bgk245
05-02-2009, 12:42 PM
It was time to move Haiven's cherry shrimp from their temp quarters to my son's tank. He's down to one remaining fish, and since he finally admitted that he really doesn't have time to deal with fishkeeping, the idea is to turn the tank into plants and shrimp, with "Roger" grandfathered in for however long he lasts (which ought to be awhile, with lots of fresh baby shrimp hatching - there's about 10 good-sized adults in there).
It was in dire need of algae cleanup, so I put Roger in a container, drained it down to about 2", and scoured the glass before returning the saved water, adding the shrimp, and putting the fish back. And I dutifully cleaned the sponge and bag of media stones from the AquaClear in tank water and stowed them in the saved water while I worked, because it took about 2 hours to do everything.
Then when I put it all back together ... no basket. The little basket that holds the filter media is missing. It wasn't in the water change bucket, not in the container where I saved the water and filter media, not around the tank, not around the sink - not even by the phone, since I figured maybe I walked off and answered the phone with it in my hand. I have no clue where it is. Obviously, in the course of going back and forth around the house, I set it down, but I'll be hanged if I know where.
It's not a problem - I just put the sponge and the media bag back into the filter without it. But someone is going to have a "what on earth is this and what's it doing here?" moment in the next few days!
It was in dire need of algae cleanup, so I put Roger in a container, drained it down to about 2", and scoured the glass before returning the saved water, adding the shrimp, and putting the fish back. And I dutifully cleaned the sponge and bag of media stones from the AquaClear in tank water and stowed them in the saved water while I worked, because it took about 2 hours to do everything.
Then when I put it all back together ... no basket. The little basket that holds the filter media is missing. It wasn't in the water change bucket, not in the container where I saved the water and filter media, not around the tank, not around the sink - not even by the phone, since I figured maybe I walked off and answered the phone with it in my hand. I have no clue where it is. Obviously, in the course of going back and forth around the house, I set it down, but I'll be hanged if I know where.
It's not a problem - I just put the sponge and the media bag back into the filter without it. But someone is going to have a "what on earth is this and what's it doing here?" moment in the next few days!