Early last week, one of our fish tanks (unfortunately the largest one) fractured down the side and ended up causing a minor flood in that area of our house. Fortunately for the fish, my other half was home at the time and rescued all the fish, promptly finding them a new home in a plastic tub we usually use for recycling. So off we trudged to the aquarium shop, picked out a new tank only to find that they didn’t have the furniture for it in stock. We decided to get it anyway and we currently have the tank and all its accessories in a spare room until such time as the furniture finally arrives. Initially it was to be a week but now it looks to be more like two. Just as well our fish are happy in their temporary home I think!

After that little fiasco and the subsequent DIY attempt gone wrong, we were waiting for the third minor catastrophe to strike. Queue the other fish tank to have problems - not so much the tank itself, but moreso the filter. Despite weekly water changes, the filter just isn’t filtering much anymore. My other half was so impressed with the external filter supplied with the new tank that he decided to get the same one to replace the outgoing filter. And what a difference it makes!

I’m sure that people will probably think that it is a lot of expense to go to considering that tank has just one resident fish. But he is our largest and longest surviving goldfish and we are very much attached to him. I’ve put in a before and after photo of Whitey in all his glory - it’s great to see the water so clean!

September 7th, 2008 | Category: 52 Blessings, Home and Lifestyle, Photography |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Subscribe to comments | Leave a comment | Trackback URL