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Horseplay, well the very pretty girl in the other car was kind of a Supermodel, but she was very pregnant so I called her pretty instead of Supermodel because that is a better term for a Mother to be

No, Not my tank. Don't be ridiculous I have a Undergravel filter, that can't crash. My "car" was in a crash. I was stopped for a light having a philosophical conversation with my wife about the universe, the meaning of life, or what we were having for dinner when all of a sudden: CRASH...

A little more on immunity if anyone is interested. This stuff fascinates me almost as much as Supermodels. A fishes epidermis consists of, besides other things, various types of unicellular glands some of which are goblet or mucous (slime) glands. These glands secrete slime. (other parts of...

Sitting in front of it with a glass of Merlot. :cool:

I took my algae scrubber apart so I could smear cement mortar on the screen. I found out years ago that algae loves mortar. When it cures in a few days, I will put it back in and build the LED fixture to illuminate it.

I made the black top shield to prevent water shooting out the sides. I still need to protect the ends so that doesn't happen.

Yeah, that happens. A Massive Poop is usually the cure for a lot of things. :confused:

Thanks. This is just another experiment because I already grow algae in that trough on the left side of the picture. That trough also disapates any residual Ozone from the skimmer and acts as a refugium so I need to leave it there. I experimented with it last year and draped a piece of rag...

I finished the experimental algae scrubber and installed it. The window screen on the bottom is temporary just to make sure there are no splashes. Remember, I have no sump so this is over the tank. This contraption also feeds my reverse UG filter which you can see in the clear plastic...

Today I am rebuilding a new algae scrubber that will be vertical which will feed the reverse UG filter. That is the plan anyway. I will not remove the horizontal algae trough because that also acts as a refugium and it loaded with amphipods that I collect in the summer. It is completed except...

First off, Thank you Mark.C for that liquid phytoplankton you sent me. I have been using it and although my corals normally look good, now some of them are smiling from ear, I mean, tentacle to tentacle. I will continue to use it. Getting back to immunity, I am not sure if I mentioned this...

I devised this method of keeping squirrels out. I bought gutter guard and sliced them in thirds. Then screwed them in. You can see it here and to the right with the cover on. It took be like 4 hours but it is worth it to see the expression on their little faces when they can't get in.

I may have to go back to work just so I can take a day off. I can't believe how busy I am and I am retired for 8 years. I don't know how I did these things while I was working. This week I missed a Veterans Breakfast and a Veterans Bar be cue because I couldn't get the time to get there. We...

I also installed the system. But I found the problem. Squirrels. Yes, furry rodents. They made a nest under the panels and ate the insulation off about 8 wires and completely cut two of them. I can't believe they gnawed through #10 thhn insulation and completely cut through 3 live wires...

2 years. The system cost me about $24,000 and I installed it myself. The power company gave me about $7,000.00 in a rebate and I got back $14,000.00 from the Government. The system makes, or saves me about $110.00 a month on my electric bill so it paid for itself in 2 years. Now the panels...

Today I noticed my solar electric on my roof that I installed in 08 is not generating anything. Not good. So I pulled apart the system and discovered there is no DC power coming from the 22 panels on my roof. So now I have something to do tomorrow. A few days ago we had a large lightning...

It also affects me, but in a negative way. I really do not like Manhattan at all and would rather stay Viet Nam. And I didn't like that place at all. Manhattan has nothing for me (except my Grand Kids) and I don't even like to fly over the place. I worked there for 40 years so I know it well...

The copperband was on life support for a while and I thought I was going to have to give him mouth to snout resuscitation but he seems better. He came out and gave me a look so I fed the tank and he ate more worms than anyone so I think he is going to be fine. I really have never seen a fish...

Thanks, actually the corals seemed to have liked the Ozone. I would imagine it raised the redox level quite a lot. At least now my house doesn't smell like a thunderstorm any more. If the copperband resumes eating, he will be fine. But for now, he is just staying in the back, not looking for...

So last night I looked at my tank and I was fooling around with something and I noticed my Ozonizer didn't have the light on and according to the read out, it wasn't making any Ozone. So I remove the thing and I have a spare one. I don't remember where I got it but I put it in and turn it on...