Life has been a little traumatic for our fish recently. In late October, the filter on our top tank stopped working. Due to a lack of money free to invest in a new filter, we had to go au natural in the top tank. We feared that our bigger fish in the top tank would die, so we moved them to the bottom tank where the filter still worked. That overstocked the bottom tank, but was our best chances of fish surviving. The nitrate levels in both tanks skyrocketed, but no fish died in the top tank (God preserves the sparrows). Recently, Trevor (our first Gourami) died in the bottom tank. We set aside some money to get a new filter for the top tank. Once the new filter was bought and ran for a day or so, we moved Spike (our largest Angelfish) back up to the top tank. Most recently, Katy bought me a new Gourami named Hope. Hope is larger than Bronch and they seem to get along better than Bronch and Itis and Trevor. I think Hope is a male and the rest were females. Soon T will be moved back to the top tank, too.
We have Katy's dad's old 30 gallon tank now as well. Once we get a stand for it, we can start the process of preparing it for fish. This may be a while, though.
Monday, November 14, 2005
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Miscellanies
The Mexico mission trip is too daunting of a task to discuss here, but I would definitely recommend looking into Tapestries Of Life Ministries.
At Davanni's Pizza, they have advertisements about how they have been a leader in pizza for 25 years. On the top of their table tents, they have a quote from Nelson Mandela about how its reassuring to return to something and see that it hasn't changed. I'm pretty sure that his quote is sarcastic, but I don't think Davanni's realizes that.
Last night, we were THAT couple. We needed two carts at the grocery store. The 5lb bag of potatos and the 8pack of paper towels aided in this feat, but we would have probably needed it anyway.
While trying to figure out what we should get people for Christmas this year, we tried to realize whether we are as difficult to buy for as some of the people that we are getting gifts for. The jury is still out.
Now that Illinois has doubled the cost of its tolls for anyone not using an I-pass, it makes "taking the scenic route" a much more appealing option, but we would waste so much time going out of the way to avoid losing our laundry money.
That's it for now.
At Davanni's Pizza, they have advertisements about how they have been a leader in pizza for 25 years. On the top of their table tents, they have a quote from Nelson Mandela about how its reassuring to return to something and see that it hasn't changed. I'm pretty sure that his quote is sarcastic, but I don't think Davanni's realizes that.
Last night, we were THAT couple. We needed two carts at the grocery store. The 5lb bag of potatos and the 8pack of paper towels aided in this feat, but we would have probably needed it anyway.
While trying to figure out what we should get people for Christmas this year, we tried to realize whether we are as difficult to buy for as some of the people that we are getting gifts for. The jury is still out.
Now that Illinois has doubled the cost of its tolls for anyone not using an I-pass, it makes "taking the scenic route" a much more appealing option, but we would waste so much time going out of the way to avoid losing our laundry money.
That's it for now.
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