Frustrated

If it's not one thing, it's another.

So, I remembered to bring the spigots for the pump, this morning. Hooray! I got to the house, did some puttering around, and then started to hook up the hose to the pump, set the pump in the fish tank, and turned it on.

The pump's instructions say to start it at full blast, and then reduce the flow if necessary. Since the pump is rated for a 10 gallon set-up, and mine is 2 gallons, at best, I knew I'd have to reduce. Still, I followed the instructions, and once the flow was flowing, I reduced it to minimum.

D'oh.

Measure Twice, Cut Once

I picked up a hose for the fountain pump, yesterday. Today, while on break from cleaning house, I wanted to continue assembling the fountain assembly, maybe get it started so it'll settle in and I can get fish on Friday.

The hose is too narrow. I'm fairly certain it's the same size hose as the air hose for the bubbler. D'oh.

This will serve as a reminder to bring the male adapter with me to Home Despot in order to make certain I get the correct size hose. I think I'll do that later today, to fix into place tomorrow.

On the bright side, my strawberries have sprouted, and 3 of the tomato sprouts are an inch long! Dang, those grow fast!