Gone for 12 days and I'm back...

lastlight · #1 12-13-2009, 06:07 AM

You know...I wasn't going to stick around. Not even sure I can but I'm going to try. You guys are still welcome to visit. You can show me your pheasant balls and I'll show you mine =)

Marlin65 · #2 12-13-2009, 02:07 PM

keep an eye out for those snails I thought I had eradicated all mine and then two months later they killed off another one of my clams.

Myka · #3 12-13-2009, 02:56 PM

Sometimes people who don't know what they're doing make better sitters because they read the instructions better!! Plus they don't have confidence, so they are super careful.

Leah · #4 12-13-2009, 04:28 PM

Dez,
How was Disneyland? Did you all have a good trip, manage to do all the rides?
Glad the tank did so well, while you were gone!
Bet you are glad to be home in the middle of the deep freeze, huh!
Leah

Dez · #5 12-13-2009, 07:30 PM

It was a great trip. We did all the rides and many multiple times. It's a quiet time of the year to go. Hotels were great and kids had a TON of fun. They are super lucky kids (3 and 4 years old) and have been to Disneyland twice and Disneyworld once within a 16 month period.

It is crazy cold here though....brrrrr! Good to be back home in the swing of things though.

Dez · #6 12-13-2009, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Myka

Sometimes people who don't know what they're doing make better sitters because they read the instructions better!! Plus they don't have confidence, so they are super careful.

I know. I was getting picture reports from the tank and the purple gorgonian wasn't extending it's polyps because the wavy sea stops waving after a power outage. I didn't want to give him detailed intructions to start the wavy sea again, but instead, he did a one minute freshwater dip for me and used a soft toothbrush to brush the gorgonian and it's good as gold now.

He would refer to a coral like the brainy looking one or the yellow guy...etc. Quite awesome!

Myka · #7 12-13-2009, 08:43 PM

Hehe, that's cute!!

Funky_Fish14 · #8 12-13-2009, 09:04 PM

Haha, thats awesome Dez!

Really glad to hear such a long time away from the tank went well!

Cheers,

Chris

Dez · #9 12-20-2009, 12:02 AM

I just realized the severity of the power outage we had while we were away. We had our annual neighbourhood Christmas Turkey dinner last night. While talking to my next door neighbour, he said that it was about minus 30 outside when the power outage happened. Everybody said that their houses were like ice cubes. They had to turn on the gas fireplaces just to keep the living room warm.

I consider myself very lucky in this situation as my tank is sps dominant. To survive a 5 hour power outage with no one around is quite amazing!