For years, well really nearly 3 decades, my father and I have been raising tropical freshwater fish. Occasionally the tank will somehow acquire a growth of black algae. Black algae is insidious. Once you get it it is impossible to get rid of without tearing the tank apart and bleaching everything. The danger here is

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When I travel the fish usually rip apart the plants in their tank. Usually this indicates they are not getting enough food, but these fish are vindictive. They never eat the plants, just tear them up to let me know they are unhappy. For a couple weeks now their tank has been barren and plantless.

Meet the newest member of my aquatic family. A spunky albino Angelfish. This is the first albino angel I have had. Looking forward to watching its interactions.

This morning the baby Angelfish in my tank took their first strokes at free swimming. Up till this point they had been securely attached to their spawn point on the log. This evening when I came home all the babies had detached from the log and were swimming in a cloud of cuteness around momma.