LEOPARD TORTOISES - GEOCHELENE PARDALIS

A couple of Leopard Tortoises in the shop in Baker Street and around a foot or so long.

I doubt they will be there long though.

NEON RAINBOW FISH - MELANOTAENIA PRAECOX

The Neon Rainbow Fish or Australian Neon Rainbow Fish. Damn it I cannot remember the species name and had it listed as Melanotaenia australis but the latter is wrong. Hmm praecox has just popped into my head and I am certain it is that now?!

THE SIAMESE FIGHTING FISH - BETTA SPLENDENS

Some new Siamese Fighting Fish that have appeared in my friends shop in Baker Street in Enfield.

I did quite like the one on the left and although I openly admit I do not really like fish that have geen genetically produced by man I DID like the one on the left and was tempted to have him in my aquarium until I found a couple of females?! Lol!

Also in one of the videos, for the uninitiated, you find out why they are called Fighting Fish, but they are kept apart by a sheet of glass so do not worry, lol.

Oh and if you see these in a shop kept in a small tank or even a plastic cup, do not panic! They breath by taking gulps of air from the surface! You would be surprised how many people want to complain about this without thinking or asking...WHY?! Lol!

THE NEON TETRA - PARACHEIRODON INNESI

The first of some new additions of fish to my aquarium and these are the oldest, though some seem to think it is the Paradise Fish, known tropical fish and often thought of as the one that started it all?!

Now I have spent years overlooking these quite deliberately but just to show that all life and all animals fascinate me and when I saw them in a friends shop I thought, 'Hey, why not?!'

Now these are the Neon Tetra, Paracheirodon innesi, and despite them being dirst cheap to buy they are also difficult to breed. Well except for when you have a very mature aquarium with acidic as well as soft water. Previously when I used to introduce fish I would often have them courting in the space of 24 hours and laying eggs with a month or two!

To my shock and despite being empty for what must be two years the Neon Tetras are follwing the rule!

I will also try to add a pair or preferebly a trio of Apistogramma hongsloi to the mix.

I will add some Cardinal Tetras in the aquarium too, like Neons but get a bit bigger and red runs right through from mouth to the caudal peduncle (where the body meets the tail fin)

I will likely add some Killifish if I find things I want out of the Aphyosemions and Spectralebias/Cynolebias?

BLOODY HELL I LOST TRACK OF HOW MANY VIDEOS I DID?! LMAO!

Or of course if I find anything particularly beautiful I may add them, think Celestial Pearl Danio of the Margaritatus genus.