It started out early with a 40% water change in the 55. I was pleased to see that the new faucet fits the Python perfectly. Not a drop was spilt. Literally. Not a drop. I also dismantled the hospital tank, and transferred the filter to the 6.6. But it didn't work well in there, so instead I just put the filter media into the 6.6's filter and boxed up the actual Tetra Whisper. (That thing is such a joke. I should have gotten a sponge filter.)
I separated out the ludwigia sprigs that are in my wisteria. There are about 4 of them. It's not much, but I bunched them and planted them, mid-ground. My next purchase needs to be something red for the 55. (Fish or plants, for that matter.) Or pink. Or yellow. Or textured.
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| 4 sprigs of ludwigia, replanted |
As the day wore on I started musing about aquascaping the 10. It just looks like heck, and I don't have any money at all right now to put into it. As we talked, Shawn suggested we put the 10 on the end table right next to my fish-viewing chair in the living room. It's where I sit when I view the 55, which is most of the time. All of my fish supplies are right there. It was a perfect idea. So we siphoned out 40% of the water and moved it into the living room. Once I was able to sit in a chair next to the 10, I realized that Jerkface has done massive damage to those guppies. Andy was bothered by it.
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| The 10 gallon, in the window looking like hell. |
At first I tried assembling that tank divider kit I'd bought for $17. It was a fail; it doesn't fit under the tank hood. Waste of money. So, despite the fact that this morning I dismantled the hospital tank, I reassembled it quickly and put Jerkface in it. There is plenty of crud on the filter cartridge that is meant to go on the Tetra Whisper In-Tank Filter; I've kept it in the 6.6's filter. At least, I hope there is. Bettas tend to be more forgiving. I handled it badly; as I was siphoning out water from the 10 to go into Jerkface's temporary 2.5 tank, I sucked him into the cup. So I just plopped him in there. Not a good idea, ever, to do that. I'm on these steroids and I'm grouchy and hyper and unable to think clearly, and he was going after those guppies with gusto and rage.
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| the orange guppy, with a chunk taken out of his tail |
In the late afternoon, after hours of contemplating, I went and found the old 55-gallon stump I bought on eBay all those years ago. Only of late have I realized I had the stump on its side for the entirety of its career in the tank. Duh. I tinkered a bit and then got Dad's hacksaw and whacked that thing in half. The smaller half fits perfectly in the 10-gallon.
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| the old log, sawed anew in half - just have to cover that raw stump somehow |
Then I decided to put the larger half back in the big tank. But that sucker is so buoyant that it'll take two weeks of soaking before it'll sink. At the moment it's outside in a bucket, under a rock. I'll just have to be patient. Meanwhile, the growth is so luscious that I think I can really save money by taking cuttings and putting them into the 10-gallon. Plenty of wisteria to go around, and maybe a big java fern. That would leave room in the 55 for...a red plant!
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