Good Morning!

[Peace River]

Harry Chapin: Cats in the cradle comes to mind from that status report

Could be worse - at least it isn't Harry Chapin: 30,000 pounds of bananas!

 

[Ippyroy]

Could be worse - at least it isn't Harry Chapin: 30,000 pounds of bananas!

Now you put Janis Joplin on my mind. Thank you! Me and my Bobby Mageee

 

[Peace River]

Good morning! It’s currently 7° but it gets up to 30° today! So excited. It should reach the 40s by the end of the week. My hot water heater died again. I have to replace the heating elements. Can’t do it until tomorrow. Have a great day and stay safe!

When I got up at 6a it was 72F with a high of 86. It makes for tough sledding.

 

[Ippyroy]

When I got up at 6a it was 72F with a high of 86. It makes for tough sledding.

I'd melt if it was that hot here. I love that the highs here in the summer are usually in the 70s. Maybe a week or two of low 80s. The lows are never above 50 thankfully. I don't own an ac.

 

[sp1187]

I'd melt if it was that hot here. I love that the highs here in the summer are usually in the 70s. Maybe a week or two of low 80s. The lows are never above 50 thankfully. I don't own an ac.

no ac here either. boiler heat so no duct work for ac.
I just hide in the basement with the tank if it gets to hot.
and the heat doesn't bother me much. just the humidity.

 

[Ippyroy]

no ac here either. boiler heat so no duct work for ac.
I just hide in the basement with the tank if it gets to hot.
and the heat doesn't bother me much. just the humidity.

I love the fact that the humidity is so low here. Single digits some times. With 60 gallons of water in tanks my house humidity is around 40%. I grew up in the South, so happy to not deal with it anymore.

 

[Peace River]

[...] heat doesn't bother me much. just the humidity.

I have come to appreciate the humidity. It is just nature's moisturizer!

 

[sp1187]

I love the fact that the humidity is so low here. Single digits some times. With 60 gallons of water in tanks my house humidity is around 40%. I grew up in the South, so happy to not deal with it anymore.

I have come to appreciate the humidity. It is just nature's moisturizer!

I had to run to dehumidifiers 24/7 from June till September last year. all the copper pipes were sweating. utility company loves me.

 

[Ippyroy]

I had to run to dehumidifiers 24/7 from June till September last year. all the copper pipes were sweating. utility company loves me.

All I have to do is put a fan in the window and my humidity falls to 20% or lower. On the flip side, my heaters are baseboard style. My landlord pays a nice amount I am sure. That's why I do all of the maintenance around my cabin. Now to figure out why my heating elements for the water heater died in 2 years.

 

[WVNed]

Good morning
I ordered some snails, hermits and a fish this morning. A banded sleeper goby.
I found out what I do is called dump and pray. I have been doing it wrong. I forgot to pray all this time.
Anyone have a good new fish addition prayer they would like to share?

 

[dbowman5]

oh. lord, please make my fish 'Hardy and easy to care for" instead of what was on the sign when i bought them, amen

 

[Mike from TN]

Oh Lord, please make it be too stupid to jump out.

 

[Ippyroy]

I might the only person bummed about getting a package delivered early. I ordered phyto and the fertilizer from Mercer of Montana on Friday afternoon. He dropped off the package right away with UPS. It has been sitting on my porch since 1pm. I won't get home until 11:30 tonight. The high today is 30. I now have a bottle of dead useless green stuff. I thought I ordered it late enough on Friday that he wouldn't ship it until today, I am off the next 2 days. So much for harvesting phyto. Lots of money in the trash.

 

[Mike from TN]

I keep my live Phytoplankton in the fridge so it might be okay if it was packaged well enough to keep it from freezing. Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

 

[Ippyroy]

I keep my live Phytoplankton in the fridge so it might be okay if it was packaged well enough to keep it from freezing. Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

It should be around 17 when I get off. Hopefully it will be fine, but I am not going to hold my breath. Oh well. I knew I should have waited until Saturday to order, but his stuff sells out so fast.

 

[Mike from TN]

Now the big question is, has it gone bad even if it isn’t frozen and how much will it pollute your tank if you try it.
@ReefSquad

 

[Ippyroy]

Well this is my 5,000th comment. I am really bored at work.

 

[Paul B]

20 degrees here now and very windy. I am going to try to go out and take a walk. It's a good thing I am not to light or I would get blown away.

 

[Wen]

Good Morning! Time for a second cup of caffeine.

 

[sp1187]

Good morning
I ordered some snails, hermits and a fish this morning. A banded sleeper goby.
I found out what I do is called dump and pray. I have been doing it wrong. I forgot to pray all this time.
Anyone have a good new fish addition prayer they would like to share?

Oh Lord.... can you ID this for me. Amen.