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I looked back at a book I started (and will never finish writing) in 1971 and at that time, or a couple of years later I started keeping copperbands. They are a great fish with a lot of personality. But if I could not get live blackworms, I would not keep one. Here is a video of the one I have...

This is the first time in decades that I don't have a Hippo Tang in my tank. I also don't have any percula clownfish. I just don't like percula's and have had to many of them. Besides my fireclown would chase it out of the tank. I do like hippo tangs but after a few years in my tank they...

I fixed my ozonizer. I probably should not have tested it by putting the outlet hose in my nose but it is fixed. An instant headache proves that it works and the fact that I almost had to call the EMS with the paddles proves that it works great. Yesterday I fed my fish and I heard a big...

I got about 10 more crabs today so I am set and don't need any more. But of course, if I get the urge, I will catch more just because I can. It is going to be a fabulous boating weekend.

I have them almost every week. There is a place I go by boat in the Bronx right under the Throgs Neck Bridge that charges $6.00 a dozen for clams which is giving them away. My marina charges $18.00 a dozen. That is where that picture of me eating the shrimp was taken.

It is good. We generally eat mostly seafood. I don't think I ever ordered a steak in my life. grilled tuna Shrimp and pasta And my favorite, oysters.

Eat them, I will. I have about 2 dozen and I will go again tomorrow to get another dozen. We are having a lot of company from Boston so we need a lot of linguini and crabs.

Thank you Mr Phil

Choosing my clean up crew and the cove I collected them in

I just came back from the annual Veterans Picnic on Long Island. I didn't get a chance to eat because out of the 7 million or so Veterans on Long Island, virtually every one of them from the Revolutionary war up until last Tuesday was there, and except for maybe 10 of them, they were all in...

I rebuilt that LED fixture almost as good as new. I had to change 8 LEDs that were either dim or out completely. Today I collected 15 gallons of NSW and after it warms up I will dump that in. I like to diatom filter it when it looks a little cloudy like this looks because it has a lot of...

I just came home from crabbing in the rain all morning and I collected 15 gallons of water so it is a great day so far, and no flats, yet.

So this morning I figured I would fix the GFCI DIY leak detector while the cleaning girl is here. I "carefully" crawled partially under the tank and installed a new Home made leak detector and pump shut off. That only takes 10 minutes as it is made out of a film container and a couple of...

After being an electrician for 40 years I am used to shocks and they just serve to keep me awake. I did not see any Supermodels today but as I was getting shocked I was thinking that if I were to die here under my fish tank, I hope my wife cares about me enough to have my ashes scattered over a...

It started out as a great day. Last night we went out to dinner on the boat with friends and today I was going to start bringing stuff home from the boat and get ready for winter. I go past my reef tank and notice that it is very quiet. I don't hear the pumps but the lights are on. The GFI...

OMG my Ozonizer croaked. This is about the third or fourth one I have had. I have parts from other ones but it is not the electronics but the reaction chamber. I will try to build another one but they make those very delicate and I am not sure if I can make one. If not, I will have to get a...

Next week I plan on collecting some water as I have no idea when I changed it last so I am sure it is due. I have some fake seawater here but I have not put in any real water since last year and I really need to do that. I did add thousands of amphipods and quite a bit of mud but before it...

Sissies. Dance

Today my wife and I picked to start our fall cleaning. I do the finished basement where my reef is. I wash all the walls, baseboards, floors. Remove anything on the walls and clean that. take everything out of the closets and clean them, remove ceiling light diffusers and clean those etc. Anyway...