Saturday, August 26, 2006

!!!!***!!!***GANAPATI BAPPA MORAYA***!!!***!!!!

Hi there!!
The Lord is all over town.
It's Ganesh Chaturthi. Time for Modaks and Karanjis and steamed modaks.
Sharing Tanu's Ganesh with all of you.
Child art at its best. Posted by Picasa

Monday, August 21, 2006

New Marine Fish Tank at home.

After a long wait finally the marine fish tank is here. Everyone's happy. It takes a long time to set up a marine fish tank. Right from the coral sand to the lava rocks. Filling in matured water. Waiting for the PH level to settle. The PH is set but the Nitrate level is too high. So the water is being treated using some bacteria. The kids were too eager to have fish in the tank so after the PH was set got a pair of percular clowns and a sea anemone. Didn't know that marine fish are very territorial. The clowns stay in the anemone. 2 clowns and 1 anemone. "Bahut naainsaafi hai."
The stronger clown killed the weaker one over territory. It wasn't a gory death. But the weaker clown was nipped in its gills. It was injured and had settled at the bottom of the tank. Then suddenly the soul left; it flipped over and next instant its lifeless body was afloat. The kids were sad but were happy to feel the dead clown "NEMO".
The next day two more fish were introduced; Yellow Tang and Regal Tang. Good colorful fish. Still small slowly getting adjusted to the new environment. Nitrate is still high so we are considering change of water.
Will post a pix soon. .... Okay going under.....blurp ...blub .... glug.