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Last night this thing tried to carry my wife away. I lent him my hand truck. :eek:

Diana, I write them for you because I am sure there is no one else here. :D

Today we are going boating in this new lagoon I discovered here where the water is very shallow, just about to shallow to get my boat in but if it is not dead low tide, we will get in. Last week there was so many fiddler crabs that the noise was driving me crazy, it was like being in the middle...

So I was working on my workshop and I installed a door on a closet. It is very damp here so the thing swelled, sort of like my feet. I got out my trusty Craftsman belt sander that I think I got when I got out of the army in about 1970 or so. I have used this thing dozens of times for...

This weekend we have a full boat just to hang out in the lagoon where I collect so i will get more of those tiny fish to throw in my tank. The ones I have grew about 50% in a week so i think they are halibut. :eek: I hope they stay near the surface because if they get big and go behind the...

I have been putting in this "electric" fireplace. We moved to a Condo and I am not allowed to put in a real one. Besides I have no chimney. My last home had a real fireplace but I have to live with what I now have. All I have left to do on this is install the stone hearth at the bottom which...

Relax! Have Fun! It’s a Hobby! JUNE 3, 2015 BY PAUL BALDASSANO I realize that many of us take our aquarium keeping very seriously, but we have to put it in context and remember that it is just a hobby. A hobby, by definition, is something that gives us pleasure, not something that is necessarily...

I can't believe at least 3 of those tiny baby fish that I collected a few days ago are still living and actually thriving. I put them in as food. They stay at the surface and eat tiny "stuff" just like a whale shark. OMG, I hope they are not whale sharks. Those things never even make it home...

I hate cheaper and charging more. :cool: Give me iron, steel, oak, and bakelite. No Sissy plastic, styrofoam and software. Software is for Girly Men. :rolleyes:

So last night we took our Grand Daughter Greta to the beach behind out house to launch these hot air balloons. They are these 3' paper bags with a wax fire in them. We got on the beach with the Jeep as the sand is very deep and soft. The thing went fine going in. After we lit and flew the...

I get in there with Lestoil and bleach all the time and touch up rusted spots. Those engines are 20 years old. :D

I have to change the exhaust manifolds on my boat and it is breaking my heart that I will not be able to do it myself. I really have never hired anyone for anything especially something like my car or boat but there comes a time when this stuff is just to heavy. I have changed them on my last...

This guy was there. The other fish stayed away because he is an Ich magnet.

It was hot last night so I put on the AC for the first time this year. In the night it automatically set the temperature to Antarctic mode. I have to spend the day chopping icicles off the light fixtures. :eek:

I put a bunch on one side and quickly give some to the corals on the other side, but I know what you mean

Table is gone. :D I just fed my fish and gave them some white worms. OMG I have a lot of those suckers. They go through a stale, frozen slice of whole grain bread with yogurt on it in a couple of days. They are totally different than the worm culture I started out with and looks like I...

Sponges. As I was washing my car yesterday I was thinking about sponges. I added this light blue sponge to my tank maybe 15 years ago and the thing really took off. I feel that is a good thing because for it to grow like that it has to be filtering a lot of gunk out of my water which is probably...

If anyone wants this clam coffee table, it is free. I have the glass top which is chipped. Pearl is not real. :rolleyes: It is about 17" high. No, I am not going to ship it. :cool: I am in Suffolk Long Island I also have a de humidifier, also free, it is about 2' high works well, someone...

Yes she has. We are getting her I think next week for a few days. My reef is doing exceptionally well and I am not sure why but I am as happy as I can be. Well I could be happier but I don't hear Christie Brinkley ringing my door bell so I am almost as happy as I could be. ;) I have 6 or 7...

Understanding Old Tank Syndrome March 16, 2016 by Paul Baldassano In a few years, my reef will turn 50 years old. I believe I’ve avoided old tank syndrome by using the procedures outlined in this article. Old Tank Syndrome, or OTS, is something we have been hearing about since the hobby...