At least I don’t think so… The filter on the fish tank died at 11 o’clock tonight. No way to replace it at this hour. Hundreds of dollars worth of fish with lives in the balance. I have time to go get a filter tomorrow morning assuming there are fish to save, but I don’t have time to set it up. I will have to be very very late. Then there is the cycling of a filter. If I can’t reuse enough of the components with good bacteria living on them the tank good essentially become a deathtrap as the biological filtration chemistry starts over. The last time we got a new filter I think we did 50 percent water changes (40 gallons) every hour for a full day to keep the water livable… It was awful and so many fish died. The water becomes poisonous and they suffocate. They try to jump out before they die.

And I get to deal with potentially any combination of the above possibilities tomorrow before work. Joy.

UPDATE: No one died, the new filter is bought and up and running. I’ll test the water in a bit to see if there is any bad stuff happening.... so far so good!

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daniel · late at night · say it · ping it

Celebrate! There were no further casualties. A miracle I tell you! But I still went to the pet store and stocked up on the chemicals. And to be safe poured a half a bottle in the tank. Just in case my bacteria levels were still off. I’d like everyone living in there to stay alive thanks.

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daniel · early evening · 2 comments · ping it

Today went by with out a single April Fool’s moment, other than my own. (I made a harmless verbal joke.) I think it’s because we have too much loss prevention drama at the old work place. That’s fine with me though. The only other bits of news I’ve had so far were regarding my ping thingy from earlier, and Richard telling me that his windshield got hit by a rock earlier and needs replacing.

Hmm. April Fool or real…

So I combed through my MT settings, and code and all seems okay. I did however find a few things that needed fixing anyway regarding trackback and comments, so it was a productive hour anyway. Just the same, MT users feel free to ping me just to be sure!

As for the windshield… Well it could go either way. I will just have to wait till Richard gets home. The fact that it’s about his car and not mine makes me think “real”.

It’s funny though. The whole day I’ve been thinking about an April Fool’s Day from my childhood.

My father was off work, I think with a broken leg or something. I'm not sure, but anyway he was home. Mom was working at a small clothing store back then to get out of the house. Dad had called her at work. "Hey, I need to clean up a big spill. What should I use?" Keep in mind, my mother was and is a clean freak nut-case, like me. He went on to explain that it was water. You know, giving out one detail at a time before telling her it was the fishtank that was knocked over. Of course blaming my brother and I. I swear she lost it a little that day. He had her going for a while too. Right when she said she was hanging up and coming home he said those two words. "April Fool" She got home that night and cussed him for a solid hour.

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daniel · late evening · say it · ping it