12 Sunday Jan 2025
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another fish tank pump cleaned…
I think that I’ve been feeding them too much as there is a lot of gunk when the filters are rinsed…
I have come a long way with cleaning the tanks… now it is just another job on the list, lol…
11 Monday Nov 2024
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the other day I had to clean one of the fish tank pumps…
it was a bit dicey to get the pieces that needed to be cleaned out, but I managed it… hope it will be simpler next time, lol…
the fish appear happy and the tank has already started to clear up…
29 Monday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, fish, fish tank, headache, loud, moments, pump, rotor, Technology, widow
this little rotor caused a big problem…
for whatever reason, it made the large pump sound like an airplane taking off…
probably it gave the fish headaches, lol…
got the new one in and now it is very quiet and easily starts up once turned back on…
27 Wednesday Sep 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cleaning, condo, crowded, fish, fish tank, garden, moments, nature, pond, pump, ready, tank, water, wetvac, widow
for the last few weeks I’ve been working on getting the condos (fish tanks), ready for the move from garden to house…
when the fish moved outdoors in the spring, I didn’t clean up the tanks, sigh…
so, it started with cleaning the tank that held the plants last winter… I’ve decided to use it for fish, as the fish were getting a bit crowded in the two tanks…
got it cleaned and then a few days went by before I faced the two big tanks…
had to use the wetvac to remove all the water from the big tanks and dump it down the toilet in small batches… that took quite a bit of time and effort…
next I had to scrub them both down… then I brought in the hose and filled all three tanks up… another slow process…
I had to purchase a pump for the newest tank… as I hooked them up, the biggest pump would not work…
finally, after numerous attempts, it started working and now all three tanks are running and cleaning the water…
it will be weeks before the fish move in, but the tanks will be ready for them…
the funniest thing is realizing how much noise they make, after being silent all summer…
whew;-)…
29 Thursday Dec 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cleaning, fish, fish tank, garden, happy, moments, murky, nature, outside inside, struggle, tank, water, widow
it has been a quiet few days here…
time has been spent watching bunnies and birds and squirrels through various windows…
but in the house there has been a problem with one of the fish tanks… it has been very murky… I’ve tried a few things without success…
Wednesday was spent taking about a quarter of the water out of the tank, deep cleaning the pump and filters and finally, adding fresh water…
yesterday I could see the difference… and I was very pleased with how clear the water is so far…
excited to see if it gets even better over the next few days…
30 Saturday Apr 2022
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it took me three days and a number of tools to get the lid off of this pail of fish food flakes…
I removed the plastic band around it and then tried to pry open the top…
no matter how I yanked and pulled, it would not open…
by that time I was out of food for the fish and was hoping my neighbour might turn up in their driveway and I could ask for help… no such luck…
desperate, I used a bottle opener and a butter knife and circled the top, one inch at a time…
finally I was able to pull it off;-)…
gave the fish some food and prepared to package it into small bags that hold as much as my small jar…
with breaks it took most of the day to get seventeen bags organized…
they will go into the freezer and come out one at a time as I need them…
whew, those big girl pants…
02 Saturday Apr 2022
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I’ve been careful to hold this pail on the bottom as well as with the handle because I’ve wondered how long it will hold… I use it to add water to the fish tanks when they are a bit low…
today I got the answer…
this morning, I was on my third trip and just as I went to pour it into the big tank, it snapped and water went everywhere…
what a mess… drapes, wine bottles, tiles, front of drawers, the floor… everything was soaked… and one of the tiles broke… I am going to have to see if there is one left in the garage that size…
so, everything that could be moved was, the water was sopped up and the space was left to dry… tomorrow I will put everything back…
guess I will be looking for a new pail, lol…
03 Monday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, fish, fish tank, goldfish, grandson, light, moments, nature, pump, sucked, tank, Technology, water, widow
very happy that the pump on the small fish tank is working once again…
had to have it replaced as it just stopped a week or so ago…
I was able to use the old (and rather large) pump while waiting for the replacement…
happily, no fish were sucked up into the much larger and stronger system…
they are happy and enjoying the better light, as the big pump blocked a lot…
and I can see them much better;-)…
27 Wednesday Oct 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, condo, fish, fish food, fish tank, goldfish, memories, moments, nature, pond, tapped, widow
recently I’ve seen a number of videos about dogs and cats banging or tapping their food bowls to announce they want food…
for years we have tapped the side of the fish tank to let the goldfish know we are putting food into the water…
we follow the same system when they are in the pond, although this year they fed off the algae and bugs in the pond…
they often need to be reminded of the process once they come in for the winter… and of course any babies have to learn the process…
once they remember, they often come up to the top of the tank as I walk toward them, lol…
we are not there just yet…
16 Saturday Oct 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, bones, clean, domain, empty, family, fish, fish tank, memories, moments, widow
I have spent a good portion of the day working on the fish tank… it was always my beloved’s domain…
the rocks have been removed… and there were a lot of them…
before supper, there was just a little bit of water in the bottom and I finally got that soaked up… it is empty;-)…
I fried pickerel for my dinner and found two or three bones in it, which made me think of my beloved again…
if there were any bones at all, they would be in his fish, lol…
and he would have made the world’s best French fries to go with it;-)…
funny that I would make fish after working on the tank all day, lol…
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