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Tank birthday and I'm a Geezer
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Paul B
NJRC Member
I finished a new Steam Punk Lamp. This one is strictly Steam Punk and there are no gears or motors.
You push down the lever with the weight on the chain and it contacts a magnet on the top of the vintage telephone box lighting the lamp. The water valve handle dims it.
That is a temporary bulb, the much cooler one is ordered.
This is going in the gallery. I think I have 7 or 8 pieces there now and need at least ten for a show.
I like it.
I finished a new Steam Punk Lamp. This one is strictly Steam Punk and there are no gears or motors.
You push down the lever with the weight on the chain and it contacts a magnet on the top of the vintage telephone box lighting the lamp. The water valve handle dims it.
That is a temporary bulb, the much cooler one is ordered.
This is going in the gallery. I think I have 7 or 8 pieces there now and need at least ten for a show.
I like it.
You push down the lever with the weight on the chain and it contacts a magnet on the top of the vintage telephone box lighting the lamp. The water valve handle dims it.
That is a temporary bulb, the much cooler one is ordered.
This is going in the gallery. I think I have 7 or 8 pieces there now and need at least ten for a show.
I like it.
I finished a new Steam Punk Lamp. This one is strictly Steam Punk and there are no gears or motors.
You push down the lever with the weight on the chain and it contacts a magnet on the top of the vintage telephone box lighting the lamp. The water valve handle dims it.
That is a temporary bulb, the much cooler one is ordered.
This is going in the gallery. I think I have 7 or 8 pieces there now and need at least ten for a show.
I like it.
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Paul B
NJRC Member
I just trimmed a bunch of sponge again. It slowly creeps up around the corals and I don't notice it as it is very sneaky.
It is also not that easy to trim as the fireclown keeps biting me and to cut the stuff where it is on rough rock is not simple. Then I reach in to tear it off but like corals, it is slippery.
I probably threw ouit a pound of the stuff.
I like it and it is probably a fantastic filter just a little agressive like I wish Christie Brinkley would be with me.
And when I tear it off the rocks, there are dozens of bristle worms under it. So many I can hardly see the rocks. I must be really overfeeding.
It is also not that easy to trim as the fireclown keeps biting me and to cut the stuff where it is on rough rock is not simple. Then I reach in to tear it off but like corals, it is slippery.
I probably threw ouit a pound of the stuff.
I like it and it is probably a fantastic filter just a little agressive like I wish Christie Brinkley would be with me.
And when I tear it off the rocks, there are dozens of bristle worms under it. So many I can hardly see the rocks. I must be really overfeeding.
Of course you could (when you come
). But the idea is to support the club. And I’m all good with that. Just being a Nobel soldier. Lots of people are donating stuff to sell and raffle. For the club. They are just hammering out the rules. Who knows maybe in a week or two everything will change.
Paul B
NJRC Member
Yesterday on the way home from taking my wife to a Dr. on the side of the road I see this huge sign
"Aquarium". So of course I swerved, almost killing us by turning over my Jeep to get to this store which I didn't know existed.
It is 50 minutes from my house and not hard to get to. I can't believe that I never knew it was there.
I went in and there was this very nice Asian Girl there starring at a couple of yellow tortoises .
I love turtles and used to keep them even before I kept fish when Eisenhower was President.
He was the Commanding General for the US during World War Two, which for you kids was a big disagreement between this German guy with a silly mustache and the rest of the world. They were so mad at each other that they kept sending Mean Emoji's at each other, but those Emoji's tended to blow up.
Japan, where Sushi comes from also didn't like us much.
Anyway, The girl was very nice and we discussed tortoises. (I will make any excuse to talk to females anyway)
I told her on an Island we went to last year "Mustique" they are all over the place. Here is one of them.
Of course here in New York we have these Eastern Box Turtles.
I saved this guy by helping him across the street here.
I know there was a point to this story.
Oh yeah. This store, which I forgot the name, was pretty good. Nothing looked sick, tanks were clean, no dead fish, nice variety, decent prices, it has it all and I can't wait for my wife to go back to that Dr. so I can go back.
I almost bought a small tassled filefish, but they grow a little bigger than I want.
I bought a Rainsford gobi to try to pair it with my old one,but they seem to be ignoring each other.
I can't get a picture of either one of those because they live on the side of the tank picking stuff out of the algae on the glass and I can't get there with a camera.
"Aquarium". So of course I swerved, almost killing us by turning over my Jeep to get to this store which I didn't know existed.
It is 50 minutes from my house and not hard to get to. I can't believe that I never knew it was there.
I went in and there was this very nice Asian Girl there starring at a couple of yellow tortoises .
I love turtles and used to keep them even before I kept fish when Eisenhower was President.
He was the Commanding General for the US during World War Two, which for you kids was a big disagreement between this German guy with a silly mustache and the rest of the world. They were so mad at each other that they kept sending Mean Emoji's at each other, but those Emoji's tended to blow up.
Japan, where Sushi comes from also didn't like us much.
Anyway, The girl was very nice and we discussed tortoises. (I will make any excuse to talk to females anyway)
I told her on an Island we went to last year "Mustique" they are all over the place. Here is one of them.
Of course here in New York we have these Eastern Box Turtles.
I saved this guy by helping him across the street here.
