Villa BaLu!

[kilofey]

cool, thanks bauk! is that all you use is lights? or would i need more than that? i also use liquid fertelizer once in a while... i dont know if its actually doing anything or not... but i add it whenever i think about it, probably like once a month or something. can you post a pic of fayas home? id like to see it so i can get an idea of what i could do for Kukah

[bauk]

I think i have to little light in my tank..all my plants are not doing fine.. The crypro's sre oke, but they not realy growing a lot, but my Vallisneria is horrible..
When i moved into my new home ivé got a new gravel.. Someone told me that it should be better for Faya.. but nothing will grow normal. In my other tanks ivé got the same gravel i use for a few years and there everything is growing oke..

So yesterday a new decoration in Faya's tank. Al the plants out, every leaf i've cleaned en take of all the ugly parts.. And it was not a lot that i could put back..
15kg new sand and some new rocks. The wood back and some plants on the wood so there would be some green in the top of the tank.

"Where are my plants?! It's not funny!"


Crazy little thing! She was not amused, she tried to grab my hand..she never did that before! Where my hand was, was she! Every plant i took in it looks like she wants to see if it was on the right spot...my precious!




Undercover


And ready.. a bit sad.. just like my budget In a few weeks i will buy some new plants.. now i hope she will leave this plants alone and she's not going to reorganize the tank on her own






And then Loekie, she did'nt like the open space in her tank.. Now she have a little space to chill and some extra plants. The older plants are growing fine, so i hope it wil grow and grow and grow so she also can hide in the top of the tank


Beautiful thing!

[bauk]

And a new pic.. A present from a friend of mine! A lot of Vallisneria Spiralis so the tank will be not so ampty.
Faya loves it! The hole time she is hiding behind one small leave, looking at me like she say, "you cant see me anymore!"



And the GSP's, i think they were hungry


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZCnyOATGyo

[KorrepZ]

I had the pleasure of seeing Faya (and Bauk ) upclose during a visit. What a beautiful Fahaka she is!

[LilGreenPuffer]

Wow, your tanks are just gorgeous. And Loekie is so pretty!

[kilofey]

hey bauk, i have a question.... is there a way to know if a fahaka is a girl or a boy? i noticed faya's mouth is shaped differently than Kukahs... do females have more rounded faces? cause kukahs is more pointed kind of and ive seen a few other fahakas that have rounded mouths like yours... and then there are others that seem to be more pointed like kukahs... i think pookie's mouth looks like his, if i remember right.... is that a way to tell? just something i noticed, didnt know if it was linked to genders... i know it is for some fish, like my red devil for instance

see kukah's mouth?

[bauk]

THX you 3!

Faya is just a strange fish.. nothing is like normal.. And her lip.. There was a problem with it in the past..maybee is that what you see?

Normal there is no sign if its a boy or a girl..

[kilofey]

awwww... so theres no way to tell? poo! well at least i wont be calling kukah a him and end up finding out its a girl, cause it wouldnt seem right calling him a her lol... hey did you see my other post where faya has morning eyes? check out kukahs... i guess its normal, i never saw it before, thanks for bringing it to my attention

[kilofey]

youre so sweet, you talk about faya like you have a lot of love for her... she sounds like she definately holds a special place in your heart... i think its common for most fahaka owners, but you seem like you definately have a different kind of love for her, probably because of her long journey from how she started off to how she is now (which is remarkable might i add, great job, definately gave her a seccond chance)... shes a special girl thats one reason i have so much love for kukah, though he wasnt nearly as bad off as faya, he still had a hard life, his personality has definately blossomed since hes been in my care

[bauk]

Thx! You make me blush

But it's right.. In my eyes Faya is not just a fish.. It's realy one of the Familie I love al my puffers and i can't miss one of them, but Faya is my little second child
In Dutch there i a word for it, and when i put it in Google translate it's: tactile factor.

When i'm coming home, there is always one fish come to say hello ( oke, almoust every time ) and immediately shows that she wants to play! My other puffers come and look at me, Lilo begins immediately as a fool to attack the glass, little agressive tiny thing Mini is always from a distance looking who it is before she's coming. And Loekie seems to focus only to themselve He realy hate's his own image i think and only looks and plays with me when it's light outside
But Faya follow's me where i go. Late in the evening when i'm watching tv and there is one light of she's always on the swim, looking under the Crypto's, hiding behind a Vallisneria leaf, or just taking some floaters in her mouth to see if she can eat it. But every time i move, put my hand up, take my drink, one of her ploppy eyes is watching me! When she thinks i'm going to walk she almoust takes a run to come against the glas so she can see what i'm going to do.. and i love that! My old boyfriend always thought there was someone watching him, and a few times he told me, that strange big fish of yours doesn't like me.. it looks like me if she can eat me in a sec.. I almost pee in my pants!! I don't uinderstand that kind of peeps

A whole story.. She's realy one of our's My 4 year old son have asked me a few times, that when Faya is getting some kids, he want's one for in his own house when he's big So sweet!

[kilofey]

awwww

lol my boyfriend doesnt think kukah likes him either.... which i dont think is the case, hes just not as enthuiastic about my boyfriend as he is to me.... my boyfriend always says HEY! how come he follows you all the time? he never does that to me! i hate him! dumb fish.... and then he saw the picture of kukah puffing.... now hes in love with kukah... lol he thought it was the greatest thing ever... silly boys

[bauk]

"Some" new pics!

Faya!


Crazy fish






















And Loekie!












The left corner is a strange thing.. Late in the evening she's so mad of her own image that somstimes she's going to lay there for minutes, in a sec she's atacking the glass and again she's laying there for a while.. She do'nt like the evening and i hope it will be better when i've got some new harder plants for in the corner.. little strange cutie

[KorrepZ]

[bauk]

A few new pics! From the new fishies and some of the corals..

2 Clownfishies! My son loves them and since he saw Nemo the whole time when we are at the LFS he's was around the nemo's and Dory's.. So now we've got 2 of them! 1 big and 1 small, i think biggie is 4cm and smallie is 2.5cm and Mini loves them! He cannot take his eyes of Biggie, and everywhere biggie goes, Mini follows






Lilo was not happy with his new tank mates




Little strange fishie


Sweet Mini


and some of my under water flowers






My little paradise

[kilofey]

WOW! youre a great photographer bauk! i love that last one, its like a "welcome to hawaii" postcard lol... and is that an abei, i LOVE him!!! aahhhh jealous! thats my dream puff