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[lsanderson]

Took a sick day. Head cold, achy kinda thing. Missing a birthday dinner tonight, damn, damn, damn.

The arowana must have been out of the tank too long. It died last night. Have it in a waste basket, and I think it's a bit too big.

Spent the day alternating between SciFi and FX. Sitting here drinking OJ.

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[laurel]

Poor arowana. And you, too. I've got a nasty head cold myself and think I'm gonna have to bow out of the birthday dinner, too. Though I just now read the City Pages review of the restaurant which makes me really not wanna bow out. Sigh. Plus, you know, wanna see the Birthday guy & friends.

It sounds like the arowana was jumping out when there wasn't anyone down there (or they'd've heard him do it). But I know, from a lotta years experience with that kindof fish when I was a kid, you've gotta be really careful about not making sudden movements when in the same room as their tank. Also: don't ever wear red or similar bright clothing by the tank, especially.

My Dad was majorly into tropical fish when I was a kid and we had tanks all over the house, including at least a couple of nice arowanas over the years, that we would feed food (like shrimp) by hand. But it was always tragic if they'd jump, which I remember happened at least once.

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[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

I'd finally talked Thong into putting a 2X4 on top of the tank, but he must have fed them and then left it a bit too far back.