Fish Tank Water Is Good For Plants

We have had our Gold Fish tank going for about 9 months now. The tank sits directly outside our living room window. So that we can enjoy our fish from inside the house as well in our outdoor over hang area. Now if you don't know much about fish than you probably didn't know that gold fish are cold water fish. That means that they actually do well outside in the winter time. The only thing that we have to be careful of is their water getting to warm in the summer months. To avoid this we drop big frozen jugs of water into their tank to stabilize the water temp when it gets to warm. Gold fish are also dirty fish. Which means that they go the bathroom allot, making the tank conditions livable only for gold fish. One thing that you need to do to maintain a safe environment is to clean out the tank every 10 days or so. The good thing is that Fish tank water is a great natural fertilizer. It's loaded with fish droppings and plants love the mix. I have heard it said before, " Gold fish water is Gold for plants."
So now a couple of times a months when we clean out the tank, we poor the water straight into our garden. We generally fill a 5 gallon bucket twice, replacing next to 40% of the water. So that is enough water for the entire garden, all the house plants, and what is left of our lawn.

Under Water Nativity Scene

Christmas time in San Diego. We are going to stay home this year for Christmas and spend it on the boat. We would love to visit family, but we figured this year traveling during the holidays may not be the most economical. So Lyndsey wasted no time decorating the house with all kinds of Christmas decor. Trees, lights, stockings, lights, garnish, lights, quilts, cups, towels, music on the stereo you name it. Yes, trees is plural. We have a real tree for inside the house, and a fake tree for the chickens outside. So it should not be a surprise to note that even the fish got a nativity scene to spread a little holiday cheer into their environment. This actually set up an interesting scenario for us when we were watching the fish the other night. One of the fish, Ginger, the big white one, was turned away from the scene and her fan fins opened up resembling something that looked like wings. Around the same time the Christmas carol, "Angels we have heard on high, something..something... " was playing on the stereo. I mentioned it to Lyndsey and now we both got a kick out of watching the fish swim around the Nativity scene.