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[NY_Caveman]

(December 2 I try to keep my self very busy. Thank you guys for the distraction but sometime you are just reminded of events. You just can't escape them. In the quite times just you and thoughts. Good and bad but mostly the good.
Since I think of you guys as family I willing to share. Substitute 23 for 24. )

They say time heals all wounds. The truth is that it heals but leaves a scar.
Some will fade away and leave a fleeting memory. Others the scar is rubbed and hurts.

For my siblings and I the scar goes back 23 yrs. The day started like any other Saturday. I don't remember most of it for it was an ordinary day. My mom called for the house she cleaned and I asked her to pick up a 2 liter of Mt Dew. Next thing I remember is a flashlight shining in the windows. I grabbed a baseball bat and greeted the owner of the flashlight with a raised ball bat.

The owner was a police officer looking for my grandparents. A very short time later same police man couldn't find them and showed back up at our house. This time directions were given to my aunt and uncles.

Next the whole house was filled with family and they informing us that mom was killed in a car accident.
My brother Shane needed to be picked up at a friends house. I had to ride with grandpa and show him the way. Shane collapsed and got in the car.

When we got back to house I ran into the church campgrounds. Somebody tried to case me but gave up. I came back that's where the memory goes fuzzy.

Wounds heal but leave scars. Certain times the ache is there and runs deep other times it's just a scar. Today it runs deep 23 yrs ago we lost mom. One moment and all your left with is before and after.

Love you, brother. Thanks for sharing. We are always here for you.

 

[Magellan]

You want to hold onto it for me?

I’ve done this to this vendor before.

Me- “I’ll be by later this week”.

Me a week later- “sorry, work got hectic I’ll swing by this weekend”

Im in Charlotte NC and my tank gets fed 2-3x a day! My goal will be to get it so large you won’t ever be able to take it back... ;)

 

[living_tribunal]

@sfin52 i can’t begin to sympathize with the situation as I’ve never experienced something remotely similar.

I’m always here though if you need to blow off some esteem, lord knows you’ve listened to my stupid rants ad-nauseum.

 

[sfin52]

Man and I thought I was having a rough holiday. We are here for you brother.

We all are dealing with stuff. It's when we share the stuff, that can make it easier to bare. We don't bare it alone.

 

[living_tribunal]

Im in Charlotte NC and my tank gets fed 2-3x a day! My goal will be to get it so large you won’t ever be able to take it back... ;)

If you want to take care of it like that for a few months then give it back, I’m completely cool with it

 

[living_tribunal]

I’m hoping this wrasse is kind to the wittle baby tailspot tomorrow.

Maybe the wrasse makes the tailspot a surrogate and they kick a** in the display?

 

[Magellan]

We all are dealing with stuff. It's when we share the stuff, that can make it easier to bare. We don't bare it alone.

In that case...beginning of November my Aunt passed away from brain cancer that she had kept from the family until she collapsed in her home and spent 3 days on her kitchen floor. My cousin found her...can’t begin to imagine how that must have been. A couple weeks later my grandmother passed (her mom). I spoke at the funeral. Hardest thing I’ve ever done and it was the second funeral in as many weeks.

this forum and everyone in it has been great, I love you people.

 

[living_tribunal]

In that case...beginning of November my Aunt passed away from brain cancer that she had kept from the family until she collapsed in her home and spent 3 days on her kitchen floor. My cousin found her...can’t begin to imagine how that must have been. A couple weeks later my grandmother passed (her mom). I spoke at the funeral. Hardest thing I’ve ever done and it was the second funeral in as many weeks.

this forum and everyone in it has been great, I love you people.

You’re a good dude @Magellan

 

[anon9896]

(December 2 I try to keep my self very busy. Thank you guys for the distraction but sometime you are just reminded of events. You just can't escape them. In the quite times just you and thoughts. Good and bad but mostly the good.
Since I think of you guys as family I willing to share. Substitute 23 for 24. )

They say time heals all wounds. The truth is that it heals but leaves a scar.
Some will fade away and leave a fleeting memory. Others the scar is rubbed and hurts.

For my siblings and I the scar goes back 23 yrs. The day started like any other Saturday. I don't remember most of it for it was an ordinary day. My mom called for the house she cleaned and I asked her to pick up a 2 liter of Mt Dew. Next thing I remember is a flashlight shining in the windows. I grabbed a baseball bat and greeted the owner of the flashlight with a raised ball bat.

The owner was a police officer looking for my grandparents. A very short time later same police man couldn't find them and showed back up at our house. This time directions were given to my aunt and uncles.

Next the whole house was filled with family and they informing us that mom was killed in a car accident.
My brother Shane needed to be picked up at a friends house. I had to ride with grandpa and show him the way. Shane collapsed and got in the car.

When we got back to house I ran into the church campgrounds. Somebody tried to case me but gave up. I came back that's where the memory goes fuzzy.

Wounds heal but leave scars. Certain times the ache is there and runs deep other times it's just a scar. Today it runs deep 23 yrs ago we lost mom. One moment and all your left with is before and after.

Sad to hear, she would feel warmed to be remembered as she is. I hope she is better now.

 

[Magellan]

Sad to hear, she would feel warmed to be remembered as she is. I hope she is better now.

Me too. They both had suffered for a long time, my grandmother had Alzheimer’s.