I know there was a point to this story.
Oh yeah. This store, which I forgot the name, was pretty good. Nothing looked sick, tanks were clean, no dead fish, nice variety, decent prices, it has it all and I can't wait for my wife to go back to that Dr. so I can go back.
I almost bought a small tassled filefish, but they grow a little bigger than I want.
I bought a Rainsford gobi to try to pair it with my old one,but they seem to be ignoring each other.
I can't get a picture of either one of those because they live on the side of the tank picking stuff out of the algae on the glass and I can't get there with a camera.
Paul B
NJRC Member
OOOOOHhhhhhhhhNNNNOOooooooo. I was sneaking around my tank, looking for something to clean, re-build, re-design or just hide from my wife and my biggest fear materialized.
Well, not my biggest fear as that would be if Christie Brinkley, Angelina Jolie and one of the Victoria Secret Supermodels all came to my house to help me clean my tank and I was at the foot doctor getting a toe check up.
But my other biggest fear would be losing my Female Blue stripe pipefish, Patti.
I looked on the floor, and OMG, there she was, all dry, dusty and stiff. NNNNOooooo, not Patti. I raised her from a tiny little pipe and she was almost at the end of her normal lifespan anyway. Oh Why did little Patti jump out
I didn't want to flush her, I figured I would give her a proper burial so I found a little box and went to pick up her stiff body.
I bent down and she looked like a crooked piece of wire as I gently picked her up.
I looked at her little pointy face into her beady little eyes and noticed.....
Those aren't eyes and that isn't a face. As a matter of face, that isn't even a fish. It's a blue piece of crooked electrical wire left over from wiring the tank.
I turned around to look at the tank, and there was Patti, smiling as usual. If she had eyelids she would be batting her eyelashes at me.
I really need to wear my reading glasses when I work around the tank.
Here she is pregnant, cute little Mother, isn't she.
Well, not my biggest fear as that would be if Christie Brinkley, Angelina Jolie and one of the Victoria Secret Supermodels all came to my house to help me clean my tank and I was at the foot doctor getting a toe check up.
But my other biggest fear would be losing my Female Blue stripe pipefish, Patti.
I looked on the floor, and OMG, there she was, all dry, dusty and stiff. NNNNOooooo, not Patti. I raised her from a tiny little pipe and she was almost at the end of her normal lifespan anyway. Oh Why did little Patti jump out
I didn't want to flush her, I figured I would give her a proper burial so I found a little box and went to pick up her stiff body.
I bent down and she looked like a crooked piece of wire as I gently picked her up.
I looked at her little pointy face into her beady little eyes and noticed.....
Those aren't eyes and that isn't a face. As a matter of face, that isn't even a fish. It's a blue piece of crooked electrical wire left over from wiring the tank.
I turned around to look at the tank, and there was Patti, smiling as usual. If she had eyelids she would be batting her eyelashes at me.
I really need to wear my reading glasses when I work around the tank.
Here she is pregnant, cute little Mother, isn't she.
. Glad she fine
motortrendz
NJRC Member
What's this "if" stuff. Bring a bunch Haha that's a really cool looking sponge. Just keep the bristle worms. I've so far been able to keep them out of my tanks this time . Haha
motortrendz
NJRC Member
I have a feeling this party is gonna run till Sunday if we get paul telling stories Haha.
Paul B
NJRC Member
There are dozens of bristle worms under that sponge but you should be able to see them and I will try not to give you any.
But remember my tank is all NSW and I never quarantined anything so if your tank gets over run with Godzilla Larvae, trilobites, or Justin Bieber looking pods, I told you so.
motortrendz
NJRC Member
I have the same fish qt belief that you do. Although I do dip my corals. And yet somehow I still wound up with asterina stars and a few aptaisa here and there
Paul B
NJRC Member
I have enough asternia starfish to qualify my tank as a Galaxy and I also have aiptasia which don't bother me. When the hobby started they were called anemone rocks and we tried to keep them alive. And couldn't.
Finally, after a few failed attempts, I succeeded in getting this 3D resin printer to do what I want. The first issue was with my computer which didn't have enough RAM so I installed another card, doubling the capacity of my 10+ year old computer.
My second problem was trying to determine how to position the supports on the model.
With a Resin printer the resin is liquid and while it is "printing" the model is still soft so you have to design in supports to hold it as it is forming. You can see them on that gray piece which was a disaster. The gear was a test and I didn't even design the teeth correctly but it taught me a few things.
The last two pieces are perfect and will be used on top and bottom of a glass tube which will hold an LED "Firelight" for one of my Steam Punk pieces. They will be artificially "rusted" for the piece.
Finally, after a few failed attempts, I succeeded in getting this 3D resin printer to do what I want. The first issue was with my computer which didn't have enough RAM so I installed another card, doubling the capacity of my 10+ year old computer.
My second problem was trying to determine how to position the supports on the model.
With a Resin printer the resin is liquid and while it is "printing" the model is still soft so you have to design in supports to hold it as it is forming. You can see them on that gray piece which was a disaster. The gear was a test and I didn't even design the teeth correctly but it taught me a few things.
The last two pieces are perfect and will be used on top and bottom of a glass tube which will hold an LED "Firelight" for one of my Steam Punk pieces. They will be artificially "rusted" for the piece.
