How true it is too. As some of you may already know, I went and got a red Congo puffer yesterday .... and it died this morning early! So much for me having a red Congo. Now, it's also looking like the tank that my Baileyi puffer is in has a leak because the carpet is very damp and I can see the water level going down. It's not a fast leak, but still very worrying in case it becomes a bigger leak because I do not know where I would put my Baileyi, it's not like I can just put him in with any other fish. And I don't have any more dividers, so I'm going to have to get another tank.
My husband went bi-polar on me this evening also. He was all lovey-dovey towards me because of the red Congo dying, but as soon as I mentioned that I need a couple of fish tanks, he went postal on me! Sheesh!
Thing is, I'm going to have to get a couple of tanks, whether I want to or not. I have no choice. I will need to get Baileyi in another tank before the one he's in decides to really leak, and besides that (as if that wasn't enough), on Tuesday, 8 September, I am due to get 32 red-claw crabs, whether I'm ready or not, they will be arriving at my door. So I need to get a tank for them as well. I'm just looking to get 2 cheap tanks, nothing fancy, I can get fancy at a later date. I just want cheap right now, and easy to acquire. So if anyone's in the Sheffield/Worksop area and has some cheap tanks available, let me know.
On a happier, funnier note .... I moved around some of my puffers today. After the red Congo died, I witnessed my two turgidus puffers fighting. I thought I had seen new battle scars on them, but wasn't sure ... now I know why I'm seeing them. They were the ones that kept getting together through the divider, so I just finally put them in the same tank. They seemed okay for a while, but the honeymoon must have ended. What I ended up doing was to move both the turgidus to another tank with a divider in it, but one they can't get over, it WILL keep them apart. And I moved my Abei into a bigger tank where he can swim around since he seems to enjoy swimming about and the turgidus just seem to hang out. The funny part is that the Abei could see himself in the glass and he was puffing up and his spots were really coming out. I could not believe how big he made himself. But it was funny because I was stand there watching him and when he looked at me, he would burp out the water and deflate. But then he would go to one particular place in the tank and that's where he would inflate himself again, and those spots really stood out when he would do that. He's a cute little puffer, full of himself. But in light of all that's gone on today (not forgetting that I was sick this morning too), my Abei made me laugh, and I find myself smiling when I think about him puffing up.
What a day, I never did do all the water changes I had intended to do. I will just have to add it to tomorrow's agenda. I think tonight is going to be a curl up on the sofa and be lazy night -- if the dogs will allow me to have any space on the sofa!!
I'm bipolar and its not the same as being a man- although men can have it too. hehe
