Reviro: Goldfish Blog

So my dear Shere Khan came down with dropsy last week. I was beside myself with worry. I separated him from Alactraz and rested him in a 15g tub I got from Walmart. I scoured the city looking for anything to help his condition and what should I run in to but API General Cure. He was in a pretty bad way and I was certain he was going to die anyway so I figured there was little harm in trying it. Two days later he was no longer swollen, his shape had returned, and he was swimming upright again. It’s now 3 days later and he’s looking and feeling great (: Not sure what other people have tried but the General Cure worked wonders for my little guy. Just thought I’d share!

Little update on the main tank. Not too excited. I  basically stripped off the black paper (which I think I’ll go back to a black bg) and pulled the plants. Right now I’m just trying to decide what to do with this. Big fish is Rage, little orange is Sage, and the oranda is Gaia. Gaia is probably the only rough and tumbled oranda I’ve ever met. Alcatraz was supposed to balance out this set but they aren’t getting along with her so we’ll see what happens. Goldfish apparently have very complex societies.

Quick and dirty video of my hospital tank. Shere Khan has an impossible to get rid of fungus and he’s turning silver...because reasons? Alcatraz turned white and I have now discovered ‘he’ is actually a ‘she’...and ‘she’ does not get along with any of the other fish in the main tank because they’re always bullying her. Shere Khan is pushy with her sometimes but they get along okay. She’s not actually sick but I’ve nowhere else to put her at the moment. Sad she lost her orange spots but she’s cute this way too, I guess. Enjoy~

Not a fish I own, just some random plate painting lol

Art time, with more fish! Finally got around to finishing this one of Shere Khan I’ve been working on. Poor baby is still in the hospital tank. Pretty sure he’s going to live there now. OTL

Painting of Romulus

I didn’t manage to get any clear pictures of Shere Khan this week, so here are the ones from his dandyorandas posting. Sorry guys! Maybe I’ll have better luck another day? Might share some older photos from my previous fish as well.

My new boy, Alcatraz! He was a spur of the moment buy from my lfs. It’s not everyday that the fish store has pretty little guys who are larger than dandyorandas :P

This is a quick little video of my new guy, Shere Khan. For the first time, I wasn’t thrilled with seeing a DandyOrandas fish in the flesh...or, the scale. Maybe the tank colors are just not flattering for him? Either way, his ‘stripes’ look more like splotches which was really disappointing and I think it will take me a while to get used to his asymmetric ‘poms’. Otherwise he’s a pretty fish. He’s got a nice shape making him a good candidate for breeding material. Not sure if I plan on keeping him but perhaps I’ll go with a Jungle Book themed tank and find myself a Bagheera and Baloo as well. I moved Rage to the holding tank since he was being pushy and bullying this guy. Not much else to say on this, just messing around with my camera and some stupid effects on the pc. Will get some better photos and such to show off his colors better later on.

Need to get a better shot of this but this is one of the paintings I did of Romulus.

Just discovered my video editing program. Prepare yourselves for an onslaught of annoying fish videos!

Sorry for the shaky camera work, had a 3 year old climbing all over my back. But yay, Romulus made an appearance this week! It’s always fun to watch these guys compete for attention.

This is everyone, saying hi to Tumblr! I guess Romulus was feeling camera shy, so maybe we’ll catch him next time?

Breaking out the colored pencils and watercolors and preparing to make some art of my fish! I’ll get better photos when they’re completed.