My week-long project is finally coming to a close. My 55-gallon fish tank in my bedroom had been overtaken by algae, it was so thick in there I couldn't tell if I had any fish. (I did). I put them in a smaller tank on the floor and drained the water from the big tank and added copious amounts of bleach to kill the algae. The bedroom smelled like a natatorium for the week while I scrubbed the glass in spare bits of time. Everyday Fern would walk in my room and inhale deeply. She couldn't get enough of the smell. I guess I should be glad she's not attracted to the smell of natural gas, she'd have her head in the oven.
Yesterday I moved the little guys back into the main tank and by this morning they were adjusting again and the chlorine smell is dissipating. I made the stupid mistake of sliding the aquarium up against the wall without measuring for enough space behind for the filter (which was on the other tank at the time). Ever try to move a 55 gallon tank with water and rocks on a heavy wooden stand away from the wall without spilling a drop or removing the water? I did, and that's why I get to be Construction Girl's trusty side-kick.
Now that I can actually see my fish, I need to buy more.
3 comments:
I had to look natatorium up. Good thing it wasn't on the GRE!
Spell-check didn't like natatorium, I had to look it up to make sure I was spelling it correctly.
You should get some of the algae eater fish that suck the algae off the walls and rocks. I've found them quite effective back when I had a fish tank. Of course, it was like a 3 gallon tank, so that could be why it worked.
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