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  1. Paul B

    Old Fart Pride

    You may be correct about respecting Veterans now more than the last 30 years. Now, if I wear my Veterans hat I get a lot of people thanking me. I recently went into a restaurant and I had a Viet Nam Vet hat on and the waitress thanked me and told me that most of the people just don't get it or...
  2. Paul B

    How to wash a cat

    How to Wash a Cat 1. Put both lids of the toilet up and add 1 oz. of pet shampoo to the water in the bowl. 2. Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom. 3. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close the lids. You may need to stand on the top...
  3. Paul B

    Old Fart Pride

    I also think this is a lost generation. Some of these "kids" do surprise me and have respect but very few of them know how or why they have the freedom to do what they do. Almost none of them know, or care, how many good people died so they can walk around and tweet their friends. I am not...
  4. Paul B

    Old Fart Pride

    OLD FART PRIDE I'm passing this on as I did not want to be the only 'old fart' receiving it. Actually, it's not a bad thing to be called, as you will see. •Old Farts are easy to spot at sporting events; during the playing of the National Anthem, Old Farts remove their caps and stand at...
  5. Paul B

    Tank birthday and I'm a Geezer

    Yes she is, Thank you.
  6. Paul B

    Tank birthday and I'm a Geezer

    I am to busy this week but soon I want to replace those staghorns. The rest of my montipora's are fine and in a few months I am sure they will re grow over the dead part. Only part of one died, I am not quite sure why. The other corals look fine, even better than they did. I am also not sure...
  7. Paul B

    Tank birthday and I'm a Geezer

    While I was trying to grow hair, I built a large pipe filled with gravel that the water slowly went through. I added Vodka to it every day to grow bacteria and the Vodka was supposed to be used up in the pipe but I think I overdosed it. I first noticed a large (14") sponge died but I didn't...
  8. Paul B

    Tank birthday and I'm a Geezer

    One of my experiments didn't go as I planned and I lost some nice, very old corals. I hope the rest don't croak but it is what it is and even a bad experiment teaches us something. My tank is and always has been an experiment and was never meant to be a part of my house decoration. Most of my...
  9. Paul B

    Tank birthday and I'm a Geezer

    He is pissed and I am surprised he didn't break his jaw trying to eat the worms through the plastic. I always feed him before I fill that thing with worms, but he is a hog and can't leave it alone.
  10. Paul B

    Tank birthday and I'm a Geezer

    I also built a white worm feeder for my mandarin so after he gets full on the baby brine shrimp feeder, he goes into the worm feeder for desert. The ruby reds also go in there when the much larger mandarin leaves.
  11. Paul B

    Tank birthday and I'm a Geezer

    These guys spawned last night which I am happy about, but she still looks pregnant so I assume they will spawn again. Or it could be that they just look like they are spawning and she is not ready. It's hard to tell because they are much smaller than mandarins and I never had these spawn...
  12. Paul B

    Tank birthday and I'm a Geezer

    The new, or I should say, re modeled fixture worked out well. It added 25% more light and a staghorn coral that was croaking, stopped croaking and seems to be recovering slowly. I only had about 100 watts of LED lighting over a 6' tank which is way under lit. Now I have 136 watts of light...
  13. Paul B

    So Today I couldn't walk

    Old age is exciting because I can't wait to see what hurts tomorrow. The hip thing went away like most things do. The MRI showed the muscle was filled up with water and he said I sprained it. That is another thing that is so cool, that you can sprain a muscle and not remember doing anything...
  14. Paul B

    Copperband Butterfly

    I got this one a few years ago when he was the size of a quarter. Now he is about 4" long. I have always had at least one copperband in my tank and have been keeping them since the 70s. Here is a video of him stealing new born brine shrimp from the mandarin feeder And another one eating his...
  15. Paul B

    Copperband Butterfly

    I don't see any more blotches, maybe I had cataracts . Mine says hello to yours
  16. Paul B

    Tank birthday and I'm a Geezer

    Feeder video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsGrL9nxJPs&feature=youtu.be
  17. Paul B

    Why do so many fish get sick?

    Bunker are awfully greasy and I think that would make quite a mess. I think they would be better food for seals and whales as they could eat the entire fish at once. If you could collect new borm menhaden, that would be great but for some reason I never saw tiny ones. Maybe this year I will...
  18. Paul B

    Why do so many fish get sick?

    Saltkreep88, whole krill I would think is an excellent food for fish that could eat them as they are quite big. Krill are like 1 1/2" or so. I think those small shrimp sold as krill would also be good but remember, the smaller the creature, the more of it's mass will be shell and not a real...
  19. Paul B

    Why do so many fish get sick?

    I also supplement my clams and worms with frozen Mysis but I wouldn't use them exclusively. Mysis are good as they are a whole food but they have a small problem. Their shell is not made of calcium and is not digestible so it is wasted. Much of those frozen Mysis is shell so I only use them...
  20. Paul B

    Why do so many fish get sick?

    So many posts are about fish dying and this is a shame. Most of the fish we keep should live at least ten years and many 15 or 20 years with the exception of small gobies, pipefish and seahorses as their life span is only a few years. Fish should also almost "never" get sick with anything. No...
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