The new year started off with a whimper. After an enjoyable weekend of sleeping in, staying up until 3 and just fucking around on my Sims game I was happy. Then on new years eve I noticed the fish tank was cloudy. The same fish tank we had JUST cleaned. I peered in and my YoYo Loaches were dead. Rather... one was dead. The other was MIA and presumed eaten. *sigh* Jake promised to get more AmQuel for the water and we went about our business. At about 3am I was ready to hit the sack (Jake had gone to bed before me) and noticed the fish were in distress. Two were at the bottom and looking like they were at death's door. I muttered 'fuck it' and started emptying out the tank. thirty to forty minutes later I filled it back and dumped the last of the AmQuel that we had in there and hoped for the best. Later that morning I peered in to see all fish swimming about and breathed a sigh of relief. In the end it was my fault for the water getting cruddy. I have this favorite fish decor that sits in the middle and blows bubbles. It's a replica of the Roman ruins and very cool. Unfortunately it has a huge area underneath that gathers air and some other crud that becomes stale and toxic. Any movement and it spills out into the tank. Me poking around the gunked up holes was enough to make my nice clean fish tank a death tank. *sigh* Now I just have to get the water back on track and search for some more YoYo loaches. Yay for 2008. :p

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