New Additions

The water condition in the tank has been pretty stable for the last few days.. thought I would make some new additions to my tank... over the last few days, I changed my mind about the kind of fish that I am gonna go with... I was thinking of a bottom feeder or an algae eater... but two things changed my mind.. my tank isnt that dirty at this point.. and secondly an algae eater will stave to death if there is no algae growth in the tank (unless I decide to regularly feed with a brocoli once in a while)... So, undecided, I paid a visit to the local petco store.. talked to the lady in the marine department.. after listening to my story.. she helped me narrow down my choices.. I had the option to either choose the Neon Tetra or the White Cloud... I went with the later coz they are more hardy fish.. not too fussy eaters and can survive varying water conditions.. since they are schooling fishes, I took three of them...

When I first placed their bag in the tank, the Betta seemed pretty agitated.. he started attacking the bag with his fins spreadout... after a few minutes he cooled down and started swimming around the bag.. meanwhile the new fishes were pretty scare with this not-so-warm welcome from their soon-to-be tankmate. They tried to swim in the center.... away from the bag wall and watched as the Betta swam around their temporary enclosure... 15 minutes later, when I released them in the tank, I was expecting a harsh reaction from the Betta.. instead.. he decide to mind his own business and stayed in one corner and watched..

The new fishes adapted to the tank environment pretty well.... the lady at petco told me dont be surprised if the new fishes prefer hiding behind plants or other aqua-furniture till they get aquinted with their new environment.. what I saw was a completely opposite (and pleasing) response.. I noticed they like to swim against the current and play with the bubbles.... I am planning to add another White Cloud to the school at some later point..