reefsandrotts
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HmmmThey seem to be some sort of amphipods but they don't look like the ones I normally collect. They have a slight tail. I threw them in my under gravel filter.
Slight tail,possable mermaid fry?
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Slight tail,possable mermaid fry?
Paul B
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Today I had to rush my wife to the Pain Mgt Doctor due to that Trigeminal Neuralgia. (the suicide pain)
Our Grand Daughter is coming tomorrow with her friend to spend a few days and my wife can't function with that pain in her face. She got 3 shots in her face which hopefully will calm it down until she is able to get this radio frequency treatment that may work for a few months to a year.
That is the plan anyway.
My poor fish don't get fed every day but I mess with them whenever I can.
Our Grand Daughter is coming tomorrow with her friend to spend a few days and my wife can't function with that pain in her face. She got 3 shots in her face which hopefully will calm it down until she is able to get this radio frequency treatment that may work for a few months to a year.
That is the plan anyway.
My poor fish don't get fed every day but I mess with them whenever I can.
Paul B
NJRC Member
Thanks Diana. She is much better today. The shots usually work for a week or two but they do not last as long as they used to so we are trying to get her a radiation treatment to numb the nerve.
My early beach walk was uneventful except I rescued this horseshoe crab. He, like so many of them was up side down on the sand but still alive and I don't think he was doing the macarena so I put him back in the water.
I'm not sure who was chained to this rock, but the bristle worms must have finished him off last night because he is gone now.
And, I found some live asphalt. I have some of this in my tank. Great stuff.
My early beach walk was uneventful except I rescued this horseshoe crab. He, like so many of them was up side down on the sand but still alive and I don't think he was doing the macarena so I put him back in the water.
I'm not sure who was chained to this rock, but the bristle worms must have finished him off last night because he is gone now.
And, I found some live asphalt. I have some of this in my tank. Great stuff.
Paul B
NJRC Member
This guy is very hard to get a picture of. In the years I have had him, I took this just now, but I think he is mad at me for taking it. Maybe he is Pennsylvania Dutch.
I know they are ich magnets, but they don't know that.
These guys are much easier and usually sit long enough to pose.
None of my tangs have ever seen nori and there isn't a spot on either of them.
None of them like any of the algae I have growing now.
I know they are ich magnets, but they don't know that.
These guys are much easier and usually sit long enough to pose.
None of my tangs have ever seen nori and there isn't a spot on either of them.
None of them like any of the algae I have growing now.
Paul B
NJRC Member
As we, or me anyway, get older, there are so many things that are not that important, interesting or needed anymore. For most of our lives we wanted or needed more money. Now I don't need more money and have enough. (much of my time now is spent taking care of my wife)
If you plan your life correctly from when you're young, you will be able to care for yourself and your spouse for as long as needed. (And No, I didn't inherit anything, I worked for every nickel I have)
For instance, I have little need to travel. We have been everywhere we wanted to go and now it is just too hard to travel to distant places so that money is not needed. We still take motor trips and sometimes Florida, But we are probably not going to Australia, or the Amalfi Coast of Italy right now.
We have two cars, Jeeps, that get us everywhere we want to go. I have no need to get a BMW, Massarotti or Jaguar. I am not the type of person to buy something to impress anyone and besides that, those cars are not American so I wouldn't have one even if someone gave one to me. I wouldn't take one anyway because I don't believe in something for nothing, so I don't play the lottery.
I also don't have a reef tank to impress anyone. Right now I could open up a produce stand for all the algae growing. I don't care, my fish don't care and Taylor Swift don't care.
The algae will leave like it always does. If you keep a natural tank and sometimes use NSW, everything in that NSW that you collect, will grow in your reef so if that bothers you, use ASW.
If you need a perfect tank, you have the wrong hobby. This is supposed to be fun so if you are fretting over these things or you allow your fish to keep getting sick, you may need a different hobby, just like if you keep running out of money, you need a different job besides a different hobby. There is money all over the place, you just need to be a little smarter, neater, nicer and energetic than the next person. I certainly don't believe in Welfare if you are young enough and healthy enough to work, welfare is to help people who "can't" take care of themselves.
In my job as a Commercial/ Industrial construction electrician foreman, when the industry was slow, my union made us take time off to allow everyone a chance to work. Sometimes it was a month and sometimes a year. I loved those times and usually doubled my income through side jobs. I would do anything including paint houses, pulling weeds, drive people to the airport etc.
