Babies! What have these creatures been doing?

Today is June 23, 2011.  I came in today to check everybody (they're great) and feed them (Tim was hungry).

Imagine my surprise when I saw 2 baby black mollies.  I didn't buy baby mollies.  I bought adults.  Yep.  Breeding has occurred in my freshwater tank.  That is a first, actually, for any tank of mine.  Pretty cool.  They're swimming around quickly and safely at the moment.

I moved to the roach tank next, and there was a white one!  The white roach isn't albino (like David the King Snake), but is molting.  They turn white when they molt.  Pretty cool.  So I lifted the water dish for more water and there was a swarm (at least 30) of babies underneath.  They've been busy, too.  Nice.

Tim the Turtle is happily munching on his treats today.  He misses the kids in here - they provided him with excellent entertainment.  OTherwise, that tank's doing great.

The Salt tank is still overrun with some algae, but our sea hare (see above) is working on eating.  And eating.  And eating.  Qbert the Cubicus fish is happy, too.  He always swims for me when I walk in the room.  He knows food is coming, too.  The clowns are still trying to eat my fingers, but they'll learn one of these days.

David the King Snake is at least 2.5 feet long.  He's really grown.  I'll have to measure him soon.  He also misses the daily interactions, but I spend as much time with him as possible.

Well, that's the update for today.  Have an excellent June!  See you over the weekend or early next week with more news and some pictures.

Salt, news, Summer!

It's summer, and about 5 months since I updated here.


Salt water - we've got animals - 2 clowns and 1 cubicus, 5 turbo snails, 2 sea stars and a sea hare.
They're all doing great.

My tarantula (rose-haired) is growing well, the roaches have reproduced at least 2 more times (there are numerous little critters in that tank.

And sometime I'll show you a picture of my African side-neck turtle.  His name is Tim.