emma...

[tigger300686]

The tops one looks like hers, but the tigger fish are very orange wiht smaller black bits.... i want some loool

I really want some fish now loool

I like star fish and seahorses there cool.

 

[ukstitch]

We had goldfish called Pepper and George, they died. No idea why

Goldfish are a pain. A lot of shops don't really tell you how to look after them properly, so people take them home and look after them all wrong (not suggesting that's why yours died Emma).

The classic one is that when the bowl gets dirty, people tend to empty it completely, practically sterilise it, then put the fish back again. In truth, this is the worst thing you can do to a dirty tank / bowl because it becomes too clean and the fish suffer.

 

[ukstitch]

Try again then

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

Goldfish are a pain. A lot of shops don't really tell you how to look after them properly, so people take them home and look after them all wrong (not suggesting that's why yours died Emma).

The classic one is that when the bowl gets dirty, people tend to empty it completely, practically sterilise it, then put the fish back again. In truth, this is the worst thing you can do to a dirty tank / bowl because it becomes too clean and the fish suffer.

When i used to clean mine out i always put old water back in the tank as i heard that you should never stick them in a tank of fresh water. One died 2 weeks after we brought him and the other one died 5 months later.

I'm off fish for life, i want a rat

 

[tigger300686]

Nope -- more orange.... bright orange just like tigger....

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

Nope -- more orange.... bright orange just like tigger....

Are you sure your not Tigger in disguise?

 

[ukstitch]

When i used to clean mine out i always put old water back in the tank as i heard that you should never stick them in a tank of fresh water. One died 2 weeks after we brought him and the other one died 5 months later.

I'm off fish for life, i want a rat

You were pretty much told right then... Basically what you do is wipe the glass with a dry cloth (absolutely no soap), use a hoover type thing to clean rubbish from the gravel if you have any, then change part of the water with new stuff. I changed about 1/3 of one tank yesterday and about 1/8 of the other - removed the water and then added fresh water (treated to remove nasty chlorine).

The other thing you can't really do unless you're lucky is place a fish in a brand new tank. It has to run with no fish for a month or 2 first - very frustrating when you're impatient like I am

 

[tigger300686]

Oh how i wish Emma!! I truely love him!!

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

Oh how i wish Emma!! I truely love him!!

Aww thats cute Fay I'm sure he loves you too

 

[ukstitch]

Nope -- more orange.... bright orange just like tigger....

Hmm, the only other fish I can think of would be a Kuhli loach, but that's a very strange shape and I figure you would have mentioned that, plus it's got more black than orange.

Photos please, next time you get a chance - it's going to bug me now

 

[tigger300686]

Humm ok i'll try when we go there next. But the its abit liek a cross between the to pics u put up. The the shape and size of the frist but then more the colouring of the second but brighter orange really....... maybe so polishes them to make them brighter...

 

[ukstitch]

Humm ok i'll try when we go there next. But the its abit liek a cross between the to pics u put up. The the shape and size of the frist but then more the colouring of the second but brighter orange really....... maybe so polishes them to make them brighter...

In that case I guess maybe I was right the first time round and it's just different colours. Clown loaches all have unique colour patterns etc anyway...

 

[tigger300686]

Yeah that prob it then.

 

[Bolanette87]

Well, y'all abandoned me this afternoon!! I've been haunting the DLRP board mournfully while Robert battled Conor on Tekken!

Bob xoxoxox

 

[Bolanette87]

When i used to clean mine out i always put old water back in the tank as i heard that you should never stick them in a tank of fresh water. One died 2 weeks after we brought him and the other one died 5 months later.

I'm off fish for life, i want a rat

My Mam loves Rats!!

My Aunt and Uncle live really far out in the country round here, a couple of miles from me, and they always see Rats running about- Not really what you want to see, but they are often cute!!!

http://boulmerbirder.blogspot.com/

Scroll down to near the bottom to see some of the pics of the rat..... It has since been relocated twelve miles out of the way!! It's a cutie though....!!

Bob xoxoxox

 

[ukstitch]

Well, y'all abandoned me this afternoon!! I've been haunting the DLRP board mournfully while Robert battled Conor on Tekken!

Bob xoxoxox

I'm still here! I'm just proof reading coursework in a different window at the same time

 

[Bolanette87]

I'm still here! I'm just proof reading coursework in a different window at the same time

Fair enough!! Thats allowed!

Bob xoxoxox

 

[tigger300686]

I'm here Kinda but then kinda not loool As I'm doing some C/W.

 

[Bolanette87]

As long as I'm not abandoned!!

I'm in a super-mega-hyper-planning mode today!!!

Bob xoxoxoxox

 

[tigger300686]

Hehe i will be when i can get some programmage!!!! I need to know whats going on..... like NOW!! haha

My head still hurts!!!

lool gosh this thread has grown- it like the new general chat **** thread loool (opps is didnt star out my naughty word... so I did lool)