Tank birthday, 47+ years

[Zack K]

Pesky doors Paul. I tell ya. Close call! BFS (Big F***** Screwdriver) came in for the win once again!

 

[Paul B]

You always need a really big screwdriver and hammer. On the job we called them "Persuaders"

 

[Brew12]

You always need a really big screwdriver and hammer. On the job we called them "Persuaders"

I prefer screwdrivers and margarita's. On the beach we call them "Relaxers". ;)

 

[Paul B]

If I was not home and they went downstairs, they would have been stuck there because from that side, there is no way to open the door without smashing it, and people buying a house frown on that sort of thing.

 

[Don Lidtke]

Fiddle:
Anything can be made to work if you fiddle with it.
If you fiddle with something long enough, you'll break it. [emoji16]

 

[Paul B]

That's right. The bolt in the lock broke and the mechanism turned sideways so I couldn't push in the striker. So I fiddled with it until I got it. :cool:

 

[Chasmodes]

Where is Murphy? Blame him... :p

 

[TinyChocobo]

Spent most of my morning reading through this thread. Very impressive.

I'm about to start up an 88 gallon aquarium myself that I hope to keep for as long as I can. Setting it up in my office right now as that's the only place I can put it - but I hope to buy a nice house in a year or two - and then moving the tank will be 'fun' I am sure. I definitely don't envy you trying to move it.

 

[mcarroll]

We had our last open house today and got three great offers so it looks like tomorrow we will pick the highest one and sell the house. :D

Hooray!!! :) :) :)

 

[Paul B]

I am not counting my chickens until I see a wheelbarrow full of cash. :eek:

TinyChocobo, you read all 3208 posts!!!! I only read 3200 of them and I wrote most of it. :confused:

 

[TinyChocobo]

I am not counting my chickens until I see a wheelbarrow full of cash. :eek:

TinyChocobo, you read all 3208 posts!!!! I only read 3200 of them and I wrote most of it. :confused:

Sitting here at work and it's a slow day and I'm a fast reader.

I love how you've DIY'd everything. I got the Red Sea Reefer setup because it comes pretty much ready to run - mostly because I'm inexperienced with this and am trying to get a tank up and running to rescue my 29G that's gone unmaintained for nearly a year [I haven't had access to it]. I hope to DIY a lot of upgrades/changes down the road though :).

 

[Brew12]

I am not counting my chickens until I see a wheelbarrow full of cash. :eek:

Cash? Whats that?

And why would you chose that strange thing over Bitcoin? :confused:

 

[Paul B]

When I was a kid, we used Wampum and olive pits for money. :rolleyes:
I don't even know how to pay for things with my cell phone, I barely know how to make a phone call. I want a phone with a cord and a dial and maybe a big toggle switch to turn it off. :confused:

 

[Paul B]

I finally found out where one of my Harlequin shrimp are living. In a film container. Film was like scotch tape but pictures stick to it. :cool:

 

[TinyChocobo]

I finally found out where one of my Harlequin shrimp are living. In a film container. Film was like scotch tape but pictures stick to it. :cool:

Hahaha.

 

[norfolkgarden]

Found 2 blue stripe pipefish if anyone can give them a good home. [emoji6]

https://www.aquacorals.com/index.ph...h/product/1020-wild-blue-stripe-pipefish-pair

 

[norfolkgarden]

Congrats on the offers!

 

[Don Lidtke]

My Love and I moved to Utah from California where we had lived to 35 years. We lived in the house we sold for 25 years. My heart goes out to you for moving. That wonderful sounding idea of cleaning junk out before you move was just a pipe dream for me. The sale and closing happened so quickly that most of the junk I wanted to get rid of ended up getting packed in the PODs and now has taken up residence in my garage here. At least it's better organized...lol!

 

[Paul B]

OMG something happened that I have not seen in decades. A dead fish inside the tank. I normally find them on the floor. It was the female stripped cardinal.
It was hanging, stuck on a thread from a spaghetti worm. How appropriate as I love spaghetti.

Yesterday she was eating and spawning, or trying to spawn anyway. She constantly spawns and the male never leaves her alone.
I removed her to do an autopsy because she looked very healthy and not hardly old enough to die of old age. The only thing about her was that she was filled with eggs. A little to much I thought.
The autopsy revealed perfectly clear gills, no internal problems, no cuts, bruises or infections but she was egg bound. That is what killed her and for some reason that has happened a few times in my tank. I lost 2 female mandarins that were egg bound.

I don't know if it has to do with the fact that fish in a confined tank are just constantly harassed by males and they can't get away or they spawn to much because of the constant harassment.
I never read anything on why some fish become egg bound in a tank but if the fish can't lay the eggs, they start to rot and expand causing the internal organs to become compressed.

I think thats a flaw in the design of all fish due to the enormous amount of eggs they carry and I assume sometimes they either form more eggs than can fit or one or more eggs die and start to decompose infecting the rest of them.
At least it is interesting and gives me something to research.

 

[Chasmodes]

Sorry to hear about your fish dying, and what a weird way to go.