October 14th, 2005

Diary: Happy fish

Three days later and the new fish are still alive.

I don’t think it is any golden touch I have that Chalerm doesn’t have. What probably happened was that the aquarium has stabilised after 2-3 weeks, with the right kind of bacteria now living in the water.

When I bought my aquarium in Farangland the seller was strict. She said I had to set up the tank first, put in water and pebbles and then wait. Next I could put in plants which she gave me from an established aquarium, containing the correct bacteria. After all this and still more waiting, I could get a few fish. This process took a week or two.

I had forgotten about this procedure and I can’t imagine the fishmonger in the soi advised Chalerm to do it the slow safe way either. So Chalerm brought home fish and plants and everything at once, and disaster followed.

Reading about aquariums on the net I realise ours is overcrowded. But that is too late to do anything about, we will have to change the water frequently and hope for the best.

It is nice when the fish tank works. The fish swim happily around. Chalerm gives them food and counts them every morning. We had no more defections since the plastic top came on.

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