Near Fatal Experience

The weather here in Sydney has been rather hot and windy... and today i stepped out to say hello to the goldfish. (yesterday i was late coming home) and to my horror they were lying on their sides with an 1inch of water!!!

STEPH!!! i scream as i race to the hose and grab reels to run it to the tank.

filling it up at full blast, adding dechlorinator. Steph and I watched with worry then a BIG sigh of relief as 4 goldfish swam up in their new water.

what a near miss!

Welcome to the Tankhood

Say hello the the new addition to our household.
Steph was in my bad books today over something (and waking me up with such a cheery voice when i couldn't even open my eyes as i walked out of the bedroom) and i sent him a txt after work while I mentally working myself into a frothing mouth.

Thankfully when I came home, i was glad to see the source of my irritation gone. (dirty dishes) and Steph was down south visiting Denzil, so i wasn't expecting him back til late... then to my surprise he appeared an hr later with this beautiful round vase and a new Swish!

He has definetly redeemed himself.

On the Shopping List

I hate water changes… but I think ive found a solution!

Plant an Aquaclear 50 Powerhead in your tank, make sure you have a long PVC tube that fits over the outlet nozzle and pump the water out!  Then putting fresh water back in, use the reverse flow and suck the treated water out of the bucket or straight from the tap! (adding treatment to the tank first.

Hrm… I wonder what effects it will have? At least the carpet wont get drenched so badly!

Equipment Manual
http://www.hagen.com/usa/aquatic/manual.cfm

You can buy it at
http://www.equarium.com.au/store/detail.asp?id=210&cat=20

http://www.thereefshop.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=922&zenid=9a0f9711d3c459a710060af602ee491c

http://www.boroniaaquarium.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=11_160&products_id=2271&osCsid=d6cadd22c348b9983355d91a4b710667

Making Baby Food for Baby Angels

well the little critters are finally off Brine Shrimp!!! ( Yay! 1.2 hr sleepin in the mornings!)

so to grind up dried flakes to the small bits i found this neat method.

Dried flakes need to be reconstintued with water so what you do is get a tall glass, a turkey baster a bit of tank water and a tiny quantity of flake food. mix the water and the food together in the glass and using the turkey baster suck and sqeeze out the water in a rapid stream, repeat until flake food has broken into tiny bits perfect for those tiny mouths! :)

See!!! Smarter than your average bear!