"NSP" wrote in message
om...
As my fiancee puts it, my once beatiful tank has been turned into the
killing fields.

sorry, but you're not allowed to "Give Up". you see,... once you've posted in
alt.aquaria.freshwater.misc, you've unknowingly joined the
super-secret-societal-kinshipped-brotherhood of the everlasting fishkeepers
alliance (introduces the s-s-s-k-b of e.f.a. secret handshake). our credo: we
are our brothers fishes keepers. once you are "in" you're "IN" for life
(dramatic pause for effect here). you will not quit, you will not leave, you
will not 'flush', you will not "Give Up". to do so will bring down the
crescendo's of everlasting fury and condemnation of the brotherhood. we will
hunt you down, haunt you, say mean things about you when you are not looking,
scratch you off our christmas card list, take away your birthday, smoke cigars
while sitting in your favorite chair, listen to loud rap music on your stereo,
drink your last beer, date your daughter and furthermore...... we'll show you a
picture of your secret highschool crush as she looks now (after 12 kids)!
MUWAAHAAHAAHAAHAAAaaaa *cough* *choke* *gag* *sputter*...

seriously though, keep with it, dont stress, fish are replaceable. you've come
this far already and have learned alot more than you thought you would. relax
and let things happen.

tedd. :-)