Please...

1. DO NOT put in any fishes: fishes which are unplanned for can and will disrupt the fish tank community and could possibly kill all the fishes inside the tank. No nemos, no colourful guppies, no arowanas, no pirhanas, no luo hans, no unauthorised fishes please.
2. DO NOT put in any food: food fit for human consumption is usually not fit for ornamental fish consumption and will more likely kill them than fill their little tummies. No leftover TastyCorner burger bits, no rice grains, no bread pieces, no chocolate cubes, no food please... Should you desire to see the fishes feeding, there are 2 times when you can see them during their meal times: 830am & 5pm daily.
3. DO NOT leave your fingerprints on the glass walls of the RH Fish Tank: you will not only stress the fishes by showing them your scary fingers, you will also leave an unsightly (and usually oily) stain on the glass surface which will cause the tank to look not-so-pristine. These fingerprints usually require a considerable amount of effort to remove (I clean them up after you all the time) and you wouldn't appreciate it if you were the one to be cleaning it up would you?
4. DO NOT knock/tap on the RH Fish Tank: you might not hear/notice the slight tap you make on the glass walls but remember that within the glass walls is water, and a slight tap would reverberate the liquid to every part of the tank. Imagine this - you are inside your room when suddenly someone 100 times your size gives your room a slight tap; the critters inside the fish tank are living harmoniously in their beautiful fish tank when suddenly a loud thunderous knock shakes them to their bones.
5. DO take care of the tank as if you own it: because you do... every Raffles Hall resident has a share in the success and wellbeing of the RH Fish Tank. The RH Fish Tank was set up not for the pleasure of one individual, but for the overall good of the hall; a little something to make the hall a brighter place to live in, an extra something for us to be proud of.

Yours sincerely,
Daniel,
Daniel Kwok.
RH Fish Tank caretaker 2004/2005

First post on RH Fish Tank blog!

Since the RH Fish Tank website is yet to be set up (due to the impending exams for others, and the lack of creative talent on Daniel's part) this Blog shall suffice for updates of the RH Fish Tank for now...

29 October 2004 (Fryday)
2pm: The cabinet was finally affixed with a set of locks, top quality workmanship courtesy of Mr Carson Goh (Blk 2 RF). Thankfully no equipment was stolen/permanently borrowed during the duration of lock-absence.



...just a brief recap from inception to today...

Sometime in September
The idea of the RH Fish Tank seeded during tea time somewhere in September by Daniel, Daniel Kwok...

14 October 2004 (Thursday)
2am: RH Fish Tank proposal sent to JCRC for approval... this is when the whole thing officially started.

22 October 2004 (Fryday)
7pm: RH Fish Tank was bought second-hand and transported from Bedok North by four Raffles Hall residents: Clare Kwan, Kok Tiong, Cheng Yewkam, and Daniel, Daniel Kwok. After an extensive 2hr cleanup of the tank and its accompanying cabinet, 40kg of gravel was added in and the tank was officially set in its place. Why put in the gravel immediately, you might ask... we were afraid of theft, thus decided 40kg of sand was not worth the effort to steal the tank.
10pm: The accompanying equipment was cleaned and sterilised, and the accompanying fish and plants were made comfortable by Daniel in his room, ready for the day they would be reinstated into the tank. Cleaning/Washing ended at 2am that night.

25 October 2004 (Monday)
6pm: RH Fish Tank first filled with water. Kok Tiong and Daniel filled the tank half-full with water, then set up the equipment: the filter and CO2 mechanisms. Next to enter the tank were the plants. Planning had been done over the weekend as to the positioning of the plants and we set out to create as aesthetic a scape as we could, the result of which you see today (30 Oct 2004). After the plants were in place, we filled the tank full with water. It was 9pm when we were done.

26 October 2004 (Tuesday)
1pm: RH was to have a formal dinner that night, and the tank would not be populated with fish yet...? As RH Fish Tank caretaker, the possibility of putting in the fishes was not even considered because the fishes would probably die within a few days as a result of the unsettled water (a new fish tank has to be cycled/conditioned for at least a week before the introduction of fishes). Thus only the lights were set up to illuminate the tank for a no-fish display that night.