Yay! More Poop To Clean Up!! Happy Birthday To ME!

You ask for it, you got it... The one thing we definitely don't need, but I wanted anyway... Yep. For my big 2-6 Matt got me the rest of the necessities for my fish tank!! That turd had been saving his lunch "allowance" and eating Pop Tarts for over a month to get some extra fluff money set aside just for lil' old me. Pump and filter... Check. Bubbler, heater, thermometer, terra cotta pot, fake plants, gravel, PH tablets, Cichlid food... Check. Oh yeah. We had a brief moment of OH CRAP when we got the pump all cut and hooked up, filled it with water, and found a suspicious puddle of H2O near a flaw in the bamboo ( I tested that tank! I did! I did! Water-tight!! ) and emptied half of it before we figured out we'd just spilled some down the pump hose and it had puddled... better safe then sorry though! With any luck, we will soon have a few Plecostomus Fish in there testing the PH and a few New World Cichlids on order. I am SO excited! When ever we make a trip to Wal Mart, we take Raegan by the pet section and she gets SO excited looking at the fish. She giggles and squeals, rubs her fingers on the glass so the fish follow them... just has a GRAND time! We got this tank put together after she went to bed, so when she wakes up, she will have a fun water world to imagine with. This is SO cool.

AnyHoo.... Happy Birthday to Me!!

UPDATED TO ADD:

This morning we went to our local PetSmart to see if they had any African Cichlids in stock... and they DO!! SO, in preparation for the official TANK STOCKING next Thursday, we bought an algae eater and a few dither fish ( Neon Tetras... dither fish are stupid grouping fish that hang out in the middle of the tank and are spry and quick.. they calm the somewhat shy Cichlids and trick them into thinking that all is safe and sound.. otherwise why would they be all bold there in the middle? That way the Cichlids spend more time out in "public" socializing and less time hiding from dangers unknown). Our water, fresh from the "tap", has already been PH treated, and the filter is working MARVELOUSLY, thank you.. but it is all too CLEAN!! So we got these cheap, somewhat disposable fish to "dirty" up the water a little and make it more habitable for the REAL fish we want next week. I am SO excited!! Plus, we got our taxes done next week and should have the refund by next friday..... Paying off the line of credit!! YAY!! And buying Raegan some more socks. My god, that childs feet grow fast!