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Tank Maintainence
Feb. 14th, 2011 03:15 pmHmmm... *runs down the list*
Reset heater thermostat? Check.
Install secondary heater and set its thermostat because the house is so cold at night that the main heater can't keep up? Check.
Hope to hell that said thermostats won't burn out in trying to keep up, and hope that if they do, that they let the tank cool off instead of boiling it like what happened to Rahenna's poor little puffer? ;_; Check.
Vacumn the gravel bed? Check.
Dismantle the pump, flush out any debris, and use a dab of Vasoline to greese the electro magnet that drives the impeller? Check.
Change the filter? Check.
Clean the bio scrubber inside the filter box? Check.
Soak the hood in apple cider vinegar and then scrub off all the calcium build up from hard water? Check.
Wipe off the outside of the tank with glass cleaer to clear off water spots and dust? Check.
Finally replace the fish that died from stress when I had to move the tank when I moved house? Check.
Discover that the themometer that came with the tank is now about 4-6 degress off and replace it with an accurate one? Check.
Watch my 5 Harlequins, 5 Black Phantom Tetras, 5 Red Minor Tetras, 1 Male Betta, and 1 Female Chinese Algae Eater swimming around happily and pat myself on the back for having a good looking fish tank? Check.
XD I love my fish.
Btw the first big pic on the betta page is the closest to what my little buddy looks like. Mine has splashes of iridescent purple on his head and the base of his fins. Now if his fins would only grow back. The stress of the tank move caused him to shed about half of his fin legnth, and they are slowly growing back. I rescued him from Walmart, where he was stuck in a tiny cup with rancid, cloudy water, underweight, dull colors, with ammonia burns everywhere. I avoid buying fish once they are that sick, but when I moved his cup to look at the fish behind him, he sprung to life and frantically tried to escape the confines of the cup. I opted to take him home then since he still had some life left in him, and within a few days, he was swimming all over the tank, right as rain.
Reset heater thermostat? Check.
Install secondary heater and set its thermostat because the house is so cold at night that the main heater can't keep up? Check.
Hope to hell that said thermostats won't burn out in trying to keep up, and hope that if they do, that they let the tank cool off instead of boiling it like what happened to Rahenna's poor little puffer? ;_; Check.
Vacumn the gravel bed? Check.
Dismantle the pump, flush out any debris, and use a dab of Vasoline to greese the electro magnet that drives the impeller? Check.
Change the filter? Check.
Clean the bio scrubber inside the filter box? Check.
Soak the hood in apple cider vinegar and then scrub off all the calcium build up from hard water? Check.
Wipe off the outside of the tank with glass cleaer to clear off water spots and dust? Check.
Finally replace the fish that died from stress when I had to move the tank when I moved house? Check.
Discover that the themometer that came with the tank is now about 4-6 degress off and replace it with an accurate one? Check.
Watch my 5 Harlequins, 5 Black Phantom Tetras, 5 Red Minor Tetras, 1 Male Betta, and 1 Female Chinese Algae Eater swimming around happily and pat myself on the back for having a good looking fish tank? Check.
XD I love my fish.
Btw the first big pic on the betta page is the closest to what my little buddy looks like. Mine has splashes of iridescent purple on his head and the base of his fins. Now if his fins would only grow back. The stress of the tank move caused him to shed about half of his fin legnth, and they are slowly growing back. I rescued him from Walmart, where he was stuck in a tiny cup with rancid, cloudy water, underweight, dull colors, with ammonia burns everywhere. I avoid buying fish once they are that sick, but when I moved his cup to look at the fish behind him, he sprung to life and frantically tried to escape the confines of the cup. I opted to take him home then since he still had some life left in him, and within a few days, he was swimming all over the tank, right as rain.
