125 - Took Forever But Here It is!

[Mschmidt]

I made it home from the woods! We filled one javelina tag and one deer tag. Unfortunately neither were my daughter. I'm heading back Friday and Saturday. We're going to do our best to seal the deal! She was such a trooper. I ran her (more of a super brisk power walk) for a mile today. We got ahead of the herd we were chasing and they were coming to us. She knelt down and got ready and one of the does winded us. She must have hiked/walked/ran at least 20 miles between last Friday and today.

Trooper for sure.

 

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Well, no pictures but I got home and checked the tank... One of the torches has receding flesh and one head is starting to peel.

I'm going to have to run some tests in the morning and see what's going on... Everything else looks decent.

 

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Alright! The library emailed me. The hangers are done. For some reason the slicer they use didn't add supports for the hooks. He manually added supports, reprinted, and said I get both sets for the low price of $3.80! I'll be picking those up today and reinstalling the internal fuge.

 

[Projects with Sam]

awesome! not only do you you get the utility of the item, but you also get a cool pride in making a weird part that would've been hard to make any other way!

 

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Well... Hopefully I'm wrong but I may be out $60. The second torch seems to have some tissue recession. I'm hoping feeding will help but I'm fairly sure the first one will lose at least 1 head.


Oh well, off to the library, pool store, and trailer shop. Gotta pick up my hangers, fix the pool, and replace the awning handle on the camper. Busy day today.

 

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Fuge reinstalled.

 

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Well, I'm pretty sure the one's a goner...

 

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Final 3 rocks placed until I make some more!

 

[Mschmidt]

Filling in nicely.

 

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We'll, it's official - fall is here. Care Rio just messaged me that new Pumpkin Spice Horchata is available now.

 

[Mschmidt]

sounds tasty, but isn't horchata already spiced the same as pumpkin pie? do they just add pumpkin?

 

[Projects with Sam]

We'll, it's official - fall is here. Care Rio just messaged me that new Pumpkin Spice Horchata is available now.

omg so want a Horchata right now...

 

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omg so want a Horchata right now...

I love a good Horchata. If you have a Cafe Rio nearby they have a Salted Caramel seasonal Horchata that is amazing! Maybe a little powerful on the caramel but still really really good!

 

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Big girl is off to a new home. 5 gallon will be coming down soon. Just in time too, work opens back up Wednesday so my tank has a desk to go on!

 

[Jedi1199]

Bummer about the torches bro.. I am sure the wife is having a field day with that one....

 

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Bummer about the torches bro.. I am sure the wife is having a field day with that one....

The pretty one is still doing good.

 

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I keep finding little pieces of rubble strewn about the tank and can never figure out where they're coming from. Well, I just watched my Lawnmower Blenny swim out from behind the rockscape with a chunk of coral skeleton in it's mouth like a dog. It came up close to the glass and dropped it for me like it wanted to play fetch. What a weirdo.

 

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5 gallon tear down complete

Added a couple of small pieces of live rock and several pieces with corals on them.
Milka Stylo and GSP rock

Neon Green Pavona and Arctic Ice Palys

Couple accidental frags of Milka Stylo

Couple frags of Neon Green Pavona (1 is behind the Milka above)

Eagle Eye Zoas (Hector's Goby thought it needed some sand...)

Chunk of Red Digitata (it wasn't looking good before I moved it so we'll see)

 

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Alk 9.6
Mag 1080
Cal 440
pH 8.03
Salinity 1.025 sg

NO3 23.6
Phos <0.03 (can see a hint of blue but not 0.03 levels ...