Well, we just found out proof positive today, Anna is pregnant! Her due date is January 8. She looked up calculations online, she hasn’t gone to the doctor yet. Yes, we have names picked out already.
Boy: Kaden James
Girl: Kitana Jewel.
Now you know!
Well, for those of you who don’t know, I have a freshwater 55 gallon tank with my Oscar, and a few other miscellaneous fish. We decided we wanted to try to tackle a saltwater tank. People say they are expensive, and hard to maintain. So far we have had Dan, our blue-devil Damselfish for a month or so. We have a 20 gallon tank set up with some live rock, and an actinic blue light to promote coralline algae growth. We bought ANOTHER 55 gallon tank, and I am getting ready to make it a saltwater tank. Saltwater has to have a top skimmer to filter the water, not a tube down in the water. I up fitted my aquarium with a corner skimmer box (custom made, of course) and an overflow tube to siphon out the water. (Somewhat complicated if you haven’t seen one before, but really quite simple) I made it all out of acrylic. I am just getting ready to silicone it to the tank, and test it out. So far, so good. A friend at work told me he had a few spare parts for me to use. After going to his place he realized the kids all but destroyed it. All the plastic had cracks in it. He said “fix it, and it’s yours. I did, so now I have an Amiracle wet-dry trickle filter (these are like $100+ at the LPS…local pet store). I also fixed overflow skimmer that was broken, but I don’t need it, so I’m going to give it back to him.
Anyhow, once I get the skimmer in place, and get the pump for my trickle filter, I am going to start adding water to the tank, and getting my new 55 gallon tank a reef tank, hopefully. I want an anemone and a clownfish. First I need better lighting though. That’s the NEXT big money sucker.
We had a yard sale yesterday, and made about $20. We got Katarina’s new windows put in, so that’s done. And, Anna is sick today.
I have to finish up the garage hall, so I’ll close now!
