Archive for August, 2008

My Friend’s 125 Gallon Saltwater Tank

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Due to doggy circumstances. I will live vicariously through my friends (we have stalled growing our tank for the time being). They have been shopping around for a used saltwater set up for some time now, and they found the ultimate 125 gallon set up with everything (lights, protein skimmer, sump, you name it they [...]

Jadyn in Recovery

Friday, August 15th, 2008

We brought Jadyn home from the vet today. She was very excited to see us (the vet said that she was really good, didn’t bark and wanted to shake everyone’s hand). Which is funny because she barked when we got her. Jadyn has a tendency to talk to us thinking that we understand her.

We made [...]

Life can throw some lemons…

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

So I guess I need to make some lemonade, but I only want the lemonade if life will throw me some raspberries to put in it…

Last night our puppy broke her leg while playing (she came down on her leg funny after jumping). Mike took her to the vet and she had an x-ray. They [...]

Getting a Corral for Seahorses

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

I got my yearly bonus from work and I have been trying to decide what I am going to treat myself with this year. Mike and I chatted about it and it was determined that I could go ahead and start my seahorse tank in my home office.
Today we went “corral” shopping. From what I [...]

Our Tank is on Fire!?! Not Literally…

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

There are cleaner shrimp… coral banded shrimp… shrimp gumbo… and fire shrimp… Ok, I may not be Forrest Gump, but the variety of shrimp that you can get for your reef tank is pretty wide it seems. Although I am officially against anymore coral banded shrimp in our fish tank, Mike did talk me into [...]