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Tank birthday and I'm a Geezer
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Paul B
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It rained last night so I figured I would go worm hunting on my morning walk.
I walked and walked and found 3 worms. Just 3. Not a very accomplished hunt.
I walked 5,000 steps, sucked up $14.00 worth of oxygen and burned up 400 calories and have almost nothing to show for it.
I did find a place with a bunch of dead, wet leaves which I kicked over.
When I did that a multitude of Night Crawlers ran away. No, they literally RAN.
They were much to big for me to feed to my fish as I thought they would eat the fish so I didn't collect them.
I walked and walked and found 3 worms. Just 3. Not a very accomplished hunt.
I walked 5,000 steps, sucked up $14.00 worth of oxygen and burned up 400 calories and have almost nothing to show for it.
I did find a place with a bunch of dead, wet leaves which I kicked over.
When I did that a multitude of Night Crawlers ran away. No, they literally RAN.
They were much to big for me to feed to my fish as I thought they would eat the fish so I didn't collect them.
Paul B
NJRC Member
We are having company this week. Friends that we have had over 50 years and their Daughter and mine grew up together from Kindergarten through college. Anyway. They were born in Italy and are fantastic cooks. He even owned a restaurant for a number of years so I can't just throw something together for dinner.
I am making a nice meal along with home made rosemary/olive oil bread. Unfortunately my oven broke this week and I ordered the part to repair it.
It's the Gas safety valve that keeps the gas on after the oven lights. It is easy to replace (if you know what you are doing) but my left hand is swollen and I have an appointment with a doctor who will give me a cortisone shot to fix it.
My problem is that I can't get that shot for a few days and I need to bake bread tomorrow and I can't really use my left hand so installing this valve will be tricky as I need to use two hands to grip the wrenches to remove the gas line and part.
Hopefully, one of my friends will be around to help with the wrenches until I get my hand repaired. It's fun getting old.
I am making a nice meal along with home made rosemary/olive oil bread. Unfortunately my oven broke this week and I ordered the part to repair it.
It's the Gas safety valve that keeps the gas on after the oven lights. It is easy to replace (if you know what you are doing) but my left hand is swollen and I have an appointment with a doctor who will give me a cortisone shot to fix it.
My problem is that I can't get that shot for a few days and I need to bake bread tomorrow and I can't really use my left hand so installing this valve will be tricky as I need to use two hands to grip the wrenches to remove the gas line and part.
Hopefully, one of my friends will be around to help with the wrenches until I get my hand repaired. It's fun getting old.
1st mistake is they bought a boat...lol
Paul B
NJRC Member
Today I got a little bored so I wanted to do a little tank maintenance. For some reason my rock migrates closer to the front of the tank and being I built most of my rock, it is in big pieces so to move one, I have to remove a lot of smaller rocks.
I needed to move the entire reef structure on one side back so I could clean the front glass. I have been noticing that this yellow sponge is growing everywhere. But only in the dark. It's visible here because that piece used to be turned over.
I don't think this stuff can take over the tank like that sponge from Hell that I got rid of a year ago and it is soft so I can remove it if I want and it is not photosynthetic, so it won't grow on the corals where the light is.
It looks kind of nice. The tank is cloudy here because when I was moving the rocks around, I had the diatom filter running and I stirred up everything.
This filter I built I don't normally use diatom powder in because it has a 5 micron cartridge which is small enough for general maintenance which is what I am doing now.
I needed to move the entire reef structure on one side back so I could clean the front glass. I have been noticing that this yellow sponge is growing everywhere. But only in the dark. It's visible here because that piece used to be turned over.
I don't think this stuff can take over the tank like that sponge from Hell that I got rid of a year ago and it is soft so I can remove it if I want and it is not photosynthetic, so it won't grow on the corals where the light is.
It looks kind of nice. The tank is cloudy here because when I was moving the rocks around, I had the diatom filter running and I stirred up everything.
This filter I built I don't normally use diatom powder in because it has a 5 micron cartridge which is small enough for general maintenance which is what I am doing now.