wvned
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After years of lack of attention it is just me and the tanks again. First it was the right knee, then the left. Then Jills dad came to live with us. Then he declined and went into assisted living. Earnest passed and his funeral was Saturday and his trip is over after 93 years. Earnest kept freshwater fish and bred bristle nosed places and some different cichlids.
Jill and I are catching our breaths now. It's been a while since we could relax. Every phone call was a possible disaster we had to deal with.
Now I have to figure out how to restore the tanks.
You cant go back so how do you suggest I go forward?
I am thinking I will get a big stock tank. Then I will tear down and clean one tank at a time, reset the scape and replace the sand. Several of the corals have grown to the top of the water and are in fact reacting to shading from the tank braces now. They need moved down and over.
Or I could quit and raise some large angelfish.
It's all a bit overwhelming.
This was in June. They look slightly better than this now. We wiped the cabinets down and I did siphon dirt from the sandbags some. I came to the conclusion that was too little too late.
Jill and I are catching our breaths now. It's been a while since we could relax. Every phone call was a possible disaster we had to deal with.
Now I have to figure out how to restore the tanks.
You cant go back so how do you suggest I go forward?
I am thinking I will get a big stock tank. Then I will tear down and clean one tank at a time, reset the scape and replace the sand. Several of the corals have grown to the top of the water and are in fact reacting to shading from the tank braces now. They need moved down and over.
Or I could quit and raise some large angelfish.
It's all a bit overwhelming.
This was in June. They look slightly better than this now. We wiped the cabinets down and I did siphon dirt from the sandbags some. I came to the conclusion that was too little too late.
