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Woah oh Oh OH!
May. 19th, 2015 01:11 pmAfter much time, and actualfax budgeting, it arrived yesterday.
The New Fluval 406 that will soon be running the Biosphere.*
This morning before work I began the process of unpacking it from the Amazon box, only to find...it's actually not the model I thought I was getting. For some reason I thought I was getting the 306, and not the 406. This isn't bad, or at least I don't think it is. It's just that the 406 is bigger. Way bigger. It's for fish tanks that contain at least 100 gallons, and the Biosphere is only half full, so...damn that is going to be some VERY filtered water once I get it up and running.
Which I'm hoping will be tonight.
So yeah, that's kind of exciting. Following closely on the heels of getting that project completed I'm going to tackle the Tank Room closet. At the moment the closet is a loosely organized collection of cleaning supplies, hard ware, and crap we couldn't find another place for. We just kind of piled everything into the barely-functional and cheaply constructed built in storage solution that the people before us had in there.
It's a mess, truth be told, but somehow the dudebro who installed it managed to get the plaster and lathe to behave. Me? I'm just going to empty the damn thing, make sure the shelving unit I purchased second hand from a friend fits, and then tear all that shit out with the hopes that the closet will not only fit everything we have in there now, but more.
The goal is to have that at completed by Sunday, but...we'll see how that goes.
From there I can pursue some more creative projects, like...making a baby blanket to look like River Song's journal cover, drawing, and possibly even playing with paint.
I feel like I need to do something. That I need an outlet for this nervous/anxious energy I seem to have an overabundance of these days. Or maybe it's more that I feel like I have something to prove.
I'm not sure, still chewing on that.
But first things first: New Filter Day.
* The Biosphere being the name for the 90 gal. aquarium that currently houses my turtle Lois.
The New Fluval 406 that will soon be running the Biosphere.*
This morning before work I began the process of unpacking it from the Amazon box, only to find...it's actually not the model I thought I was getting. For some reason I thought I was getting the 306, and not the 406. This isn't bad, or at least I don't think it is. It's just that the 406 is bigger. Way bigger. It's for fish tanks that contain at least 100 gallons, and the Biosphere is only half full, so...damn that is going to be some VERY filtered water once I get it up and running.
Which I'm hoping will be tonight.
So yeah, that's kind of exciting. Following closely on the heels of getting that project completed I'm going to tackle the Tank Room closet. At the moment the closet is a loosely organized collection of cleaning supplies, hard ware, and crap we couldn't find another place for. We just kind of piled everything into the barely-functional and cheaply constructed built in storage solution that the people before us had in there.
It's a mess, truth be told, but somehow the dudebro who installed it managed to get the plaster and lathe to behave. Me? I'm just going to empty the damn thing, make sure the shelving unit I purchased second hand from a friend fits, and then tear all that shit out with the hopes that the closet will not only fit everything we have in there now, but more.
The goal is to have that at completed by Sunday, but...we'll see how that goes.
From there I can pursue some more creative projects, like...making a baby blanket to look like River Song's journal cover, drawing, and possibly even playing with paint.
I feel like I need to do something. That I need an outlet for this nervous/anxious energy I seem to have an overabundance of these days. Or maybe it's more that I feel like I have something to prove.
I'm not sure, still chewing on that.
But first things first: New Filter Day.
* The Biosphere being the name for the 90 gal. aquarium that currently houses my turtle Lois.
