Tank birthday, 47+ years

[Paul B]

Wow, that is awesome, Good luck. :eek:

 

[Paul B]

My tank is really ignored now that I am selling my house. I have been throwing things out like crazy and drawing prints for my new condo to change things around as they are building it. It's about 60 miles away so it takes a little time to get out there. I can't possibly fit all my existing stuff there so much of it goes in the garbage. I have so many sets of tools because I was a mechanic and still do all the work on my cars and boat and I was a plumber and electrician so I have tools for everything. Carpentry is one of my hobbies and carpentry tools are big and heavy and I am taking all of that. But I don't need 4 ratchet sets or 40 screwdrivers so I am donating most of it to my neighbors and friends. I already gave away all of my SCUBA stuff and a lot of my fish stuff including an Eheim filter. My garbage cans weigh a ton so I gave the sanitation guys a big tip because I feel sorry for them.
It's open house this Saturday so I may sell my home then. That would be nice but I can't move out until the other place is built. My fish are mad at me because they get fed at all different times if they get fed at all.
I try not to look them in the eye. I am sure I will lose some fish and maybe all my corals during this move but I hope not. :confused:

 

[Brew12]

My tank is really ignored now that I am selling my house. I have been throwing things out like crazy and drawing prints for my new condo to change things around as they are building it. It's about 60 miles away so it takes a little time to get out there. I can't possibly fit all my existing stuff there so much of it goes in the garbage. I have so many sets of tools because I was a mechanic and still do all the work on my cars and boat and I was a plumber and electrician so I have tools for everything. Carpentry is one of my hobbies and carpentry tools are big and heavy and I am taking all of that. But I don't need 4 ratchet sets or 40 screwdrivers so I am donating most of it to my neighbors and friends. I already gave away all of my SCUBA stuff and a lot of my fish stuff including an Eheim filter. My garbage cans weigh a ton so I gave the sanitation guys a big tip because I feel sorry for them.
It's open house this Saturday so I may sell my home then. That would be nice but I can't move out until the other place is built. My fish are mad at me because they get fed at all different times if they get fed at all.
I try not to look them in the eye. I am sure I will lose some fish and maybe all my corals during this move but I hope not. :confused:

That kind of stuff is exactly why I dislike moving. Such a pain and forces me to throw out anything I can't justify keeping. :mad:

Just keep the Godzilla Larvae happy... no one wants to see what happens when those things get upset! ;Blackeye

 

[Chasmodes]

That kind of stuff is exactly why I dislike moving. Such a pain and forces me to throw out anything I can't justify keeping.

This is exactly what I need to do, and I'm not moving! :confused:

 

[Paul B]

I am throwing out pounds of books including all my antique fish books and all my fish and coral textbooks. Many I have not opened in decades. I just don't have the room or will to re-locate them.
I have tools specific to some cars, specifically Oldsmobiles which I was a mechanic for in the late 60s. I have no use for those tools any more. I also have timing lights, dwell meters, compression gauges and other out dated stuff that will have to go, most of it in the garbage as I don't have time to sell it or find out if anyone wants it.

 

[gettaReef]

Instead of throwing them out (the books) would you be open to giving away if person pays for shipping or maybe donate to local library? I might be interested in some antique fish books. Just putting it out there, I'm assuming some members here would be interested (of course I am often wrong about most things)

 

[Paul B]

I would give them away but this Monday they are going out with the recyclable paper. So if anyone wants them. Thats how long they will be here. :rolleyes:

 

[Paul B]

I have not seen this guy for months and figured he shed and got eaten by the hoards of bristleworms I have in my tank. Thats what usually happens to any crustaceans in my tank when they shed. But this little fella showed up yesterday no worse for the wear. I think I still have four more of them in the back someplace.

 

[Scubabeth]

I have not seen this guy for months and figured he shed and got eaten by the hoards of bristleworms I have in my tank. Thats what usually happens to any crustaceans in my tank when they shed. But this little fella showed up yesterday no worse for the wear. I think I still have four more of them in the back someplace.

So pretty! I love those crabs!

 

[Paul B]

Me too. I had five of them but I am not sure if all of them are still there. If you have a lot of big bristle worms, they hunt down crustaceans when they shed and eat them.

 

[Chasmodes]

Very neat crab and a nice pic!

 

[Paul B]

Thanks, I enlarged that picture and it is hanging on my wall.

 

[Paul B]

In spite of my practically ignoring my tank lately, everything looks great. My Bangai is still living although he has not eaten anything in about a month and his age is severely slowing him down. He still gets around but slower and has no interest in the things he used to like, He is also near sighted or practically blind but he is way past his lifespan so I wish him a peaceful demise whenever it comes.
My four pipefish are still enjoying the tank and all eating a little too much. The copperband is still my largest eater by far and it is hard to keep enough clams for him. The bluestripes, mandarins, clownfish and striped cardinals are still spawning and the two purple Queen Anthias are constantly catching tiny particles from the water column.
I really enjoy the Janss and dragon face pipefish and after I move, (if I am lucky enough to move the tank) I would like to get a few more.
My wife is in a lot of pain which is almost unbearable and I am trying to help her as much as I can but there is nothing I can do. She may have to go again for Gamma Knife surgery to treat Trigeminal Neuralgia due to the MS.
This is making me very sad as I can't help her.

 

[Brew12]

My wife is in a lot of pain which is almost unbearable and I am trying to help her as much as I can but there is nothing I can do. She may have to go again for Gamma Knife surgery to treat Trigeminal Neuralgia due to the MS.
This is making me very sad as I can't help her

I'm really sad to see this. Nothing makes me feel more helpless or causes me more frustration than to see my wife or child suffer when I can't do anything to help.

I hope the doctors are able to help her find some relief!

 

[beaslbob]

I'm really sad to see this. Nothing makes me feel more helpless or causes me more frustration than to see my wife or child suffer when I can't do anything to help.

I hope the doctors are able to help her find some relief!

+1

hopping for the best.

 

[tcarter1936]

Hopefully they can do something to help sorry. Good luck

 

[Paul B]

Hello Kenneth, nice to see you

 

[Scubabeth]

My wife is in a lot of pain which is almost unbearable and I am trying to help her as much as I can but there is nothing I can do. She may have to go again for Gamma Knife surgery to treat Trigeminal Neuralgia due to the MS.
This is making me very sad as I can't help her.

Paul, I'm sorry to hear about your wife. I will pray for wisdom as the doctors treat her, hopefully finding a way to ease her pain.

 

[Paul B]

Thanks guys, she already lost 12 lbs as she can't eat. She went through this once before and it is just one of the many bad parts of MS

 

[SpartaReef]

God bless! Praying for the two of you during all this. Also wondering how you plan to move that tank? Are you trying to keep as much of it as possible?