Some fish pics

Its been a long time since ive posted something here. About time I did.
Here are a few of my fish-shots. Will try to post more frequently on this blog.

Botia Almorhae (YoYo Loach)
Thorichthys meeki (Firemouth Cichlid)


Botia Striata (Zebra Loach)

Schistura Corica

Some of my ex-fish/invertebrates.

I haven't been able to update this blog for a really long time now, primarily due to my hobbies and other personal commitments lapping up a majority of my time. I always decide and try to blog systematically, but have failed to do it for the last four years. So i guess, its just going to be those ad hoc postings. Ill try my best though to update this blog regularly. Anyways here are some old fish pictures of mine. All these guys are dead now because of various reasons.


This guys is from my first batch of clown loaches. Clown loaches still are my no.1 freshwater fish. I really adore them, and Im really looking forward to growing some to their full adult size. I guess thats gonna take a really long time. Unfortunately, I lost this one and 17 others to an ick attack. This happened when I was without a quarantine tank (was too greedy and stocked every availabel tank with some fish or the other) and did not quarantine my new stock, nor did quarantine my sick fish. I also did not have a heater to help me fight ick. A hard lesson learned well. Will post some pictures of my existing CLs soon.



This one is probably one of the most beautiful and biggest angels I acquired. And also one of the most delicate and bullied fish. I got four of these, and put them into my community with 4 25 paise coin sized angels. There were some other pretty docile fish in the tank. But all of them thought that the angels fins might be tasty, and started pecking at it. In a span of week I lost all four of them, inspite of moving them to a safer tank with cardinals (at the cost of risking the cardinals). I wish I could lay my hands on these guys again, and grow them to a full size.

This fellow here is one of the 12 mosquito shrimps i got from Lakeland, in Kurla. They have been my favorite for the way they swim. They hang down their front legs, and propel themselves ahead using their hind legs. Its real fun watching these guys navigate waters. I need to get myself a shrimp tank, but how many tanks can a man take. :( Maybe I can scrap one for the shrimps.

Btw all pics have been taken with a Nokia N78.

How I was brought back to the hobby

I was brought back to the hobby by 2 little goldfishes that were gifted to my sister by my then to-be-brother-in-law (and now brother-in-law) sheril. I had been a part of the hobby in my school days, when my father kept fishes. He would take me and my sister to the shop to buy fishes. We would select the ones that were cheap and colourful. Dad would anyways have the final word on which fish to buy. But he would always ask me and my sis before the purchase. He would primarily do all water changes and all maintainance work on the tank. I would help him out. (well my old days with fishkeeping certainly needs a separate post) Fyi, in my younger days, we had 15+ fish tanks. My dad used to breed live-bearers.

But it is only recently that I actually got into serious fishkeeping. After Sheril gifted my sis (Annette) a goldfish bowl, I slowly started remembering my old days with fishes and fish tanks. My old desires and my dream fish. There also was a little betta with the gold-fish, who obviously was not bound to survive, considering that we initially never fed him micro-pellets, and he wouldnt be able to take the high nitrate levels in the bowl. I never knew that then. But still, taking care of these fish instilled in me a desire to get back to serious fish-keeping again.

But since I am such an internet freak, and also a wiki-freak, I soon learnt about tank cycling, nitrates and their effect on fish, responsible fishkeeping, bacterial colonies et al. That is also when I decided that I want to come back to the hobby and give justice to the fish that I iltreated for so long...

I decided to go in for a big big tank. The size of the tank was inspired by the tank of a family friend. When I write this post, my big tank is well established, and the fish in it are doing well. I also have 2 smaller tanks to go with them. 1) A planted tetra tank with denisonii's. 2) A natives tank. Planning for a small betta cube in the near future. Have put my plans of having a 4 feet malawi set-up on hold for now.

Anyways, I think that just about summarizes how I came back to the hobby.

What this blog is about...

When I revived my fish-keeping hobby, I soon realized that I must have a blog devoted to this subject. This blog will primarily be devoted to the fish-keeping hobby and also all my other experiences with nature, including bike trips, nature trails, nature photography etc. Keep visiting if my interests interest you