No time lapse this weekend due to last-minute cramming in of data collection for another paper, so mostly a lazy day today.
I did get out to the Fish Store to get more plants and a siphon for Hex's tank and admire various lovely fishies which I will not be buying. (I haven't had a tank in about seven years until now; it's weird to be kind of doing the fish thing again but no community tank and no heating.) The tank ammonia level is going up a bit high as they do before tanks get established, so Hex may be moving to a bowl for a few days until the bacteria get their act together. The plants will help eventually but need those bacteria to convert the nitrogen into its most usable and least toxic form. I have a line on some sand from an established tank, which will help by introducing the right bacterial suite without building it from scratch, but J is out of town this weekend so it'll have to wait til Monday.
Also Hex's toes are regrowing apace. I still think the five posters for one species vs. one for a kingdom was wrong, but I admit the worth of the axolotl as a model organism. Especially if I can get a GFP one for myself.
Leverage s2 remains a lot of fun and surprisingly well written, with sexy women who aren't 20 years old and plot twists I do not predict. As someone who doesn't write fiction I may be at a prediction disadvantage compared to some of you, but it's quite enjoyable.
Recently I've had bizarre dreams in ways I mostly can't remember when I wake up. I do remember dreaming that![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rushthatspeaks had posted the final review of the year and that it was nearly a novel in its own right, and of course very well done. Sadly I woke up from that one before I finished reading.
I did get out to the Fish Store to get more plants and a siphon for Hex's tank and admire various lovely fishies which I will not be buying. (I haven't had a tank in about seven years until now; it's weird to be kind of doing the fish thing again but no community tank and no heating.) The tank ammonia level is going up a bit high as they do before tanks get established, so Hex may be moving to a bowl for a few days until the bacteria get their act together. The plants will help eventually but need those bacteria to convert the nitrogen into its most usable and least toxic form. I have a line on some sand from an established tank, which will help by introducing the right bacterial suite without building it from scratch, but J is out of town this weekend so it'll have to wait til Monday.
Also Hex's toes are regrowing apace. I still think the five posters for one species vs. one for a kingdom was wrong, but I admit the worth of the axolotl as a model organism. Especially if I can get a GFP one for myself.
Leverage s2 remains a lot of fun and surprisingly well written, with sexy women who aren't 20 years old and plot twists I do not predict. As someone who doesn't write fiction I may be at a prediction disadvantage compared to some of you, but it's quite enjoyable.
Recently I've had bizarre dreams in ways I mostly can't remember when I wake up. I do remember dreaming that
rushthatspeaks had posted the final review of the year and that it was nearly a novel in its own right, and of course very well done. Sadly I woke up from that one before I finished reading.
