A Bit Of Aquarium Maintenance Today,

as Diana was at work,

 firstly I cleaned the underside of the lighting bar,

 with the light removed looking down from above, 

 I tested the water quality,

 with a API strip test, 

and the salinity with the refractometer I picked up yesterday,  

 four of the five guests, the boxing shrimp has decided he likes to remain unseen at the rear of the aquarium, unlike the cleaner shrimp, that is on view almost all of the time, I also gave the inside glass of the aquarium a clean, and cleaned the coral sand of algae, the pictures look a little strange as only the UV light was on during the day time, the other lights do not come on until the evening, and of course cleaning the glass and some of the sand had made the water a bit cloudy, next after finishing posting the blog I started on my daily exercises, shower over,

 and I was then out to walk to Waitrose for some shopping, never underestimate the importance of a list, which is what Diana had left me for the weeks shopping, on the way back I noticed that the occupiers of the Gate House at the beginning of the park, or I should say Foxgrove Lodge to give it it's proper name, had placed a hanging basket of pansies on the fence,  

 and nice they looked too, 

I keep saying it,

 if only we had a garden, but there it is, we do not,

 in the evening the main lights had turned on, both lights are on different time clocks,

 by now the water that was a bit cloudy because of me cleaning the inside glasses had now cleared,

 the cleaner shrimp, (Lysmata amboinensis), happy to be on view,

 the fish and one invertebrate all on view,

 actually there are a few more invertebrates in the aquarium, there are a couple of tube worms,

 some stone anemones,

 and some large,

 and small polyps,

 some Zenia, 

 and a soft coral,

 and now for a bit of fun, if you place your finger, after making sure it is cleaned of any soap or detergent into the water and slightly shake it, the cleaner shrimp will think it is a fish,

and go to work!

 next off for our evening meal, we walked through the park and into town, then downhill to the Curry Cottage, in Kelsey Park Road,

 we started with poppadoms,

followed by chicken samosa,

a prawn puri,

 and chicken chat,

 a touch of lemon,

 and we were ready to eat,

 a nice selection of starters,

then on to our main courses, chicken pasanda,

 lamb balti,

 which came with a nan bread, we also ordered a King prawn dish whose name I have forgotten,

and some rice, 

eyes down and tuck in,

 'Cheers!', an excellent meal, including a bottle of house red and two cokes for Diana the bill came to £75.00,

 we walked back home,

it still looks bright but it is nearly 9.00 in the evening, then feet up for a nightcap or three, 

our film for the evening, Amadeus, which we had just received, we had a DVD of the film, but it gave up the ghost, so we ordered the blu ray director's cut, and good it was too, and with the end of that we were off to bed.