Looks like I may have spoke too soon about Larry. :/ He's looking better, but today he seems very sedate and he's not nearly as active as he usually is. Just floating slowly around the tank and in one spot. He does'nt get that excited when he see's me like Bob and Curly do. I just cleaned the gravel and did a small water change but it does'nt seem to have helped.


Scratch that again. Whatever was ailing Larry has passed and he's back to himself now. Whew.

Possibly. His fins were'nt clamped or anything.

There's a lamp over the tank and it's on during certain times of the day, but dad has a thing about keeping lights on when they're "not needed". *rolls eyes* They do get a good 8-12 hrs of dark time.

Great point Dragonii!! Here's some karma

Aww look at them go! That little white one sure looks spritely!

How big are they GoldFishNoob?

Hehhehe ! Looks like my goldfish aren't the only ones that do that exact same thing!

Studies and experiments have been made on goldfish, they may have a 5 second attention span, but their memory is very good!
Goldfish will remember around which time of the day they'll get fed, and the rest of the time they would be minding their own business. They also know just when the lights go on or off etc..

Like I said, they act like they never get fed...

You can see how they all croud right up in the feeding corner when they see me coming with the cup of food.

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About 20 or so, not sure exactly. But I need to add a few more,  the tank is a bit under stocked. It's just hard to find really good quality Africans.

Jeepers, you call that understocked? lol how big a tank is it?

Huh, seems like a crowded tank would have the opposite effect - make them more agressive due to lack of personaly space.

How they do look healthy!

Africans are territorial. The males (most of mine are male) will fight over certain areas. The theory behind overcrowding them is that they will get distracted by the other fish in the tank. They kind of have ADD when it comes to bullying. An aggressive male will start to pick on one fish but then be distracted immediately by another. He will turn and chase that distraction to then be distracted by a third, so and so on. No one fish gets singled out as there is a number of distractions to protect him. Sounds strange, but it works. It also works for them in the wild. If you look at them in their natural habitat it's pretty much the same thing. Hundreds of fish crowded around piles of rocks chasing each other like kids that need a dose of Ritalin. lol
For the most part they are pretty relaxed, but when one does a bit defensive he loses focus pretty quickly due to all of the others.

Skwishee, the tank is 72 x 18 x 29 (inches), it is filtered by one Aquatop CF-500UV canister and one Magnum 350 canister.
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Nossie, this tank took some planning, saving and deal making to make it happen. I traded some computer work for the stand and canopy, sold some old base rock from my salt water tank to the lfs for credit, waited for them to have a sale on tanks, bought the other need stuff like the heaters, filters, lights etc over time... I had an empty stand in my living-room for almost a year before I got it all together. But in the end I spent about a quarter of what it would have cost.

My little guys are doing very good. Perky fins, swimming around, picking at everything, getting excited when they see me. Usual fish stuff. Getting t be hefty little fish, makes my tank look like it's shrinking.