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Nov. 1st, 2002 09:56 amOur cat hopped into the bathtub again today. She's done this before, but this is the first that I've seen it. No water in it or anything, just jumps in there and .... starts cleaning herself. I find this incredibly amusing.
In other news, the box filter that I got for the aquarium SUCKS. I got a new filter (a Whisper 2-5) over the weekend, and I installed it last night. It's hella quieter -- the box filter was loud enough that you could hear is all the way across the apartment. and while bubbling water is soothing, it is also annoying after a bit if you can't tune it out. because it wasn't graceful, it was klunky. However, in vaccuuming out the gravel and such, i stirred up a bunch of... well, CRAP. I couldnt' even see the fish!! even after I changed half the water. So I put fresh water in the small bowl (about 1 gal) and some stones from the aquarium, and scooped out all the fish and put them in the bowl. That was a challenge, as I couldn't SEE the fish. Then I dumped out all the water from the aquarium (it's a five gallon aquarium, so being in a one gallon didn't make the zebra danios and neon tetras *too* cramped). I rinsed off the plants and figures and gravel and such -- not TOO much, though, because I didn't want to totally destroy the bacteria colonies. Then I set it all back up again, with some new and colorful plants, and a new filter, and put the fish back in and it looks BEAUTIFUL!!! It took three hours to do tho... and somewher ein there I redid ghetti's tank too.
I think I'm going to put him back in the one gallong tank, because he seemed to like that better. I might add a frog or two also. He was also abnormal for a betta in that he seems to do better when he *isn't* alone. Weirdo. But whatever, I have the tank, so I'll do it for my fishy :)
I had weird dreams last night, that I don't think my wrists will appreciate me typing out, so i'm not going to.
Oh, and two days ago I signed up for NaNoWriMo. So I guess I better get started writing!
In other news, the box filter that I got for the aquarium SUCKS. I got a new filter (a Whisper 2-5) over the weekend, and I installed it last night. It's hella quieter -- the box filter was loud enough that you could hear is all the way across the apartment. and while bubbling water is soothing, it is also annoying after a bit if you can't tune it out. because it wasn't graceful, it was klunky. However, in vaccuuming out the gravel and such, i stirred up a bunch of... well, CRAP. I couldnt' even see the fish!! even after I changed half the water. So I put fresh water in the small bowl (about 1 gal) and some stones from the aquarium, and scooped out all the fish and put them in the bowl. That was a challenge, as I couldn't SEE the fish. Then I dumped out all the water from the aquarium (it's a five gallon aquarium, so being in a one gallon didn't make the zebra danios and neon tetras *too* cramped). I rinsed off the plants and figures and gravel and such -- not TOO much, though, because I didn't want to totally destroy the bacteria colonies. Then I set it all back up again, with some new and colorful plants, and a new filter, and put the fish back in and it looks BEAUTIFUL!!! It took three hours to do tho... and somewher ein there I redid ghetti's tank too.
I think I'm going to put him back in the one gallong tank, because he seemed to like that better. I might add a frog or two also. He was also abnormal for a betta in that he seems to do better when he *isn't* alone. Weirdo. But whatever, I have the tank, so I'll do it for my fishy :)
I had weird dreams last night, that I don't think my wrists will appreciate me typing out, so i'm not going to.
Oh, and two days ago I signed up for NaNoWriMo. So I guess I better get started writing!
