Pink Prozac - a luscious cocktail

Cleo's Garden

Its hard to see but I planted some bulbs that are sprouting next to Cleo's grave. We buried her up on a hill in our backyard. Hopefully the flowers will grow and we can have a Cleo garden.

Glamour Puss

Last night my husband bought home this bottle of wine. Cleo was definitely a glamour puss.

We drank to celebrate her life and the joy she brought to mine.

R.I.P. my sweet girl..mommy loves you

Nina -- your such a girl!

Emerald Crabs

These are cool. I have three in the tank right now. Its crazy because they were all fine and then I noticed one crab only has legs and a claw on one side...He is still surviving fine. Wonder what went down in the tank? Who bit his legs off, and only on one side.

We call him gimpy now.

New Fish

This guy is called Naso lituratus or Lipstick Tang..again, these are not pictures of my tang because he just doesn't come out clear when I try to take pictures of my tank. Plus he goes and hides..moves too fast etc...

Fish Tank

I have this book. It tells me that I'm not a gal that has a salt water fish tank, but that I'm now a marine aquarist. I like that.

So far the tank is doing well ( a bit cloudy but not unusual for a new setup). I'm learning. I used to have a freshwater fish tank for years, (even though this is good for general knowledge of the nitrogen cycle it still has a big learning curve when moving to salt water), I always wanted a salt water tank. Every time I went to the fish store I would look at the salt water fish and be in amazement of how colorful and beautiful they were. There are some really cool freshwater fish but they really cannot compare.

So now I have a 165 gallon salt water fish tank, recessed in the wall.  I did not go into this endeavor all alone. At Amherst Ave where we used to live we hired a painter to freshen up the place before selling. We got to talking and I asked him if he was willing to work on the house we wanted to buy, if all worked out. He said yes. We talked more about fish tanks (since there was one small 10 gallon freshwater in the room). He (Nick) has a salt water fish tank. We made a plans when he came to the new property, we would do it if we could!

He did it. Its amazing. Its a hobby though, you cannot just leave it be. You have to know it, maintain it, understand it and like doing all these things. Other than that..its simple.

Klein

Chaetodon kleinii

Common name: Klein's butterfly, blacklip butterfly

This is not MY actual fish but it is the type of Butterfly fish that I purchased yesterday. Looks exactly like him..We named him Klein...

Sasha

I had fun today kitty sitting Sasha for my friends!

The Cycle of Life Begins

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