Cleaning out the tanks
Posted by Anja on May 21, 2010 at 23:43 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 19:57Rory was giving me a hand, err fin:
(He’s usually rather camera shy, so I quickly grabbed the opportunity.)
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Posted by Anja on May 15, 2010 at 22:48 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 16:42I planted a cute little hardy Calla right by the waterfall and something purple-blooming with grasslike leaves whose name I already forgot on the side (took out a truckload of Daylilies; they just grow like crazy there).
Also found some swamp plants for a bog pot on the patio:
8°C – rain
Posted by Anja on May 8, 2010 at 17:39 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 16:36We got soaked this morning on our way to the aquarium club breakfast. and it’s friggin’ cold outside. We had fun anyway, though (and a yummy breakfast). I gave away my adult White Clouds, cause I have so many babies swimming in the tank downstairs that I don’t know what to do with them anymore. As soon as they grow a bit, I’ll have to start selling those too.
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Posted by Anja on May 5, 2010 at 16:39 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 16:35Things are humming blooming and popping open everywhere. It’s a joy to run around outside with or without the camera. Last weekend I finally got rid of the ugly plastic planters in front of the house and replaced one with the tub I had the pond lily in last year.
The lily unfortunately didn’t make it through the winter, so I potted up some of the papyrus divisions and one of my peace lilies in there and today added the baby minnows, who were rapidly outgrowing their refuge in the snail tank.
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Posted by Anja on May 3, 2010 at 18:12 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 16:29I always have to give myself a little something for being brave at the dentist (I blame my mom who started the practice when I was little), so I bought a small maidenhair fern they sold at the grocery store for three bucks. Pretty little thing. Too big for my mini greenhouse unfortunately, so I might plant it outside by the pond. For now it’s sitting entwined in the leaves of the monstera where it gets misted along with the Spanish moss every morning.
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Posted by Anja on May 2, 2010 at 16:11 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 16:26
The new guys are doing well so far, and Rosy (the minnow we got last year to see how well she’d make it thru the winter) seems thrilled but confused. She frequently joins the school of minnows, only to then go back to hang out with her goldfish buddies. Did we give her an identity crisis?
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Posted by Anja on May 1, 2010 at 22:49 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 16:25A half score of little rosy red minnows was acquired at the pet store. They’ve been added to the pond, and swim around a bit confusedly yet, occasionally followed by one or the other of our curious goldfish. I took care that they’re too big to be considered food, though.
Good day.
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