I Love Fish

Not the kind you find at the poker table (OK, those too), but the swimming variety.  Keeping a saltwater aquarium has been a hobby of my wife and mine for the past year now. This month has been a fun one for us because of our new tank. We set up a 135 gallon tank and got it cycled to stock fish these last few weeks.

Getting set up

The first inhabitants

After a lot of planning we decided on a lunar wrasse, niger trigger, and volitan lionfish to get us started. They are aggressive fish but they do a good job of holding their own together. They've proven to be an interesting group. The lion makes for an awesome centerpiece and the wrasse and trigger have great personalities. The wrasse patrols the tank constantly while the trigger keeps himself busy rearranging sand and rocks. I only wish he would stop knocking over the stacks I build. It's not a simple matter to reach in and stack them back up when you have fish with poisonous spines on it's back.

Probably the last time our wrasse sat still

The Trigger claiming his territory

Our lion stalking the damsels

On the poker front August has been a disappointing month. In the past I've ran good, I've ran bad, and I guess now I've ran in place. Every step I've had in the right direction has been matched by another bringing me back where I started. Consistency is my problem, and for now I'm toning things down a bit until I get my discipline under control.

Bad Month

July has been a bad one for me, but it's not just a downswing. I am not just losing because variance is against me. I have been making some bad decisions, and they have cost me.  It's not really fun to post like this but it's the truth, and the first thing I need to do to fix things is to admit and accept this truth. There is no better way I can think of to face this than to put it out there like this.

It sucks that I'm going to have to take a step down now. That's a far drop beginning of the month when I was looking at the idea of moving up. I even took a few shots at the bigger games, salivating at the idea of making them my new home. I'm going to work my way back now and that's just how it is. Survival is half the battle in this game and protecting the bankroll is key.

I am capable of playing better than I have. Now seems like a good time to prove it. I have set some goals for this August. It's time for me to patch up some leaks, focus on consistency, and get myself back on track.