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Home again, home again. The kids that is.
Feb. 22nd, 2009 08:54 pmPeter and Amber returned from their weekend retreat at my wonderful parents' house. It was the first time since Peter was born that Jon and I had an in-home weekend without them. My parents have taken the kids lots of times before, but this is the first time that I wasn't away on a trip or wedding or something.
Last week Peter requested to go to the fish store and buy 3 new fish, a big brother, big sister, and baby for Nemo. (Lemo got renamed Nemo after Peter read the Finding Nemo book. His other two fish in his tank are Dory and Marlin, Nemo's Mommy & Daddy.)
I think the extra fish haven't been good on the tank's water. While Dorry, Marlin, and Nemo had been living quite happily for nearly 2 months now, after getting the three larger newcomers all the fish in the tank are looking a little ragged. Marlin was looking so bad we took him upstairs to live with the Bosons for the weekend. "Marlin" returned to his tank today looking much happier, but one of Daddy's Bosons isn't looking too healthy.
I've been doing daily 10% water changes, and I'm trying to decide the best way to thin the tank. The 3 larger fish (50 cent Comet feeders) didn't look so hot when Peter bought them, but he picked them out of the tank himself. I was torn between letting him make his own decisions and wanting to get the healthiest fish possible. The three new fish don't have names yet, so perhaps on their passing they would not need to be replaced.
As for me, I made significant progress on the taxes but we're not finished yet. Jon is still working on sysadmin tasks to get us switched over to an external host.
--Beth
Last week Peter requested to go to the fish store and buy 3 new fish, a big brother, big sister, and baby for Nemo. (Lemo got renamed Nemo after Peter read the Finding Nemo book. His other two fish in his tank are Dory and Marlin, Nemo's Mommy & Daddy.)
I think the extra fish haven't been good on the tank's water. While Dorry, Marlin, and Nemo had been living quite happily for nearly 2 months now, after getting the three larger newcomers all the fish in the tank are looking a little ragged. Marlin was looking so bad we took him upstairs to live with the Bosons for the weekend. "Marlin" returned to his tank today looking much happier, but one of Daddy's Bosons isn't looking too healthy.
I've been doing daily 10% water changes, and I'm trying to decide the best way to thin the tank. The 3 larger fish (50 cent Comet feeders) didn't look so hot when Peter bought them, but he picked them out of the tank himself. I was torn between letting him make his own decisions and wanting to get the healthiest fish possible. The three new fish don't have names yet, so perhaps on their passing they would not need to be replaced.
As for me, I made significant progress on the taxes but we're not finished yet. Jon is still working on sysadmin tasks to get us switched over to an external host.
--Beth
