Puffer Sushi

Well, not quite but we're no longer the owners of 2 puffer fish this morning.

It's a strange story, but last night I woke up at around 4am because I'd had this sudden flash of imagery in my head that there was something wrong with the puffer fish, almost as if the new puffer was somehow caught in the air stream of the pump and couldn't escape.

Anyway, so strong was my concern I went downstairs to see if everything was ok. And whilst I wouldn't quite go classifying myself as a psychic just yet, my premonition was right. The new puffer fish was indeed on deaths door - it looks like he'd gotten himself so stressed out that he'd puffed up so much he'd burst his air bag or something and was floating around the top of the tank unable to sink. There isn't much I can do, and Phil doesn't have any suggestions either (though at 4 in the morning I'm pretty sure he wasn't best pleased about trying to come up with a rescue plan) so I decide to let nature takes its course... and sure enough at 8 this morning there is one very rigor set fishy in the tank and another who if I were an expert if fish body language would probably suggest looked quite pleased with himself.

After cleaning up that mess then I then set about ripping my cd's to mp3 - I've done most of them but since my last ripping session I've bought a few more and haven't gotten around to getting them on the computer, and ideally I'd like them in a suitable format for me to put them on my IPOd for my trip.

I then go for a long walk and I'm out of the house for about 3 hours, in which time I've walked into town and got a decent rucksack to pack my hand luggage in, and then walked to the fish shop and got some plants and an air pump with air stones to put in the new tank.

It's late by the time I get home, but when Phil gets back we put the fancy guppies from our established tank into the new one so they can help establish the bacteria and things that make the tank healthy... they seem happy enough at the minute.

Posted by Abi on the January 30, 2006 10:37 PM