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I wrote an article someplace on this about copperbands. That sore spot on butterflies and other thin fish is internal bleeding and is rather common with those types of fish. I have autopsied many of them with that condition and it is internal bleeding. It is usually in the meaty portion of...

David, I use a Vortex Diatom filter. I know other companies make them but I don't know anything about them. I have about 5 of them, mostly for parts to make others work. They are not built very well.

You are right, I see it now. That piece on the right is not cemented on yet and probably won't go there. It is really just laying behind the piece, there is another one back there too. I need a few more pieces to finish what I am planning and that piece of wood won't go in my tank. :cool: It...

So far I have this. Built it out of 8 smaller rocks held together with stainless steel threaded rod, epoxy and cement. The right end I built with my left hand and knee. :rolleyes:

The Dr. told me I can't lift anything heavier than a tea cup for 3 weeks due to the stitches going across my palm. ;Nurse But I don't drink tea so I assume that doesn't apply to me. :) I tried to do some work on the rock structure I am building for the new tank and I mixed the cement with my...

Thank you Diana Hand surgery is really Sissy Girly Man surgery and I am almost embarassed that I had it. Man surgery is when they tear off your hand and send it out for repairs. Grand Marnier and a pain pill works wonders :confused:

OK Surgery over. All seems well and I can use one finger on my right hand because he put in a nerve block. But he put it in one hour and 59 minutes ago and it only lasts 2 hours so i may not be able to finish. The nurses were Fantas......... Uh UH, it is wearing off. OUCH %$#&(@##$^ OUCH...

Thank you, one of those finger prayers. :)

Being I will only Have my left hand to type, i will only be able to type on the left side of the page :confused:

I put some new rocks together today but couldn't finish the thing. It should be almost 3' long and will support my entire reef structure, or 3' of it anyway. I couldn't build the entire thing the way I wanted so i am just putting some large rocks together with stainless steel screws, epoxy and...

The new place is just about finished but it will take a few weeks to inspect it, I am guessing we will move the second week in June. My boat just got out to the new marina today and should be in the water Monday. I will go out there (using my good left hand) and clean the thing and possibly...

We have a closing date of the 21st of this month but I will still live here for a few weeks and pay rent. This may work out very well because if my house ever gets finished I will be able to move my fish there while I still live here. Thats the new plan. I wanted to build a large rock to support...

It's above the tank, see the water level under it. Remember my tank is in a wall so you don't see any of this

Diana, when I installed that thing there were no video's and camera's were made out of wood. :cool: Diana, Of course I made it. I am not a Sissy Girly Man. :D Besides, where would you buy something like that? A chicken market! :grin: That think is extremely simple. There is a pump behind...

I just got my undergravel filter and I am all Goo Goo over it. OK not really. It is extremely cheaply made compared to my old one and I hope my rocks don't crush the thing. It is one step above that plastic packaging that roast chicken comes in. It also has some very thin tubes that I will...

Diana, just drive north and make a right at the Statue of Liberty. :D

I never hired anyone in my life for anything and can't stand the fact that I now have to hire someone to build my elevator shaft in my new home for the handicapped elevator for my wife. I can do this with no problem for about a grand but you have to be licensed and insured for that town. I am...

I just cleaned my algae scrubber and I noticed in my UG filter manifold that one tube was clogged wit tube worms. I made a hook on some wire and lifted some out then I had to chop the rest of them up to restore movement. In doing that a tube that feeds the left UG plate came apart. It is...

I just remembered this story, but I am sure I posted it on here somewhere so if you read it go and watch Oprah give houses to homeless cats with Alzheimer disease. I had a guy on the job who we called Speedy. This was the remodel of the New York City Playboy Club (where I would have worked for...

So I fired my elevator contractor because he was a Jiboni and I don't think he knew an elevator from a lighted refugium. I hired a new one yesterday and will see how that goes. I also called a builder today because I need a licensed carpenter to build a shaft inside the original shaft which is...