Binky

Off to see my grandfather

Off to see my grandfather on my father's side, he passed on this sept

20. He lived for 96 years and was still active up til then. I'm costumed

in a black Boss suit ready for my family duties as the oldest grandson

of a Chinese family.

Stopped at Fairy Discus Place

Stopped at Fairy Discus Place at 18th Avenue. Mr. Chan allowed me into

the backroom where I saw a 20G tank full of dario dario. it was hard to

discern any females from the unlit room. Mostly males. He still had the

trio of badis assamensis in the front tank. It appears as 2 males and 1

female along with black angels, female betta splendens, 1 white cloud

minnow and a couple of bloodfin tetras. I was excited by the prospect of

setting up a species tank just for them as he said sometimes they can be

aggressive. Mr. Chan also had a 25G with stand for sale for $159, but

the 20R looked at $88 looked more promising. It was 24x13. Ouch I'm

addicted.

Saw jean my wonderful np

Saw jean my wonderful np @ Kaiser for c/o low back ache, diabetes check,

prn inhaler, and pruritus. She resolved most of the issues attributing a

sudden muscle pull and sl lumbar curvature to the ache I had in may 03.

I am to take back classes after my vacation. I got a hepA vaccine and

will return in 6 mos. For the 2nd shot. Other test will be run. The

pruritus will be resolved with OTC meds.

For the past 2 months

For the past 2 months i've been immersed in my new hobby of aquarium

keeping. I current maintain 3 tanks: 12 gallon Marineland Eclipse, 20

gal long and a 2.5G mini bow.

The Eclipse houses 1 male betta, 4 rasbora heteromorpha or harlequin

fish, 3 corydoras schwartzi, otocinclus affinis.

The 20L has 1 Dario dario, 3 female betta splendens, 2 trichopsis

pumilis or sparkling gouramis and 1 male guppy.

There is some java moss in the 2.5 g. Of the flora there is anubias,

java fern, java moss, egeria, and sag. After a few weeks, brown algae

has developed which I eliminate with a acrylic algae pad. During cycling

I lost 2 furcata rainbow fish in the 12G. Apparently they needed salt

and I didn't add any to my planted tank. I also got 2 guppies from a guy

on Craigslist but 1 died, a large female and the little male survives in

my 20L tank. I bought 2 fancy male guppies from 6th avenue Aquarium but

they too died.

I finally cycled my 12G with some rasbosa heteromorpha, a good hardy

fish. I added the male betta to the mix and all seems well. The betta

had recovered in the 2.5G from fin rot treated with 3 doses of

tetracycline.

My favorite stores in SF to fish shop are: Ocean aquarium and fairy

discus place. Both are run down and family owned. I'll post more later

Subject: The paomnnehel pweor

Subject: The paomnnehel pweor of the hmuan mnid

The paomnnehel pweor of the hmuan mnid.
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer
in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is
taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be
a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is
bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the
wrod as a wlohe.
Fcuknig amzanig huh?