|[Later note: I have now discovered that this is a bad idea, and a fan is a far better idea.] I got up this morning to discover the water level in the tank down by quite a bit… and then found it was all on the carpet. Thankfully it’s not a very large area – under the tank and a bit to one side. Lounge room is a shambles, as a result, because the stereo has been moved so we can reach said carpet; good thing it was resting on phone books. Lots of fun… towels all wet (and clothes dryer not working)… and a not-hot day, so no help there. No more dead fish, but I’m guessing the dropsy molly won’t last too long.

We’re going to get an Eheim filter, which I think we should have got in the first place rather than the Fluval. Given we will be moving soon, I think the procedure will be something like: new filter; cycle tank – possibly moving the fish to the qt while that happens, I think, either that or move them jsut before the move… drain the main tank and move it, fill it etc at the new place and then move the qt after transferring fish. Oh goody. This is one thing I really haven’t been looking forward to.