Well hopefully you will get it soon! The one nice thing is that the collections are a bit more spread out so you aren't bombarded with so many collections at once.

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^ that's true! By the way i love your avator, is that your cat??

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Thanks girls!!! Your thoughts mean a lot to me and my fish!

I went to the LFS today & we figured out the problem! my nitrate levels are SKY HIGH! It irritates me though, because I test everyday and my test kit says everything is normal. OBVIOUSLY NOT! I saw the color strip and the test tube and there wasn't a color on color strip that matched the test tube! So we obviously have a faulty test kit, & the guy gave me another one.
I was dealing with the owners son, the ONLY person I will talk to there now. He even looked at me and asked if I was neglecting my tank! I just wanted to cry when he said that. I realized that I needed to bight the bullet and pay the $$$ to get a protein skimmer, which he told my hubby to do a couple weeks ago. (that's our fault there!) The guy did knock of $20.
So we are setting the protein skimmer up now & then do a 10% water change every few days. We also going put garlic & vitamin c in the food to bring up their immune system.

(sorry if this all reads like gibberish!)

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I missed a day & a half of posts & its so hard to catch up & I need to get to sleep but I have to say 2 things...

Allison!!! I'm sorry about your fishies I hope your tank problems get all cleared up soon!!! It sounds like things will be on their way to better now that you know what's wrong. xoxoxoxo

And Happy Birthday Audrey! I hope it was wonderful

Oh, 1 more thing happy 100 pages bimbos

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Thanks! Yep that is my boy Coach!

Well hopefully this will make the clown fish and your puffers environment a lot better! Glad to hear that the problem might be solved. BTW how are your headaches doing?

Welcome back! BWT Jenn I love that you are a "swatch bimbo"! That totally made me laugh!

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Well I had a list for Neo Sci-Fi and I didn't get half the stuff that was on my list...so final lists are truly not always final. Same with Cool Heat. Seriously, I make in a good month what many of you make in a week so I can't go as crazy.

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Thanks Katie! We put the new protein skimmer in &......the sump is waaayyy to big! It looks awful! So I have to take it back and spend an extra 40 bucks on the nicer looking one! AHHH I have to cut down on my MAC spending!

I had a really bad Migraine when I was at my dads over the weekend, it also came along with a small fever. It just sucks the my preventative meds wont kick in right away!

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Well at least you are on your way to feeling better and so are the fishies! The things we do for our pets!

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Once they do, though, they should hopefully make life muuuuch better. My life has improved drastically since I FINALLY found a preventative med to keep my asthma in check (symbicort, which is usually only gone to when none of the other preventative asthma meds work, at least around here that's how she goes, because symbicort is stupidly expensive). I really hope the meds do the trick for you!

Aaaaand I'm so happy things are looking up for your fishes. Hurray!!! Sure, it's expensive, but isn't it totally worth it to save your babies?

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I wonder if Halifax's FS will have a CoC event... I know that they had one for Smoke Signals (I actually just found my old invite today!) and the drinks and snacks at that were super yummy (also, blue storm was my lover). If I don't get anything for CoC, I'm going to have to ask at the store if they are having anything, because god damn it, I WANT TO GO. I haven't gotten ANY mail from MAC since Smoke Signals (cryyyyyyy!!!!).

I went out for Martini Monday at a local place (the Fireside) with a couple of the girls tonight. WELL! The waitress was AWFUL. She was so bad that when I was paying with my debit card, I added a one cent tip. My friend left pennies and a note. Also? Whomever was bartending should be fired. I am a waitress and a certified bartender, and hot damn were those drinks AWFUL. I swear that the classic martini one of the girls ordered had to be 1/3 vermouth - EW. I tried a sip and about choked. When it comes to martinis, I have to say I'm in the Winston Churchill style camp: give a firm nod in the general direction of France and add your gin. I stuck to designer martinis, and they were all terrible. They magically kept having less and less in them when we'd get a fresh round (we were waiting for someone, which is why we stuck it out so long), and the waitress tried to tell us it was because some have more juice in them. Uh, darlin', clearly you don't know how martinis work. And THEY PUT ICE IN THEM AND LEFT IT THERE!? Seriously, I am not going back. If the girls want a cheap martini night, I'll tend bar. 'Cause... ugh.

Ahem. Anyhow... At least my makeup rocked! I reeeaaaalllly wish I knew where my camera was, because it turned out beautifully.

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