Anyone else love the look of their tanks early in the morning?

[emeraldking]

Anyone else love the look of their tanks early in the morning?​

That depends on which tank... And the lights go on later during the day.

 

[Lcc86]

hoping the very cold isn't heading your way @GaryE ... tomorrow's high temp here, is supposed to be -11 degrees F., with a low of -45 degrees... of coarse I have a cow calving probably tomorrow, so I'm forced outside for extended periods this week, with outside chores, in the brutal cold...

Oh my goodness, here I am moaning because it's rained most of the week and is about 7°C. Hope your cow is okay!

 

[Magnum Man]

funny how things work, and I know extreme cold taxes things, but I got a call late yesterday afternoon, the 2 month old very big heater we put in, for the new renters, at my previous work building was not running... I called the local hvac place that installed it, this was at 4:45 pm... and got their after hours service... an hour later the tech called me back, there was 3 outages he had to take care of before me... when the new renter called me, it was already 46 degrees in the building .. I ate supper, and took a tote I keep of little electric "milk house" heaters in, it was -15 F. outside by then and high winds... I was worried about freezing water pipes, including the fire sprinkler system. the temp inside the building was dropping about 1 degree an hour... I was there after 10:00 pm, before the service guy showed up... turned out a safety switch on the cover of the heater had shorted out on the cover in the frame, and it was running in 5 minutes... and old worn out heater you can expect to fail, but a new expensive brand heater, should not have... anyway, that was my night last night...

 

[GaryE]

Extreme cold shows what's weak in systems. Things snap, crackle and pop. Cars break down. Pipes freeze. We're still looking at minus twentyish temps - not too bad.

There is a now unoccupied house near me that crashed in the last snap, at Christmas. The pipes broke and water filled the basement, til it froze coming out of foundation cracks and the basement windows. It was at least 8-10 feet deep, 50 feet long and 30 wide. That is an ice cube. It's probably about 7 feet deep now, but as the temperatures plummet, the cracking noises are going to be spectacular. Ice destroys like fire does, and that house is now beyond salvation.

The question now is if the foundation will collapse.

Back on topic - the only time of day the tanks don't look great is mid day. I like it when the rooms are darker and the tank lighting stands out.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I usually drop in a few algae pellets, staple pellets, and flakes when I first get up, when the tank is in "sunrise" phase with very dim, red-purple light. By the time I make myself a cup of tea and get settled for my morning reading/prayer time, the fish have discovered their breakfast and are all out and about. It's nice.

 

[Lcc86]

I usually drop in a few algae pellets, staple pellets, and flakes when I first get up, when the tank is in "sunrise" phase with very dim, red-purple light. By the time I make myself a cup of tea and get settled for my morning reading/prayer time, the fish have discovered their breakfast and are all out and about. It's nice.

I'm terrible I don't have a set feeding time for mine but my frogs are generally always awake and despite their poor eyesight they definitely know when someone comes in the room and they come over to the glass to say hi. My betta is suuuuuuper hard to find in the morning, doesn't help that his colours blend well with the tannins! He's usually stalking me from afar.

 

[Magnum Man]

well, I'm enjoying my tanks less this morning, furnace is blowing cold air again... ( the vent in my fish room, blows on my head when I'm watching fish, and it's blowing colder than air conditioning on the summer ) the temporary fix on the furnace only lasted less than one day... I guess I should cut short my aquarium time, and go pull the cover off the furnace, and see if I can make it manually restart some how???

the non tiger silver dollars are looking like they want to breed, the mature silver female keeps chasing away the mature tiger female, from a corner of the tank, and she has been saddling up to the male... silver female has a spot under the roots in a shaded area... no fin nipping or anything, looks more like trying to push tiger away, and she seems to get irate, when the male goes anywhere near the female tiger...

 

[Swampman]

I'm not sure if it's because it's so dark and gloomy outside where I am, but I keep getting completely distracted in the morning just watching the tank lights slowly come on and revealing everyone waking up and going about their business. I'm finding it so relaxing that I keep running late for work and nearly missing my train!

I wake and the lights are off. I love watching the lights ramp up and become fully lite. The fish are swimming around. I look around the tank and see if anything is wrong or out of place. Peaceful.