No jobs were below me.
Life is easy and as we get older, it is health that is important, it's the only important thing.
I am also too old to argue and, on these forums, so many people want to argue with me about stupid things like why my fish don't get sick. I am tired of those arguments, especially from people with sick fish. If you feel that quarantining or medication is the way to go, do that.
We are supposed to be having fun, not arguing about the correct way to have fun. If treating fish is fun, do that.
Much of my money is spent on things to help my wife. I just bought a motorized chair and a couple of years ago I bought a motorized handicapped scooter for her. I am sure as time goes buy I will buy more of these types of things and it doesn't matter how much these things cost as long as they help my wife, even a little as my wife is my life which is why I married her over 50 years ago.
I try to keep myself healthy mainly so I can continue to care for my wife who has MS.
I get myself up at about 5:00 every morning, rain or shine so I can walk two miles. I don't particularly like doing that but if it helps me stay healthy, it's what I will do.
We also eat only healthy food, no fried or especially deep fried foods (except rarely, fried calamari because I just need that occasionally)
If you plan your life correctly from when you're young, you will be able to care for yourself and your spouse for as long as needed. (And No, I didn't inherit anything, I worked for every nickel I have)
For instance, I have little need to travel. We have been everywhere we wanted to go and now it is just too hard to travel to distant places so that money is not needed. We still take motor trips and sometimes Florida, But we are probably not going to Australia, or the Amalfi Coast of Italy right now.
We have two cars, Jeeps, that get us everywhere we want to go. I have no need to get a BMW, Massarotti or Jaguar. I am not the type of person to buy something to impress anyone and besides that, those cars are not American so I wouldn't have one even if someone gave one to me. I wouldn't take one anyway because I don't believe in something for nothing, so I don't play the lottery.
I also don't have a reef tank to impress anyone. Right now I could open up a produce stand for all the algae growing. I don't care, my fish don't care and Taylor Swift don't care.
The algae will leave like it always does. If you keep a natural tank and sometimes use NSW, everything in that NSW that you collect, will grow in your reef so if that bothers you, use ASW.
If you need a perfect tank, you have the wrong hobby. This is supposed to be fun so if you are fretting over these things or you allow your fish to keep getting sick, you may need a different hobby, just like if you keep running out of money, you need a different job besides a different hobby. There is money all over the place, you just need to be a little smarter, neater, nicer and energetic than the next person. I certainly don't believe in Welfare if you are young enough and healthy enough to work, welfare is to help people who "can't" take care of themselves.
In my job as a Commercial/ Industrial construction electrician foreman, when the industry was slow, my union made us take time off to allow everyone a chance to work. Sometimes it was a month and sometimes a year. I loved those times and usually doubled my income through side jobs. I would do anything including paint houses, pulling weeds, drive people to the airport etc.
No jobs were below me.
Life is easy and as we get older, it is health that is important, it's the only important thing.
I am also too old to argue and, on these forums, so many people want to argue with me about stupid things like why my fish don't get sick. I am tired of those arguments, especially from people with sick fish. If you feel that quarantining or medication is the way to go, do that.
We are supposed to be having fun, not arguing about the correct way to have fun. If treating fish is fun, do that.
Much of my money is spent on things to help my wife. I just bought a motorized chair and a couple of years ago I bought a motorized handicapped scooter for her. I am sure as time goes buy I will buy more of these types of things and it doesn't matter how much these things cost as long as they help my wife, even a little as my wife is my life which is why I married her over 50 years ago.
I try to keep myself healthy mainly so I can continue to care for my wife who has MS.
I get myself up at about 5:00 every morning, rain or shine so I can walk two miles. I don't particularly like doing that but if it helps me stay healthy, it's what I will do.
We also eat only healthy food, no fried or especially deep fried foods (except rarely, fried calamari because I just need that occasionally)
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Paul B
NJRC Member
Saturday is Flag Day so if you are a Patriot like I am, remember to fly your American Flag. I fly mine every day so it is easy for me and I just today ordered a new one. They get old and faded like I do so I bring the old ones to the American Legion, where they respectively recycle or destroy them. 
