<rant>
So, I started a new job about a month ago (first time I've had steady computer work in almost three years!) and of course, one of the first thing I ask for is a small fishtank complete with aquatic garden. I bring in my Amano books and my own photo book to show my boss and the building admin what I plan on doing. I tell them "an Eclipse 6, a footprint no bigger than a standard piece of paper." Happily, they both agreed.
I buy the Eclipse6 w/ NOF, a bag of Flourite, four JavaFern strands from Petsmart, 10 lobelia stems from my other tanks, and about 35 Dwarf sag rosettes. I get that planted. I put in 3 Amano shrimp, 3 dwarf corys and a beautiful female betta (my first betta!). I've had this pretty little tank sitting on my bathroom counter for 3 weeks now, since the day after they told me I could get a tank for work. My wife has been bothering me to get rid of it or move it since the day after I brought it into the house, extra incentive to move the tank to work (surprisingly, she hasn't yet mentioned that I didn't say a WORD when she wanted *another* cat 6 weeks ago...
)
Yesterday, I go BACK to the building admin and make SURE he's cool with having 5 gallons of water at my desk. He tells me he's okay with it, as about 15 other people have betta bowls around the building. I'm pumped... in three weeks, after everything is stabilized, I plan moving my little plant tank to work to keep me from getting too bored, right?
First thing this morning, the building admin walks up to my cube and tells me he's changed his mind. "Hold off on that for awhile," he says. "I'm not sure that's a good idea."
:mad2 So not only do I have a tank that I can't keep at home, I can't keep it at work either. I am pissed.
</rant>
So, I started a new job about a month ago (first time I've had steady computer work in almost three years!) and of course, one of the first thing I ask for is a small fishtank complete with aquatic garden. I bring in my Amano books and my own photo book to show my boss and the building admin what I plan on doing. I tell them "an Eclipse 6, a footprint no bigger than a standard piece of paper." Happily, they both agreed.
I buy the Eclipse6 w/ NOF, a bag of Flourite, four JavaFern strands from Petsmart, 10 lobelia stems from my other tanks, and about 35 Dwarf sag rosettes. I get that planted. I put in 3 Amano shrimp, 3 dwarf corys and a beautiful female betta (my first betta!). I've had this pretty little tank sitting on my bathroom counter for 3 weeks now, since the day after they told me I could get a tank for work. My wife has been bothering me to get rid of it or move it since the day after I brought it into the house, extra incentive to move the tank to work (surprisingly, she hasn't yet mentioned that I didn't say a WORD when she wanted *another* cat 6 weeks ago...
)Yesterday, I go BACK to the building admin and make SURE he's cool with having 5 gallons of water at my desk. He tells me he's okay with it, as about 15 other people have betta bowls around the building. I'm pumped... in three weeks, after everything is stabilized, I plan moving my little plant tank to work to keep me from getting too bored, right?
First thing this morning, the building admin walks up to my cube and tells me he's changed his mind. "Hold off on that for awhile," he says. "I'm not sure that's a good idea."
:mad2 So not only do I have a tank that I can't keep at home, I can't keep it at work either. I am pissed.
</rant>
