So here it is Friday already and I haven’t gotten back to this. Had my Covid booster shot and man did it kick my butt. Far worse than the first two. But for only 24 hours. My husband didn’t have any effects from his booster.
So back to my tank. Yes, sadly it’s been a year since I updated this, and a lot has happened in that year(besides Covid) In January of 2021 I had surgery on my finger for trigger finger. Then in February of 2021 I had to have surgery on my shoulder for calcific tendinitis. The 3 months leading up to the surgery was painful and I could not take care of my tanks very well. And then post surgery was a long recovery and physical therapy treatments. Approximately 8 months total. The first 6 months I could not do anything with my tank; so you can imagine all the algae growth I had. I think I had one water change in 6 months. Once I got the ok from my doctor I got busy reclaiming my tanks. Phosphate was so high it would not even register on my Hanna checker, and very high nitrates as well. Tried to hurry the process and used chemicals and ended up
zeroing out my phosphate and nitrates, and ended up with Dino’s! I’m still battling with the Dino’s today. I have added some new fish which I will get into in the next post.
So back to my tank. Yes, sadly it’s been a year since I updated this, and a lot has happened in that year(besides Covid) In January of 2021 I had surgery on my finger for trigger finger. Then in February of 2021 I had to have surgery on my shoulder for calcific tendinitis. The 3 months leading up to the surgery was painful and I could not take care of my tanks very well. And then post surgery was a long recovery and physical therapy treatments. Approximately 8 months total. The first 6 months I could not do anything with my tank; so you can imagine all the algae growth I had. I think I had one water change in 6 months. Once I got the ok from my doctor I got busy reclaiming my tanks. Phosphate was so high it would not even register on my Hanna checker, and very high nitrates as well. Tried to hurry the process and used chemicals and ended up
zeroing out my phosphate and nitrates, and ended up with Dino’s! I’m still battling with the Dino’s today. I have added some new fish which I will get into in the next post.
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