Awww....they are so cute together!
I think Sonorus has grown quite a bit!
and Tiger he is all over orange!!  Such a pretty color!
They look wonderful!

mhmm! Thank you! It's a lot of fun watching them at play, though I believe my hopes for a male fish are very very very thin.

I saw a male oranda at the petstore.. oh my goodness he was beautiful. A very very big orange oranda. I hope that Tiger gets to be that big. Though I think If he wants to get that big Ill need to get him a bigger aquarium. :S


and steroids

Beautiful photos Kat, they are such adorable fishies and look like best buddies what kind of gravel do you have there, it is very pretty!

Good to know Kat, thank you do you mean it was cloudy for a long time or was it coated in some weird dust debris?

Your fish are so adorable!
I like the sand too
Do your goldfish ever nudge through the sand trying to find food?

Ok, the sand I used was already prewashed and damp and came with the beneficial bacteria and everything.
You didn't have to prewash it as it already came wet in the bag.  You can get it at Petsmart but make sure you get the one for freshwater tanks and not the one for marine tanks.  It's called Caribsea freshwater Substrate, Instant Aquarium.

oh dear... lol

April: It was cloudy for a long long time. Several hours at least. I felt so bad for my fishes... they had to stay out of the tank for so long...

Hanna: Thank you so much Tiger is definitely growing up to be a lovely fish, and Sonorus is continuing to grow

Abbie: Yes they do. They also like to nose at the roots of the plants I have in there, and Tigerdigs up the plants as Sonorus tries to re-cover them. XD always a joy to watch them explore.

Fantailer: That thought scares me too XD but having a big-ish fish would be amazing. They're so pretty, and their wens are so well developed. Makes me wonder if Tiger will ever get as big.

Minde: I didn't see any prewashed stuff in the petstore :S I will have to give it a more thorough look through. Then again, I dont genereally stop in at petsmart, as all the times I went, their fish were ill and / or dead. However, I will look for that product

Nossie: Yes he did lose all his black, which makes me really sad. I named him Tiger because he was ORANGE AND BLACK. and then he went and changed and stuff as for the size, I'd say Sonorus is four inches, and Tiger is 4 and a half including tail on both.


plargh. there

I saw a 8 inche calico oranda at petsmart.

Also little funny story here: You guys all see that treasure chest there? tiger got his big fat body stuck in that thing looking for... Goodness knows what. I think he thinks hes still a little baby