Today we tried to add bedding to the tank, you know, like gravel or sand. But the thing is, the rest of the group insisted that we used natural gravel, and that we could clean it out so it was just the rocks. But the thing is, that didn’t work out. We tried to clean it, but all we could get out was the silt, it was still 50% sand and 50% gravel. But they put it in the tank anyway, thinking it would be okay, but it wasn’t not at all. I was rocky and dirty, and because of how much sand there was, it would take hours to settle, just before Oscar stirred it up again. So what could we do? Well they could order me to fix it of course! So i try to shovel it all into this bucket with my hands, which didn’t work very well, meanwhile, Evan finds out that the supports we built to put under the desk where just slightly too short. So now we’ve got two problems to deal with, so, logically, we swap problems.

So as i try to shove different things under the support beam to make it taller, Evan is using paper towels to soak up the extra water that was in the bucket with the gravel. Eventually Evan gets most of it, along with most the gravel, and comes to help figure out what to do about the supports. Soon he figures out a way that if he cut a little off the bottom of the support, then he could fit this wooden 2 by 4 under it. So, i guess everything’s resolved now, but considering it took us a couple days to get and clean that gravel, it was a bit of a let-down when Chris changed his mind and told us to buy real fish tank gravel, but i guess its for the better.