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Tank birthday and I'm a Geezer

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Boehmtown

NJRC Member
Paul B said:
I don't miss the days when I removed most of my rock to eliminate the sponge. Much of it I put outside in the freezing temperature and it killed it. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

Then of course I was inundated with dino"s and now algae. The good news is that it is dying and turning white with not much help from me except sucking much of the dead algae out with my diatom filter.

Of course I had to remove the corals and keep them nice and wet and warm

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Just saw a clip of you on reefbum talking about over quarantining fish not being good . Couldn't agree more. If you have a healthy reef and aren't trying to keep some ultra specific fish. The fish shouldn't be falling victim to ick, that's like us getting taken out from bronchitis
 
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horseplay

NJRC Member
Boehmtown said:
Just saw a clip of you on reefbum talking about over quarantining fish not being good . Couldn't agree more. If you have a healthy reef and aren't trying to keep some ultra specific fish. The fish shouldn't be falling victim to ick, that's like us getting taken out from bronchitis
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I total agree with Paul although I don't know the science behind it. I have not lost a fish for a long time for because of this.
 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
Next week we decided to have a Christmas Party for some of our friends here. They are so good to us and everyone here helps each other.

We figured we would invite about 26 people thinking half would have other plans. Nope!, so far they are all coming. WE will have it catered and hired a girl to help with the food and cleaning up. It should be a blast. :D

Yesterday we put up the tree. (a real one we cut down. Well I give the guy a few bucks and he cuts it down. Those days are gone)

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Soon I need to start baking.

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Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
OK, I found a fish I want. The guy wants $85.00 for it and calls it a Pygmy, spotted filefish. That store is very expensive. Next week I will go to my favorite LFS and hopefully he can get it for me. He will probably charge me about $30 for it.

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Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
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So now cocaine is legal in Oregon, but straws aren’t. That must be frustrating.

Still trying to get my head around the fact that ‘Take Out’ can mean food, dating, or murder.

Dear paranoid people who check behind their shower curtains for murderers. If you do find one, what’s your plan?

The older I get, the more I understand why roosters just scream to start their day.

Being popular on Facebook is like sitting at the ‘cool table’ in the cafeteria of a mental hospital.

You know you’re over 50 when you have ‘upstairs ibuprofen’ and ‘downstairs ibuprofen’.

How did doctors come to the conclusion that exercise prolongs life, when……the rabbit is always jumping but only lives for around two year, and …the turtle that doesn’t exercise at all, lives over 200 years.

So, rest, chill, eat, drink, and enjoy life!

I too was once a male trapped in a female body…but then my mother gave birth.

If only vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

When I lost the fingers on my right hand in a freak accident, I asked the doctor if I would still be able to write with it. He said, “Probably, but I wouldn’t count on it.”

I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise. But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.

Anyone who says their wedding was the best day of their life has clearly never had two candy bars fall down at once from a vending machine.

We live in a time where intelligent people are silenced so that stupid people won’t be offended.

The biggest joke on mankind is that computers have begun asking humans to prove they aren’t a robot.

When a kid says “Daddy, I want mommy” that’s the kid version of “I’d like to speak to your supervisor”.

It’s weird being the same age as old people.

Just once, I want a username and password prompt to say CLOSE ENOUGH.

Last night the internet stopped working so I spent a few hours with my family. They seem like good people.

If Adam and Eve were Cajuns they would have eaten the snake instead of the apple and saved us all a lot of trouble.

We celebrated last night with a couple of adult beverages …… Metamucil and Ensure.

You know you are getting old when friends with benefits means having someone who can drive at night.

Weight loss goal: To be able to clip my toenails and breathe at the same time.

After watching how some people wore their masks, I understand why contraception fails.

Some of my friends exercise every day. Meanwhile I am watching a show I don’t like because the remote fell on the floor.

For those of you that don’t want Alexa or Siri listening in on your conversation, they are making a male version….it doesn’t listen to anything.

I just got a present labeled, ‘From Mom and Dad’, and I know darn well Dad has no idea what’s inside.

Now that Covid has everyone washing their hands correctly…next week…Turn Signals.

Someone said, “Nothing rhymes with orange.” I said, “No, it doesn’t.”

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The realist adjusts his sails.

There’s a fine line between a numerator and a denominator. Only a fraction of people will find this funny.

Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.

I have many hidden talents. I just wish I could remember where I hid them.

My idea of a Super Bowl is a toilet that cleans itself.

Apparently exercise helps you with decision-making. It’s true. I went for a run this morning and decided I’m never going again.
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Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
I went to my favorite LFS yesterday to show him a picture of this Pygmy Filefish I want.


I hope he can get it. He is also getting some of these Red Waspfish. I already have two of them but they are so cool, that I can use another one.
Heck, I may fill my tank with them. :D
 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
Lets remember that December 7th 1941, 81 years ago today the US was attacked on Pearl Harbor by Japan getting us involved in WW2.

2,335 Americans were killed.

It was also 30 years ago when a gunman on the Long Island Railroad massacred 6 people and wounded 19 on the train. That train was the train right after the train I took every day and the murders happened right near my house.
 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
My last working Diatom Filter is croaking. I couldn't be in this hobby without a diatom filter because I run a reverse undergravel filter and it needs by yearly stirring up. I also like to blow detritus out of my 50 year old rocks. Yes, I could use a canister filter as I have 2 Eheim filters but they are not very powerful.

I also sometimes use my diatom filter on newly collected NSW as it is filled with mud and seaweed.

Most of them are pretty rotten


But this one I changed the motor years ago.



I dropped it a few times and it needs some help. I am not sure if I want to put on a new motor or make an entirely new filter so I am in a quandry.
 
mrehfeld

mrehfeld

Officer Emeritus
I have 3, one the motor is finicky, one works fine and one still in the box barely used. How did you do the overhaul?
 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
That last overhaul was just a new powerhead that fit pretty good. But it was a long time ago and I forgot what I did. I dropped it a few times because the base broke and it doesn't stand up on it's own so I run it in a bucket.

I designed a completely new model that I can build in an hour. I just need to order the parts, maybe tomorrow.
 
MadReefer

MadReefer

Vice President
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Paul B said:
That last overhaul was just a new powerhead that fit pretty good. But it was a long time ago and I forgot what I did. I dropped it a few times because the base broke and it doesn't stand up on it's own so I run it in a bucket.

I designed a completely new model that I can build in an hour. I just need to order the parts, maybe tomorrow.
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Post that build in DIY.
 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
Good Morning. Nothing special happened on my hour long, very dark walk this morning so I didn't take any pictures. I will use a picture from a week ago because that light pole looks exactly the same today. :cool2:

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Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
I ordered the parts to build a new diatom filter. It will be less than $100.00. If it works well, I will post a DIY but if it flops, I will not tell anyone and just go and eat worms. :confused2:
 
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