Update from the Fish Tank

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Post-Op TS Seeks Hot Foursome.

All our catfish and algae eaters are gone. After several months without losing anyone, we lost all our bottom feeders within a few weeks to the big aquarium in the sky (or, if you’re a pessimist, down the drain).

All we have now are the swordtails.

We thought we had four females (it's pretty easy to tell them apart - the females tend to be larger and more orange, the males have the long sword-like tail). Now we have 3 females and a male. The change in the new male seemingly took place in just under two weeks (I pulled him aside and had “the talk” with him a few days ago).

Now, there's some debate online in the various aquarium discussion boards as to whether or not swordtails can actually change sex, or if the males are just late bloomers. Either way, there’s probably going to be some more baby fish in the near future. They’ve been super frisky this weekend...