This experiment into having an ecosystem tank has been wild! I find it needs constant attention to stay stable. Recently I took off for a week and left it in the care of my mother. During this time something happened, not sure what, and I lost three of my five hillstream loaches including the two… Continue reading Sick Betta and Baby Nerite Snails??

Recently I took a vacation to Maine and while I was up there I decided to check out what I was told was a bomb independent fish store – Vance’s Aquatics. It was a small but well stocked fish store with both common and unusual fish. It’d just gotten in a small group of bettas… Continue reading Adding a New Betta Male!