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Tay & Rondo!



Iisaw and Carol stopped by on their way down the coast to let Rondo meet a *real* pro: their border collie Tay. I forgot how much Tay would look like Rondo-- quite the resemblence! It was clear who the spaz was: Rondo spent most of the walk living up to his name and circling and barking at Tay (who was a pretty good sport about it all). The first thing they did after meeting was have a manly grass-eating contest. I think only Cody would have beaten them at this...

Tay did love digging in the sand: he would dig after a gopher, sending huge scoops of sand into the air.
Tay: diggin' machine!
Tay digging, while Rondo awaits a mouth full of sand
Rondo takes notes

Tay alertly awaits instructions while Rondo spazzes
Tay gets his orders-- he's off!

Rondo doesn't think Tay looks that fast...
...until he gets run-over by Tay!
Border collie stand-off


In other, non dog-related news, I've been reading the Bleach manga and *really* enjoying it! I feel like I'm experiencing the series for the first time again, getting all the details they weren't able to put into the anime. My only complaint is their name for Kisuka Urahara is "Hat-and-clogs". Sandalhat sounds better.

Also visited the good aquarium store and once again fantasized about a salt water tank. But...considering how much I travel, I think I'd better stick to a Betta or a shrimp-ball.

Comments

[crocuta.livejournal.com]

Ah well that's a fair price then I would think..altho it also depends on what is in it. I bought a nanocube 12 gallon that comes with filter, lights, pump, heater etc for 100$ then add 30$ of live sand, $80 of live rock and as of yet I've only bought about 40$ worth of frags..never bought a full sized coral/invert yet. The nice thing is that once you're a member of the local reef keeper's club you can get frags super cheap and with a 12gallon it is easy to fill and have it look nice with nothing but frags. The downside of a small tank is that any change happens fast as there is less water to buffer any problems that might occur (ammonia spikes etc)..so one or two days evaporation can change the salinity quite a bit but with the Nanocube since it has a full hood it wasn't as bad. My open topped 12 gallon evaporates quick... it needs daily water changes.

If you're going to shop for a tank I'd suggest: http://www.jbjlighting.com/sys_12gDX_nanocube.html
I had an earlier model of Nano and the only nitpicks I had with it were solved with the updated model. I also like the unusual square shape. Er wait..I'm not supposed to be encouraging you! Pay no attention to the tank behind the link!! ;)

They would probably move it like I'm about ot move mine. Basically put everything in bags or tupperware including the rock, drain the water down to the sand and disconnect everything..move the tank...fill it back up with the water, start it up again and put all the critters back. I am not looking forward to moving both my tanks :/ I just got everything happy since my last major re-arranging in my tank! :P
Actually transporting stuff shouldn't bother them too much as long as I properly acclimatize them.