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We went out to a nice dinner on the water 2 days ago and I got stuck. The boat had two problems but luckily we got home without swimming which was good because the restaurant is 15 miles away. The ignition switch shorted out causing the starter to engage when I put the boat in reverse. I have...

I changed my cell phone battery. First I look at some You Tube videos to see how to do it. It seems that most cell phones it is easy, but I have an I Phone SE and it is not so easy and it's a good thing I still have 20/20 vision because you need the Hubble Telescope to see the screws that are...

Last night just before sundown my friend and I go to a boat ramp to collect water. I back my Jeep up to the water on a boat ramp next to a beach, roll out the hose, throw the bilge pump into the sea and start pumping water into the car. I have collected water on this beach for maybe 20 years...

New Steam Punk Mechanical/Electrical Lamp is almost finished

The new one I have is rated for 550 GPH but it is more like a "babbling brook". Maybe 200 GPH. Maybe the Chinese have a different way of measuring water flow. :rolleyes:

I think my fish may have flukes. I looked at my gobi under a microscope and found these.

Since my last post, I found 2 more. So I have 5 working ones and a new one on the way. :confused:

I found three working ones. If I look long enough in my house I can find anything. But I fixed the crack in one and ordered another one so I should be good. :cool:

I would love to. All seems well now as it is an hour and a half later and the skimmer stopped foaming. I removed the diatom filter and I will see tomorrow if anything else dies.

OOOHHHH NNNOOOOO. Disaster. No Really!!. I looked at my tank and it was all foggy. OK, maybe smoky. A combination of foggy and smoky. My friend was here and he said, "That coral looks like it is dead!!!" I said, "Can't be" It was fine a few hours ago. Then I noticed my skimmer wasn't...

I thought about the Supermodel with the paddle and I have a call into Christie Brinley as she lives near here, but I have not heard back from her. I was also going to use my 2 1/2 HP outboard motor but my wife frowns on the noise and the fumes.

I want a new (or old) powerhead and I can't find one. I have 3 of these and they are at least 40 years old. They never needed any maintenance except occasionally sticking my finger in the intake screen to clean out amphipod shells, Godzilla larvae and bristleworms. They work forever and are...

Talking about things to do, once our crowd got together and rented tree houses on a tiny Island in a river. We had to drive through a shallow part of the river to get there. We slept in the tree houses about 15' up in the trees. There was a storm and we had to drive off the island through...

I can't buy an interesting fish no matter how much money I throw at them. They got tangs and angelfish and I find them very boring. Nothing unusual. Corals, forgetaboutit. They got tiny frags and at my age, I don't do tiny anything. I probably couldn't see them or my hermit crabs would...

Doing a little maintenance with a diatom filter. Sucking out some Cyano and general tidying up. Using a reverse UG filter requires that I do this occasionally so nothing clogs. This is the beginning. In a minute or two, you can't see anything in the tank but the copperband loves it and looks...

No, Not my tank. Don't be ridiculous. I use an undergravel filter so it can't crash. My white worm culture crashed. :mad: I think it may be ten years old and the worms are disappearing. They may be to inbred or have a social disease. I am not sure what it is but after the last worm...

So I got the boat back to the Marina this morning and they took it out of the water. The first thing I noticed is that they didn't put any bolts in the two "Zinc's" on the power tilt pistons. This would not cause any problem like the one I am having but the zinc's are supposed to be bolted...

Yes, we got there just before it rained. It started just before we left. But we got 40 gallons. :cool:

Collecting NSW in a storm. I want the Ozone infused water in my tank.

I just got back from my favorite LFS. We had Doctors appointments in the old neighborhood and that is where the store it so I go. (My blood Pressure is 170 over 70 so they may put me on the cover of "Perfect Blood Pressure" Magazine) I twisted my good leg in the Dr's office stairway and now I...