So this weekend was ok I suppose, Saturday we didn't do much of anything, I ran some errands, we went for Chinese food (YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ) then came home and I FINALLLLLLY cleaned my gross fish tank, I'll post a pic later, but it looks super awesome now...totally worth the 2 hours it took me to scrub the tank. FYI for all of you peeps who have a fish tank, fish that poop a lot (Mollies, platties, goldfish, etc.) really crap up your tank, pun intended, when you're not paying attention. I swear it went from bad to worse over night. I had black slimy algae all over EVERYTHING in the tank! Research online showed that the black algae is called "Devil's Algae" because it's near impossible to get rid of once you get it. Impossible for most, but I have determination on my side!!! :-)
So I took rash measures to alleviate my tank of the Devil. I scooped out the fish, and put them and some of the icky water in a nice little bowl then proceeded to wipe all the sides of the tank with special tanks wipes and then I EMPTIED the tank. Really REALLY risky move because it not only removes all the bad bacteria but the good bacteria as well so it was a Craps shoot for me to see if my fish would survive this. Once the water was all gone I filled the bottom about 1/4 of the way and put severely hot water in, as hot as my faucet will go, and swished the gravel around until no more gunk came off of them. Then I emptied that water out and refilled the tank half way.
Once the tank was filled half way, I did a chemical test on the water to see if I needed to do any adjusting. I adjusted the Ph slightly and added a heavy dose of Bacteria, Stress Coat, and Algae clarifier to the water. I let the tank sit to adjust to the right temperature while I scrubbed and I mean SCRUBBED every blessed thing from the inside of that tank with a freaking toothbrush. Since you can't use soap on anything, because it's an instant kill for fishies, I just used some of those tank friendly wipes and the hottest water I could stand. I threw out all the plants, something I didn't do last time, and replaced them with all brand new plants. Changed the filter scrubbed all the parts of the filter, pump, pipes and screen. Reassembled the tank's interior and proceeded to fill the rest of the tank.
Once the tank was almost filled, I tested the water yet again and it was at perfect levels across the board. I them slowly added the fish back to the tank and prayed to the flying spaghetti monster that they didn't croak on the spot. They seemed to swim around just fine, and so far none have floated belly up....(knock on wood!) Now the fish look like they are just floating int he tank, you can't even tell there is water in there its so freaking clean!!!! I'm so proud of myself ;-) I just need to make sure I monitor the chemicals and the filter changes better and I think that coupled with a more frequent water change and maybe an interior wipe down should keep it pretty clean.
After my 2 hours of being elbow deep in a yucky fish tank, I took a much needed shower then watched TV and played some video games while the bf scanned his video games into our media tracking system. After that it was off to bed, (about 130am lol), to get up early on Sunday to go to the PA Renaissance Faire with the bf and his parents. We had a good time, good food, good entertainment, good weather :-). I got my corn dog, pretzel, Kettle corn and soup so I was happy :-) I love Ren Faire Food. I also picked up two new flowers from the Faire. A rainbow leather rose and an acrillic red rose that looks like its made out of glass :-). Did some wine tasting on the way out and all in all it was a pretty good time. We're actually thinking about going back in December so we can see the Charles Dickison Christmas at the Ren Faire, something we've never done. Got home went to the grocery store and then it was time for bed, gosh how the day flies by.
On Monday the bf had a surprise planned for me and he never ceases to amazes me...he took me to see a special screening of the making of the Beatles Cirque Du Solei LOVE !!! Any of you that know me, know what a Beatles fanatic I am. I love this movie almost as much as the show itself. It's always fun to see how something so amazing was thought of and created. Despite the fact that we were the youngest people there by about 20 years or so we still had a good time. It was actually surprising to hear the other people, and by that I mean the 12 people there not counting us lol, in the theater talking because most of them had not seen the LOVE production in Vegas yet?!?!?!?! People what are you waiting for??? And why in the world would you see a movie about the making of something you haven't seen? That's like watching a magician practice his tricks then going to sit in the audience to watch the show. Whatever, your choice, not something I would do but every one's different. After the movie we went home and I watched the bf play Megaman 9 for a bit and before you know it it's 1230 and I'm still awake, wtf? I would love LOVE to be to bed at like 10 at least one day this week, although I doubt that will happen, yeesh!
I just found out today that Bloomingdale's has a Limited Edition Ultimate Collector's Box: Beatles iPod Set on their website and let me tell you how freaking awesome this is. It includes a numbered 120G iPod in classic black etched with the Beatles' logo on the front and Abbey Road on the back. Includes 13 original Beatles' CDs, plus two masters and the "Love" CD, all with an engraved guitar pick. This can all be yours for the small fee of $795 plus tax and shipping of course. Packaged in a box designed by Psycho Bunny. And there are only 2500 available. :-( I want one!!! Lol anyone want to buy it for me? ;-)
If you would like to purchase this for me, here's the website: http://www.bloomingdales.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=136291
But you're not allowed to buy one for you unless you buy one for me since I'm the one who told you about it, I mean it's the least you can do to show your gratitude :-)
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