Fish!

nyxie has been moving stuff here from her old apartment lately, and one of the things that she's brought over is her ten gallon aquarium. Unfortunately two of the five fish in it did not survive the move -- but this meant that we had to buy more fish! There was plenty of room for more fish on top of the replacements, too, so we got to have some fun fish shopping.

Our fully-stocked aquarium now has:

A bright red betta

Two tiny little marble angelfish

Two long-finned leopard danios

One zebra danio

Two silvertip tetras

Two otto cats

7MB quicktime

I'm so excited about having fish again! We had a 40-gallon freshwater tank when I was growing up, and managed to keep it going with a good stock of fish, live plants and so forth for a long time. The angelfish in our current tank were my idea -- the centerpiece of my old tank was a pair of angels that had to be 7 or 8 inches from fin tip to fin tip. It's nice to have a betta, too -- that first aquarium started as a betta named Sushi in a bowl, who survived for about six years before managing to live up to his name when the filter screen fell off.

Of course this means I now have the fish bug, and am picturing the 40-gallon cichlid tank on one wall and the 100-gallon freshwater along another wall and the discus back over there and the marine tank over here and so forth. It's a good thing this stuff isn't cheap in those volumes.

Perhaps the world needs another fishcam. I wonder how long a USB run I could do?

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<lj user="nyxie"> has been moving stuff here from her old apartment lately, and one of the things that she's brought over is her ten gallon aquarium. Unfortunately two of the five fish in it did not survive the move -- but this meant that we had to buy more fish! There was plenty of room for more fish on top of the replacements, too, so we got to have some fun fish shopping. Our fully-stocked aquarium now has: <table border=0 width=80% align="center"> <tr><td> <li>A bright red <a href="http://freshaquarium.about.com/library/profiles/blfw4071.htm">betta</a> <li>Two tiny little <a href="http://freshaquarium.about.com/library/profiles/blfw0080.htm">marble angelfish</a> <li>Two <a href="http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/oltorf/729/id332.htm">long-finned leopard danios</a> <li>One <a href="http://freshaquarium.about.com/library/profiles/blfw0034.htm">zebra danio</a> <li>Two <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/az3/tropicalaquarium/silvertip.htm">silvertip tetras</a> <li>Two <a href="http://freshaquarium.about.com/library/profiles/blfw0010.htm">otto cats</a> </td> <td align="right"> <a href="http://www.lafferty.ca/lj/20030801/fish.mov"><img src="http://www.lafferty.ca/lj/20030801/fishmovs.jpg" alt="fish movie" height=120 width=160 border=1> 7MB quicktime</a> </td></tr> </table> I'm so excited about having fish again! We had a 40-gallon freshwater tank when I was growing up, and managed to keep it going with a good stock of fish, live plants and so forth for a long time. The angelfish in our current tank were my idea -- the centerpiece of my old tank was a pair of angels that had to be 7 or 8 inches from fin tip to fin tip. It's nice to have a betta, too -- that first aquarium started as a betta named Sushi in a bowl, who survived for about six years before managing to live up to his name when the filter screen fell off. Of course this means I now have the fish bug, and am picturing the 40-gallon cichlid tank on one wall and the 100-gallon freshwater along another wall and the discus back over there and the marine tank over here and so forth. It's a good thing this stuff isn't cheap in those volumes. Perhaps the world needs another <a href="http://wp.netscape.com/fishcam/fishcam.html">fishcam</a>. I wonder how long a USB run I could do? <blockquote ><//*>          <*\\><      ><//*> </blockquote>

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thiscantbesoy

2003-07-31 09:18 pm (UTC)

Heh. Now is that a betta named "Sushi in a bowl," or a betta named "Sushi," in a bowl? ;-)

I think that "Sushi in a bowl" would be hilarious.

mendel

2003-07-31 09:25 pm (UTC)

Alas, it was a betta, in a bowl, named Sushi.

Now you need a betta, see.

Free, Help Yourself

2003-07-31 09:28 pm (UTC)

I knew I should have taken them!

halfjack

2003-07-31 09:30 pm (UTC)

When we bred bettas we always had trouble with them nipping the fins of our angels to shreds. Eventually we had to isolate them. Of course, we had multiple bettas, so there was a lot of fish testosterone in the water, and this might not be a problem for you.

rho

2003-07-31 09:35 pm (UTC)

No. You need to write a script that models fish behaviour, and then use that to have a simulation of a fishcam using those asciiart fish. You know you want to.

(may not work in opera)

2003-07-31 10:23 pm (UTC)

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xtremesaints

2003-07-31 10:27 pm (UTC)

*stares* poor green fishy!

2003-07-31 11:40 pm (UTC)

Am I mistaken or did you just find the first legitimate use of the marquee tag?

2003-08-01 06:16 am (UTC)

You know, I was thinking exactly that last night. I was going to submit it to the maintainer of the page from which I learned the speed options to <marquee>, but couldn't be arsed in the end.

2003-08-01 09:46 am (UTC)

No the first legitimate use (that I ever saw) was as a mock up of the Star Wars opening credits. This was the second.

2003-07-31 09:39 pm (UTC)

i hungry.

i like sushi.

ah, yumyumyum (gremlims)

fweebles

2003-07-31 11:51 pm (UTC)

Of course this means I now have the fish bug

Do you take antibiotics for that that, or just get lots of rest and let it run its course?

pegs

2003-08-01 08:08 am (UTC)

Nice. :)

mendel

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