Glasstapper
09-06-2006, 03:50 AM
So I'm cycling my tank the natural way with some starter fish. I was going to choose some mollies or platys, but the girl at the fish store told me that everyday when they clean for dead fish, the bleeding heart tetras rarely have any floaters. I decided to take her advice and purchased two.
Let me tell you a story about Romeo and Juliet (my tetra pair):
Romeo and Juliet (because of their bleeding hearts-get it?) were happily swimming around in their tank at the fish store until one day, the fish queen came to take two of their 'people' away to a new home. Well Juliet tried her hardest to get away from the net, but in the end, she was captured and taken away from Romeo. Romeo was a very brave little fish and refused to live on without Juliet, so he allowed himself to be caught easily so that he could join her.
The fish queen took them home and floated their bag in a very beautiful and large tank. They both looked on anxiously at their surroundings actively swimming around in their baggie. Romeo and Juliet had no clue that their fate had been sealed.
The bag opens and in comes some of the water from their new home. Rome and Juliet swim around in it confidently, but they sense there was something different about this water. They had not realized that their new home was a newly set up tank, and they were needed to help cycle it.
Romeo and Juliet were finally released into their new home, and they explored it thoroughly. They played and dashed about quite happily, and surprisingly, ate a nice dinner together by the blue aerator light--very romantic.
Romeo and Juliet know they are doomed to live a short life together. They will need to battle the evil pH monster, the horrible nitrite sea dragon, and the ammonia-nater, but nothing will tear them from the love they have for each other.
Romeo and Juliet forever!
:D
Let me tell you a story about Romeo and Juliet (my tetra pair):
Romeo and Juliet (because of their bleeding hearts-get it?) were happily swimming around in their tank at the fish store until one day, the fish queen came to take two of their 'people' away to a new home. Well Juliet tried her hardest to get away from the net, but in the end, she was captured and taken away from Romeo. Romeo was a very brave little fish and refused to live on without Juliet, so he allowed himself to be caught easily so that he could join her.
The fish queen took them home and floated their bag in a very beautiful and large tank. They both looked on anxiously at their surroundings actively swimming around in their baggie. Romeo and Juliet had no clue that their fate had been sealed.
The bag opens and in comes some of the water from their new home. Rome and Juliet swim around in it confidently, but they sense there was something different about this water. They had not realized that their new home was a newly set up tank, and they were needed to help cycle it.
Romeo and Juliet were finally released into their new home, and they explored it thoroughly. They played and dashed about quite happily, and surprisingly, ate a nice dinner together by the blue aerator light--very romantic.
Romeo and Juliet know they are doomed to live a short life together. They will need to battle the evil pH monster, the horrible nitrite sea dragon, and the ammonia-nater, but nothing will tear them from the love they have for each other.
Romeo and Juliet forever!
:D