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| After a water change, 8/31/16 |
Auberon seems to be adjusting to his new home quite nicely. He is an active swimmer and has figured out that when the little hatch on the tank's lid opens, it's time to eat.
We successfully completed our first water change and Auberon discovered the siphon is the most interesting thing in the world, second only to the turkey baster.
After completing a water changing and doing some tank maintenance, like blocking dangerous hiding spots and removing dying leaves, I fed Auberon his first frozen brine shrimp soaked in garlic water. He thoroughly enjoyed them and had, for the first time, some roundness to his belly. In the future, I will feed less in case a fully stomach might impact the delicate swim bladder.
Auberon is very curious about me and already swims to greet me at the front of the tank. He spends a great deal of time over by the heater and filter and I quite often catch him swimming between the stems of the Java fern. I have only seen him exploring the clay pots a handful of times and he does not hang out in them as I expected him to. He has taken to sleeping near the anubias above the clay pots or by the thermometer on the same side of the tank. He sleeps with his fins fully unfurled and is not easily roused except by light.
There has been no visible color change to his body and no remarkable healing to his fins.
