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Very hard to film a very pregnant bluestripe pipefish because in that condition they stay in the rocks. But I tried. These guys are always pregnant.

Tomorrow about 6:00 I will be speaking at the Chocolate Factory in Riverhead on 58. It is going to be about Viet Nam, not fish which is my favorite topic. But I was asked to speak about this so if anyone wants to go to sleep, come by. I didn't get top billing, I am behind a few people from a...

I just spent a week trying to get a drug approval for my wife who has MS. To use the "Simple, Government website" you have to be Houdini and he is dead. I finally got someone on the phone after waiting an hour on hold and he said no one can figure it out. Like Duh. That is because they hire...

I would like to get another circulation pump because this tank is bigger than my last one but I don't like what I see. I really don't like Korilia's because they are really cheaply made and get covered in growth to fast. I like the Gyre's but they are all programmable and I don't want to or...

I have a few fish that I have never seen the entire fish at one time. I once had a brutela or cusk eel for 18 years and only saw it maybe three times and that's when I looked at the tank in the middle of the night with a flashlight. I killed it by accident when I removed the rock and didn't...

Yesterday I was looking at my tank which I sometimes do. And I couldn't find my pair of bluestriped pipefish. OMG. So I figured the Janss pipefish killed them like he did to my last ones and I figured maybe some babies escaped from this horrible demise. I got my magnifying glasses on and...

This is how most problem threads begin. By using all sorts of chemicals to combat something that is not a problem, but the treatment is. Those things you are adding all have side effects which in combination could make things seem worse. Seawater is very stable if you don't mess with it. I...

No, Thank you. :D

There is no good glue that will glue nylon to PVC so my guess was it was a sealing compound like we use on gaskets. Permatex comes to mind.

That white piece is also probably nylon and even if you wanted to glue it. PVC solvent would not work.

If you will be quarantining you can't add a new fish until you quarantine it for 72 days, then you acclimate it and throw it in. In an immune tank, I would just acclimate it for a few minutes depending on the salinity and temp of the shipping water, then throw it in. Gently of course. :) If the...

My clown gobi is all healed, no spots, no rashes, no hives, nothing but bright yellow. And I didn't have to fresh water dip her, prixapro, chloriquin sulfate, or shut his lights off. He (or she) is fine and will live out her life for another 8 or 9 years in Bliss. :rolleyes: Of course if I...

It will be eventually. I still have to build drawers under that work bench. I also have a workshop in my garage but I still need a lot of work there.

My Man Cave/Fish room/Workshop is coming along.

DIY Target Feeder for Mandarinfish (and Pipefish)

My bluestripe pipefish is more pregnant than I have ever seen a pipefish and I assume that either last night or tonight should be their birthday. I will look at the tank before the lights come on with a flashlight to see if I can find any fry. The weird thing is the female bluestripe thinks...

One time my wife and I were in church (about a year ago) we were sitting in the pew and it was a time when it was very quiet. The priest was doing what priests do and whatever he was doing, it was very quiet and of course the church is built out of marble so you can hear a roach sneeze. The...

We have a cleaning girl who comes once a week to help my wife who is a cleaning fanatic, I mean she even cleans the light bulbs (she has MS and hired a girl for the last two years to help her) Anyway, her name is Alexa. We also have an Alexa (annoying electronic thing that talks to you) in out...

We are having some company tonight and I am making one of my favorite meals. Manhattan Clam Chowder. We live in New York so we don't make much New England Chowder which is actually a lot easier to make. We have to drive 20 minutes to find a good Italian market because regular supermarkets...

OMG, my brand new yellow clown gobi is covered in parasites. :confused: I have to turn in my Aquarist card. :eek: I think I should have dipped him in stump remover, then spray painted him with prizapro while electroplating him with copper. I am so scared and don't know what to do. :(...