The tang is Amish, cannot have its picture taken.This guy is very hard to get a picture of. In the years I have had him, I took this just now, but I think he is mad at me for taking it. Maybe he is Pennsylvania Dutch.
I know they are ich magnets, but they don't know that.
These guys are much easier and usually sit long enough to pose.
None of my tangs have ever seen nori and there isn't a spot on either of them.
None of them like any of the algae I have growing now.
Paul B
NJRC Member
Yes, that's what I said.
Paul B
NJRC Member
Good Morning. I didn't go walking this morning, My wife had a very hard time last night and I am just too tired. I woke up at 3:17 which seems to be my normal wake up time lately and it's hard to function with so little sleep. At that time I took some melatonin which usually allows me to sleep for 2 hours but for some reason it didn't work.
So I was laying in bed pondering the universe, thinking about amphipods and Supermodels, minding my own business and I got a charlie horse in my leg. If you never had one of those, they are probably the worst pain you could get other than maybe being eaten by a huge aiptasia that grew that size from living near Chernobyl Russia.
Sleep eludes me and if I don't take something to sleep, or if no body hits me in the head with a hammer, I am wasting my time closing my eyes.
I hear that is an old thing and I am old. I don't feel old so I often look at my birth certificate just to make sure. Sometimes after I shave I miss a couple of spots so my wife tells me I shave like an old person, then, I take out my birth certificate to show her that I am old so I can shave any way I like or not shave at all.
Yesterday I worked on our handicapped elevator all day so I had to run up 3 flights of steps about 50 times. I built a new circuit board for the thing and was tweeking it to work.
By doing that, and from my morning walk I walked 11,000 steps (according to my phone) and went up and down 176 steps to the beach.
Now I would like to get 11,000 minutes of sleep, but I know that ain't gonna happen.
I really wanted to walk this morning because at this time, it is a full moon and a low moon tide. Perfect for amphipod hunting and I haven't found one this year. These full moon low tides at this time only happen a couple of times in the summer at this time and I am going to miss this one. Oh well, no amphipods for my tank.
So I was laying in bed pondering the universe, thinking about amphipods and Supermodels, minding my own business and I got a charlie horse in my leg. If you never had one of those, they are probably the worst pain you could get other than maybe being eaten by a huge aiptasia that grew that size from living near Chernobyl Russia.
Sleep eludes me and if I don't take something to sleep, or if no body hits me in the head with a hammer, I am wasting my time closing my eyes.
I hear that is an old thing and I am old. I don't feel old so I often look at my birth certificate just to make sure. Sometimes after I shave I miss a couple of spots so my wife tells me I shave like an old person, then, I take out my birth certificate to show her that I am old so I can shave any way I like or not shave at all.
Yesterday I worked on our handicapped elevator all day so I had to run up 3 flights of steps about 50 times. I built a new circuit board for the thing and was tweeking it to work.
By doing that, and from my morning walk I walked 11,000 steps (according to my phone) and went up and down 176 steps to the beach.
Now I would like to get 11,000 minutes of sleep, but I know that ain't gonna happen.
I really wanted to walk this morning because at this time, it is a full moon and a low moon tide. Perfect for amphipod hunting and I haven't found one this year. These full moon low tides at this time only happen a couple of times in the summer at this time and I am going to miss this one. Oh well, no amphipods for my tank.
Paul B
NJRC Member
On my beach walk this morning, I came across this rock configuration that was obviously erected by a creative Neanderthal 20,000 years ago. I am not sure how it lasted so long, and I'm also surprised that I have never seen it before, because I walk that section of the beach at least once or twice a week.
I think it's a representative of an Ich parasite because I'm sure Neanderthals had problems with ich and it was hard to see their fish through the sides of their rock tanks.
I think it's a representative of an Ich parasite because I'm sure Neanderthals had problems with ich and it was hard to see their fish through the sides of their rock tanks.
Paul B
NJRC Member
I guess those were from last Christmas.
He was here playing Pickleball with the adults. He has no fear and just asks if he can play. He was good, better than some of the people that play every day.
We also have a horse rescue ranch near here. He loves horses. And pigs, goats, worms, lizzards etc.
He was here playing Pickleball with the adults. He has no fear and just asks if he can play. He was good, better than some of the people that play every day.
We also have a horse rescue ranch near here. He loves horses. And pigs, goats, worms, lizzards etc.