2003.02.14: New Fishies
After killing most of our old fish (our beta is still holding on somehow, despite not having eaten anything for a week), we cleaned out out tank and went to the petstore to get some more. The helpful guy at the petstore informed me that we shouldn't have cleaned out our tank. All those bacteria that we just bleached away are vital to the ecosystem and now we have to wait for them to regrow before we can get new fish.
So, I set the tank up again, filling it with water and running the filter, etc, with no fish to get things started. I stocked the tank with new fake plants, a new filter, a new aerator, and a new heater. Then I let it run for 48 hours with no fish in it.
Today, I released three tiny fish into our tank. I hope they don't die.
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