 

[Magellan]

If you want to take care of it like that for a few months then give it back, I’m completely cool with it

Goals^^^


To get back on a happier topic...I have a birthday coming up on Saturday, gonna get my own Scoly so I’ll know if they like my tank. My only concern would be that I have a really fine grain sand that gets blown around when I clean my glass, not sure how a doughnut is gonna deal with that.

 

[living_tribunal]

Goals^^^


To get back on a happier topic...I have a birthday coming up on Saturday, gonna get my own Scoly so I’ll know if they like my tank. My only concern would be that I have a really fine grain sand that gets blown around when I clean my glass, not sure how a doughnut is gonna deal with that.

They don’t like sand being kicked up (like most big brains), I’d be careful.

The big mouths on these guys makes them a little susceptible to stuff

 

[Magellan]

They don’t like sand being kicked up (like most big brains), I’d be careful.

The big mouths on these guys makes them a little susceptible to stuff

Cheapest scoly it is then! I’ve seen in EAT SLEEP REEFs tank on YouTube that his scolys always seem to have sand on them from his goby and they don’t seem to care, fat and happy every time he makes a vid. Weirdly, my GSP seems most bothered by the sand out of anything.

 

[living_tribunal]

Cheapest scoly it is then! I’ve seen in EAT SLEEP REEFs tank on YouTube that his scolys always seem to have sand on them from his goby and they don’t seem to care, fat and happy every time he makes a vid. Weirdly, my GSP seems most bothered by the sand out of anything.

They’re not hard to take care of from what I’ve read but just watching my trachys, lobos, and new Symphyllia wilsoni + what I’ve heard from others, you just need to take it easy because they are one giant polyp.

Every coral has its weird requirement you know?

I’ve seen his scolys and I’m sure I’m overstating it. My trachy can take a beating and remain happy. The lobo and Wilso, not so much.

 

[living_tribunal]

I’m still trying to figure out the wilso, it’s a bizarre coral. Been watching it like a hawk and can’t put my finger on what makes it happy.

 

[Magellan]

They’re not hard to take care of from what I’ve read but just watching my trachys, lobos, and new Symphyllia wilsoni + what I’ve heard from others, you just need to take it easy because they are one giant polyp.

Every coral has its weird requirement you know?

I’ve seen his scolys and I’m sure I’m overstating it. My trachy can take a beating and remain happy. The lobo and Wilso, not so much.

My backup plan is to mount it vertically on a rock. The light bounces off the front of the tank, no idea what the par is in the indirect places but it’s enough to grow huge mushrooms!

I’m still trying to figure out the wilso, it’s a bizarre coral. Been watching it like a hawk and can’t put my finger on what makes it happy.

if you just got it, then it’s still acclimating. I assume your flow and params are not identical to its previous home, once it adjusts to the new normal it should take off I would think. That primordial ooze you call a tank seems like an ideal place for all life to thrive! ;););)

 

[sfin52]

my

In that case...beginning of November my Aunt passed away from brain cancer that she had kept from the family until she collapsed in her home and spent 3 days on her kitchen floor. My cousin found her...can’t begin to imagine how that must have been. A couple weeks later my grandmother passed (her mom). I spoke at the funeral. Hardest thing I’ve ever done and it was the second funeral in as many weeks.

this forum and everyone in it has been great, I love you people.

Me too. They both had suffered for a long time, my grandmother had Alzheimer’s.

My grandmother has dementia sucks.

Thanks for sharing @Magellan. I'm sorry that your holiday season started out that way. All I can say I'll pray for you and your family. Time helps.

 

[Magellan]

My grandmother has dementia sucks.

Thanks for sharing @Magellan. I'm sorry that your holiday season started out that way. All I can say I'll pray for you and your family. Time helps.

What’s the like button for “I really appreciate that, also there is nothing worse that can happen to someone and their family...”. The person you love and remember fades away like a battery that can never recharge....

 

[living_tribunal]

My backup plan is to mount it vertically on a rock. The light bounces off the front of the tank, no idea what the par is in the indirect places but it’s enough to grow huge mushrooms!




if you just got it, then it’s still acclimating. I assume your flow and params are not identical to its previous home, once it adjusts to the new normal it should take off I would think. That primordial ooze you call a tank seems like an ideal place for all life to thrive! ;););)

I really would not mount the scoly vertically,that I can almost guarantee won’t work out well.

Scolys tissue are very very sensitive unlike a lobos which is pretty thick. It’s similar to a trachy. When you pick it up, you’ll be really surprised by how flimsy and tissue like it is.

Scolys work fine with up to maybe 100 par, they aren’t averse to light like how an acan is. The main concern is giving them space to grow outwards where nothing will irritate their tissue. You’ll notice dimples when something irritates their tissue, happened to my trachy.

 

[living_tribunal]

My backup plan is to mount it vertically on a rock. The light bounces off the front of the tank, no idea what the par is in the indirect places but it’s enough to grow huge mushrooms!




if you just got it, then it’s still acclimating. I assume your flow and params are not identical to its previous home, once it adjusts to the new normal it should take off I would think. That primordial ooze you call a tank seems like an ideal place for all life to thrive! ;););)

He’s doing fine, looking better than before but I just don’t know him yet like my other frags.

You know when you can just look at your Duncan or birds nest and go I need to raise my phosphates or my trachy wants mysis, the coral sixth sense.

He wants something I just don’t know what. He also behaves nothing like any other brain coral. All of his behaviors are radically different, and very very slow.