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guiltypleasures
Friday, 28 March 2008, 11:37 PM

Re: Men can only lead to trouble
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Leahman my big tank (the one these fish are in) is 135 gals. The tank is about 6 feet long, 2 feet deep and 18 inches wide. It's sitting on a bit wooden stand and I have to climb up on a folding step stool to reach inside the tank to clean it. When I clean it, I use a gravel vacume that attaches to my kitchen sink (Python brand) which sucks water and junk into it and down to the sink drain. I also use it to refil the water I take out (I only take out about 25 to 50 percent of the water during normal cleanings and never take out all the water and fish to clean it) It's not an easy job and I can reach the bottom in some places, but I have to be careful not to fall in or pull the whole thing down on top of me ending in a huge flood lol 
As for my mommy convict, well catching her is not an easy task, esp in that size of a tank. But that's not a problem any more since she doesn't have a mate so no more babies to worry about with her. Without having to worry about her babies she is good about staying away from the jaws of the knife fish now as she did in the past before I gave her a man to complicate her life heheh
All of my fish tanks are tropical freshwater fish, except for my 29 gal tank which is a brackish tank (part sea salt and part fresh water) which is home to my brackish fish and mollies. 
I did have a very large clear glass vase that had a male betta fish in it, but due to my neglect at getting the water changed soon enough the fish died. It was my fault as I'm so used to having filters in my other tanks and not having to worry as often about doing water changes, so next time I try for a betta or goldfish in a bowl I'll make sure to do water changes often. As for placing them in front of a window, that sounds cool but don't you get a lot of the green algee on the glass of the bowl from the sunlight? I have one tank that gets the algee due to this and I have to clean it off more often to be able to see my fish. 
I would love to suba dive, that would be so cool and living on the Oregon coast it would be easy if I was able to afford the lessons and the stuff needed to enjoy it. Of course my health issues would surely make it hard as well.

Now about Tormies toilet, yes I agree, a convict would be a good choice to make his amends to socicity by cleaning Tormies bathrooms hehehe

Have a great day!
GP