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  1. Paul B

    Earthworms as Food

    I have been using Earthworms as food for all sorts of animals since the fifties. (yes that was last century and the earth was here then) Frogs, turtles, snakes and a variety of other animals love worms and they form a large part of the diet of many animals. For some reason we as aquarists...
  2. Paul B

    Happy New Year.

    Happy New Year. Lets hope 2024 is better than 2023. Today is the day all the tourists go to Times Square. YYYyyaaaaaa. Us New Yorkers know better and wouldn't be caught dead there. But have a Happy and healthy New Year, wherever you are. :)
  3. Paul B

    Build a Diatom Filter for under $100.00

    I have 4 or 5 old Vortex Diatom filters in various stages of disintegration and I use one all the time to stir up the gravel in my 125 gallon tank. I also use it to blow out detritus in the pores my real rock. The tank uses dolomite gravel and the gravel has been in there for the 52 year life of...
  4. Paul B

    How I would start a new tank and the problems I would have

    It's a shame when new hobbiests first start up a tank and see a little cyano, hair algae or diatoms they panic and come on these forums for advice and almost always are hit with a plethora of suggestions as to what chemicals or animals they should add to remedy something that is a natural...
  5. Paul B

    Collecting Amphipods in the Long Island Sound

    You can't see it well in the video but after I lift a rock, I just rub my hand over the bottom of the rock, and the amphipods stick to my hand. When I want a lot more amphipods, I bring a larger bucket and swirl the rocks in the bucket. That way I get them all. These things make great...
  6. Paul B

    Fireclown getting better with age

    I have this pair of Fireclowns for about 30 years. Years ago, when she was about 25, the older one looked like this. Notice the "bags" under her eyes. Now she looks like this. No white "bags" under her eyes and a perfect coloring. They are still constantly spawning. I wish I could get...
  7. Paul B

    Lets remember today is 9/11

    Lets Remember. Today is 9/11 when the United States was attacked and 2,996 people were murdered. Almost exactly at this time.
  8. Paul B

    Why do we find this stuff so Facinating?

    Why do we find this stuff so fascinating. (I actually posted this quite a few years ago somewhere, I think) I don't know about many of you guys but I have been watching fish for well over half a century and today as I was sitting close to my tank watching every move of every tentacle I started...
  9. Paul B

    Fish lifespans and what we can do to lengthen it.

    Why do fish, and us have a lifespan? Why can't we live forever like Moses who was supposed to live 900 years. (I doubt he lived a day over 600) There is actually a reason we have a life span and none of us ever lived longer than 122 years and that was only one French woman who didn't have a...
  10. Paul B

    How many Pods can a tiny Ruby Red Dragonette eat in a couple of minutes?

    For people who want dragonettes like this little female Ruby Red, scooter bleeny or mandarins, just look at how many pods she can eat in a couple of minutes........Thousands a day so unless you want to go broke buying pods, an aged tank is best. I have a pair of these, mandarins, scooters and...
  11. Paul B

    Anybody want to come here and trim sponge?

    I just spent an hour cutting sponges off my corals and I have the stuff growing all over the place. I do this every few months and it is time consuming but kind of relaxing. I need to do it because if I don't, instead of a reef, I would have a sponge farm. So if you are bored or like delicate...
  12. Paul B

    Someone asked me the Benefits of a Reverse Undergravel Filter and how it works

    Someone asked me how a reverse Undergravel filter works and what is the advantage of it. In the beginning, when we all kept bait, I mean fresh water fish we all ran undergravel filters. That was the only way to go and in fresh water they work perfectly. When salt water started for home tanks...
  13. Paul B

    My Reef just reached 50 years old

    It was started in 1971 and was moved three times. The longest it was in one place was 40 years. The last move was almost 3 years ago. The glass was also changed three times as it got scratched from cleaning. It was started in a 40 gallon glass, then for 45 years it was in 100 gallon glass and...
  14. Paul B

    Stuff we get for Christmas

    Most of us get cool stuff for Christmas and our birthdays but I am lucky as my birthday is actually on Christmas day. Years ago I used to get a lot of presents because of that, but in those days everyone used to get more presents than now and that happens as we get older. We already have...
  15. Paul B

    Why Fish In Captivity Get Sick

    Why Fish In Captivity Get Sick As some people may know I have been talking about how my fish have never gotten sick in decades and I have been offered many reasons why such as I am Lucky or my tank has some mysterious creature that eats parasites, my Undergravel sucks up parasites and diseases...
  16. Paul B

    9/11

    Today is 9/11. Remember the 3,000 People who were murdered on this day 19 years ago.
  17. Paul B

    Just Pondering stuff

    Pondering again This morning like most mornings I took a walk to watch the sunrise and ponder the universe. I really like to ponder and early in the morning there is no one out. I mean out of the almost 300 houses here in this development, I never see anyone at that time of the morning. I am...
  18. Paul B

    What a Great Country America is

    What a Great Country America is. This week the Blue Angels flew over parts of New York as well as other WW2 fighter planes "Smoke Writing" a Thank You to hospital workers. A large sign is outside our hospital that reads "Hero's Work Here" and there was a tractor parade with signs in front of the...
  19. Paul B

    If You Need to Fresh Water Dip

    If you really need to freshwater dip you need to make sure the temp and pH of the fresh water is the same and if the fish sinks to the bottom, or tries to jump out it needs to be removed fast. Fresh water kills flukes but it also kills tangs, just slower. It broke my heart but I had to fresh...
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