None the less I was there to buy a fish or two, and that was what I was going to do. So I continued to browse to get idea's what I wanted. There was many other color variates of cichlid's but none that fit the coloring that I had already owned, and were quite a bit bigger then most of the tank mates.

    Finally I decided to get the Green Tiger Barb's as I had never seen them before in a pet store and quite liked how tightly they schooled together. I picked up 4 of them, but do think about returning to pick up another 4 at a later date, just because I really like them. I also left with two Koi Angel's that I had noticed on a earlier occasion and were set apart from the group, obviously paired off.

   Upon reaching home and finally getting them into a small tote that I keep as a quarantine tank. I decided, you know what, I still want more cichlids, so i returned to another Pet store, which i visit on weekly basis just to see stock. It was in that store where I picked up another two African Cichlids and added them too my quarantine tank.

   Sadly upon reaching home I went downstairs to discover all of my flake fish food dumped into my guppy tank. PANIC! Of course I could not freak out on my 2 and 3 yr old girls, it wasn't their fault that I had left the food out and within their reach. and I could not get mad at the Wife for as much as she loves the fish, she cannot stand the thought of touching the water...

   Alas I could only blame myself, and what to do! my tote was already being used, so up I shot to the upstairs and quickly grabbed a ice cream pail, trying frantically to scoop up as much fish and as little food as possible.. but sadely noticing a few dead fish already. we later discovered that the girls had done it in the morning, and I did not discover it till my feeding time later in the evening.

   Five full tank water changes, gravel cleans later I transferred half the tank worth of cycled water back into the tank, and left my large water jug to the side for 12 hrs to release chlorine and whatnot I noticed even more fish dying in the bucket. I wasted no more time moving them into the half tank of cycled water and away from any other food bacteria or nitrogen's that may have been killing them.. only 3 other deaths followed that move, but all in all I lost alot

   I lost all of my tetra's and ghost catfish, 1 cory cat and half the population of my guppies, including 4/5 of my favorite males, and 3/4 of my favorite females. My future breeding program was almost completely wiped out. Quite the slap in the face. and this the same day that I found a steady buyer of any molly, guppy or angel that I would breed.

    While I'm not so interested in the Molly's, I was definitely interested in breeding my guppies, and have been thinking about trying angels out, as a breeder I mean.

    I still am not going to give up on my breeding program, I didn't loose any of my 2 week old fry from my breeding program, so I have hopes that they will have their fathers and mothers coloring, because if not, then I only have my 1 male, and 1 female left to try it on. and the male wasn't my favorite of them...

    So now with Christmas around the corner I've made up my mind on what I want, 10-20 gallon tanks. I'm almost ready and totally willing to do this.. lets see if the means make them self available to me.