Random Advice Needed

[lesliepear]

1. I got a 10 gallon fishtank, filter and hood on freecycle the other day. I've rinsed the fish tank and tossed out the colored gravel (it had some sort of bronwish crystals mixed in it - maybe salt?). I did keep the various decorative things that were in the tank - rocks, fake plants etc. I've refilled the tank partway and left it in my shower to make sure it isn't leaking. I plan to go to the local fish store (not a chain) and show them the filter and hood and see if the filter works - I need a bulb for the hood anyway. Any other advice on cleaning out a fish tank and setting it up? I'm looking for easy to care for fish - now that Alan's older, I doubt he'll dump the whole container of fish food in the tank this time (which did in our first goldfish when he was 3!)

2. Does anyone have a GPS? I'm seriously considering one. I have a good sense of direction but some travels lately have made it desirable to have on-the-fly routing, especially in the dark. I like this one I saw at Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-Widescreen-Bluetooth-Navigator-Refurbished/dp/B000YE99NQ/ref=br_lf_m_1000284401_1_4_ttl?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=electronics&pf_rd_p=448571201&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_i=1000284401&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0JRHSE1Z211SV95YYZ68

My husband wanted me to check this one out:

http://www.amazon.com/TomTom-ONE-XL-Widescreen-Refurbished/dp/B000XABAG0/ref=br_lf_m_1000284401_1_2_ttl?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=electronics&pf_rd_p=448571201&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_i=1000284401&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1JWKM5T8W7SY7E2FFJX7

I probably will get it at Amazon unless there is a super black Friday deal as I have over 125.00 in gift certificates. I'd really like one with traffic info as one trip we do every year (back and forth to Ithaca) has a section of highway (I-81) perpetually under construction it seems.

Any advice?

Comments

[moobabe.livejournal.com]

I puffy pink heart my GPS. We had a Garmin, but replaced it with a TomTom. Garmin has more... I think they're navigational points. So if you'd use it to try to find a restaurant nearby or something, Garmin is better. TomTom is quicker at connecting to the satellite, so if you would use it more as, "Crap, we're lost and need to figure out where we are NOW" then TomTom would be better.

In my opinion. ;)

(Plus, with the TomTom, you can download John Cleese's voice giving you directions--for a price. ;)