Ben and I got our Colorado driver licenses and registered to vote yesterday.
The only thing that remains to complete the transition from Arizona to Colorado is to get the car registered. I have 90 days to do that.
I also finally got the aquarium back up and running yesterday. No more staring at the empty tank, the constant remember that this place wasn't yet "home."
I bought gravel on the commute back from work on Wednesday. Thursday morning I set the tank up and then let it just sit—as recommended—for 24 hours. Since it is for all intents, a new setup and the nitrogen cycle hasn't yet been established, I had to be kind of conservative with my initial critter selection. Surprisingly, the fish recommended by the store owner were ones I would've wanted to get eventually anyway: 3 black skirts, 5 red-eyes, and 5 serape tetras. I haven't selected a bottom feeder yet; I'm hoping to find the same species of plecastomous that I had in Phoenix, but can't remember what type it was:
Hopefully one of my aquarist readers can identify it, because its looking very unlikely that my sister is going to be willing to give him back. After about two and a half years he'd only grown to about three inches in length, the maximum size the store initially told me and perfect for this relatively small (29 gallon) aquarium.
Ultimately I'd like to get several Clown Loaches (my sister isn't willing to part with them either), some Neons, maybe some Micky Mouse Platys, and a couple Glass Cats or Pearl Gouramis…
congratulations!