What are you doing today?

[Back in the fold]

It is Wednesday morning. That means my wife and I will be delivering food to the homes of needy people in the inner city. The organization we work for is called meals on wheels. We deliver food every Wednesday morning. Retirement provides time to do things like this.

A Meals On Wheels driver ! It’s guys like you that remind me that decency and good people are still out there . I mail a check on the odd occasion but what you’re doing is putting compassion and generosity on full display . I know you’re not doing it for reward but I really admire guys like you . I salute you .

 

[gwand]

Glad to see you are back. Especially when you give me compliments.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Glad to see you are back. Especially when you give me compliments.

I also smiled when I saw your name, @Back in the fold , and some of your comments! Always make me smile. Agree with Gwand that it's good to see you back, and agree with you that people like Gwand help restore some faith in humanity!

 

[Back in the fold]

I also smiled when I saw your name, @Back in the fold , and some of your comments! Always make me smile. Agree with Gwand that it's good to see you back, and agree with you that people like Gwand help restore some faith in humanity!

I’m not going anywhere and neither are you . What’s going on with your fish ?

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

I’m not going anywhere and neither are you . What’s going on with your fish ?

Mostly swimming!

Plecos are pooping everywhere. Why did I buy FOUR plecos at once?? Three of them are so tiny, plus one big'un, and the surprise hoplo is lovely but a big boy, so I'm constantly amazed at the amount of poop they're producing!


They're making themselves at home and settling in well in QT though, and the tank is holding up to the poop machines. It just surprises me every water change how much poop they produce so fast. I took some photos of the QT tank and new fish before their tank clean and water change last night, will add a couple, hang on

How are you and yours, my whimsical and kind friend?

 

[Alice B]

I have logitech mice

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

I’m not going anywhere and neither are you . What’s going on with your fish ?

 

[Alice B]

I should do my fish tanks after we get the trailer parked in the morning.

 

[JackGulley]

I started my first day of work at my local fish store yesterday! It’s a fun environment to work in for sure. Boss was on vacation so coworkers were showing me the ropes, which is probably a good thing because the boss intimidates me a little bit lol. Having to learn the names of all the saltwater fish so I can bag them for people. I had three different people tell me “if you work here, in a year you’re gonna have a saltwater tank” .

Been eying what I want for my new tank while I’m in the store. I’d love a clown pleco and *maybe* panda cories but it’ll have to depend on what cichlid I pick. An apisto is in reach now that I can order stuff for myself, but I’ve also been spending a lot of time around the rams and I know that an apisto would bully cories. I *was* eying the keyholes too, but after looking them up they seem a little too big for my tank.

Bought another piece of driftwood for the tank, have some sticks from my yard I was gonna boil and put in, and maybe another piece at the store I’ve been eying. Store has a pond section with tons of water lettuce and said I could just take some for free, but I haven’t yet because the new tank doesn’t have its own light. We only sell expensive fluval lights so I might check dad’s petsmart instead.

I’ve got two more training shifts today and tomorrow so that’s pretty much my weekend. Putting them all in a row was a special opportunity since school isn’t in full swing yet; once I’m fully hired I’ll be working Fri and/or Sat and sometimes weekdays after school.

 

[JackGulley]

Customer service highlights:

“We’re getting this 75 gallon for our son’s birthday and tomorrow we’re coming back with him to buy a red-tail catfish.”

A 6-year old that played his mom like a fiddle. Went all the way from “no we’re not buying anything he just thinks it’s the Aquarium” to “Which betta do you want?” She got one of the awful tiny tanks so we got her to buy some anubias instead of fake plants in hope that it’ll do some detoxifying.

*Crazy* older lady has “kept alligators”, currently keeping an “illegal” local turtle, I think she was trying to buy an AFRICAN DWARF FROG as a feeder for it. I’m glad she was disappointed when she found out the frogs don’t get big, because I don’t know what I would’ve done if she tried to proceed . She said she “used to have this big (gestures about 10 inches) albino frog; it kept hopping out of the tank and she’d just plop it back in…

 

[Back in the fold]

@AdoraBelle Dearheart Your aquariums and fish look nice . I like the Vallisneria in the top picture and I really like your blue Betta . He’s an exquisite specimen . Did you consult with @CaptainBarnicles before you got those Plecostomus ? I’m thinking not .

 

[Back in the fold]

Customer service highlights:

“We’re getting this 75 gallon for our son’s birthday and tomorrow we’re coming back with him to buy a red-tail catfish.”

A 6-year old that played his mom like a fiddle. Went all the way from “no we’re not buying anything he just thinks it’s the Aquarium” to “Which betta do you want?” She got one of the awful tiny tanks so we got her to buy some anubias instead of fake plants in hope that it’ll do some detoxifying.

*Crazy* older lady has “kept alligators”, currently keeping an “illegal” local turtle, I think she was trying to buy an AFRICAN DWARF FROG as a feeder for it. I’m glad she was disappointed when she found out the frogs don’t get big, because I don’t know what I would’ve done if she tried to proceed . She said she “used to have this big (gestures about 10 inches) albino frog; it kept hopping out of the tank and she’d just plop it back in…

My oldest friend , who has since passed away , worked in an LFS after retiring from the US Navy and he told me many hilarious stories about customers and he plowed his paycheck right back into that store . Bought everything and built a fish room that was really something to see . If I could get hired in a pet shop I wouldn’t think twice before accepting even though I loathe work .

 

[gwand]

I am plumbing a nitrate filter into the sink I attach the python to for water exchange. Fingers crossed that this filter lasts a year and I was not scammed.

 

[Back in the fold]

I am plumbing a nitrate filter into the sink I attach the python to for water exchange. Fingers crossed that this filter lasts a year and I was not scammed.

I would be very interested in your experience with this . I’m toying with the idea of a whole house dechlorinating unit . They aren’t that expensive and would make my R/O membranes last much longer , eliminate chlorine problems entirely and be better health wise .

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Today I'm both happy, and a bit frazzled wanting to have everything prepped and ready!

Getting a replacement washing machine we badly need 10am tomorrow morning, so want to be ready for that. House still in reorganising/redecorating/de-cluttering chaos.

But also found out today that my bestie of more than 20 years will be in my city for the weekend! With his Greyhound too. So I get to see him, which is always good. He's both a rock and great company. He suggested it would be nice for me and Pixie to
get a night away from the house. My agoraphobia is better when I'm someone I trust, plus better out in open countryside rather than cramped places and busy cities, streets, crowds.

So friend suggested a dog-friendly AirBnB near the Quontocks for Saturday! Excited and want to go, especially with my bestie and our dogs, and I know he's right, that it'll be good for me! Pixie will love it too, she adores him, and gets on well enough with his Greyhound, and we both like taking them on fun walks where they can explore new places. Be good for all of us.

But my To-Do and Shopping Lists for today have grown and become more urgent. So I won't be around much from today and over the weekend, but for good reasons