Tank birthday, 47+ years

[Paul B]

Everything except one or two fish survived the cleaning. Those fish were hiding in holes in the rock in the dark and cold where I kept the rock to kill the sponge. Many of the corals shrunk from the sponge toxins but they grew very large in the last few weeks. I have no SPS corals as the toxins killed it all so I have mostly leathers LPS and soft corals like gorgonians.

My new I phone takes great pictures.

I found a video of a copper fountain I built in my fish pond in my last house.

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Home Made moving fountain built from a sheet of copper and some tubing

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[C4ctus99]

@Paul B, what do you consider to be a deep sand bed? I’ve got maybe 2” of aragonite gravel and was seeing DSB pop up a lot. I am running a RUFG and want to make certain I’m not trying to push it up through too much gravel. Now would be the time to remove some if I need to…

 

[Paul B]

@Paul B, what do you consider to be a deep sand bed?

I consider a DSB one of the silliest thing us Geezers invented many years ago and I don't like them, never did. You can't make a DSB using aragonite gravel. You need sand for that. Your 2" aragonite gravel is fine.

 

[C4ctus99]

I consider a DSB one of the silliest thing us Geezers invented many years ago and I don't like them, never did. You can't make a DSB using aragonite gravel. You need sand for that. Your 2" aragonite gravel is fine.

Sounds good, I greatly appreciate how you answer peoples questions, even though I’m sure you’ve probably answered most of them many many times before

 

[Paul B]

C4ctus99, I don't really answer them. I know a retired, out of work Supermodel who has a fish tank. I write to her in crayon and she types intelligible words on the screen.

 

[Paul B]

Urchins are dying across the Caribbean

Mystery solved: Scientists ID Caribbean sea urchin killer

Last year, sea urchins in the Caribbean started getting sick — shedding their spines, dying off and throwing reef ecosystems into chaos. “The case is closed,” said study author Mya Breitbart, a marine microbiologist at the University of South Florida. For marine scientists, it was deja vu...

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[Paul B]

 

[ingchr1]

Urchins are dying across the Caribbean

Mystery solved: Scientists ID Caribbean sea urchin killer

Last year, sea urchins in the Caribbean started getting sick — shedding their spines, dying off and throwing reef ecosystems into chaos. “The case is closed,” said study author Mya Breitbart, a marine microbiologist at the University of South Florida. For marine scientists, it was deja vu...

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Here's another article on it.

New Death Knell for Caribbean Corals

American researchers find 2022 sea urchin die-offs threaten Caribbean coral reefs (again)—via FSUFebruary 27, 2023 Longspine Sea Urchin, Diadema

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[Paul B]

I just tested my water because I am waiting for some people and I had nothing to do. Testing water is something I almost never do and my test kits usually expire before I do 3 or 4 tests.

My nitrates are undetectable which is understandable being I recently changed 100% of the water and I now have hair algae all over the place.
My calcium is 500 and alk is 14. Weird readings so I will go back to not testing.

 

[Paul B]

So last night this Jiboni comes down the hill across from my house and flies over a speed bump. The speed limit in the complex is 10 mph but of course most go about 20, but not 60.

He drove on the wrong side of the road and took out about 60' of brand new railings.

Then went a hundred yards to jump over two 10"X10" posts and land on top of one of them. He left much of his front end here.

The car didn't move after that but the guy went to jail.

 

[Paul B]

They removed the car last night.

 

[Subsea]

“Weird readings so I will go back to not testing”

Too funny. Exactly my sentiments.

 

[Subsea]

So last night this Jiboni comes down the hill across from my house and flies over a speed bump. The speed limit in the complex is 10 mph but of course most go about 20, but not 60.

He drove on the wrong side of the road and took out about 60' of brand new railings.

Then went a hundred yards to jump over two 10"X10" posts and land on top of one of them. He laft much of his front end here.

The car didn't move after that but the guy went to jail.

Looks like some may need a BRICK WALL for a speed bump.

 

[Paul B]

You would think after taking out 4 six by six fence posts you would stop before you ran over 3 ten by ten posts that were burried two feet down.

He may have thought that little Acura was a tank.

His insurance company is going to be thrilled.

 

[tbrown]

You would think after taking out 4 six by six fence posts you would stop before you ran over 3 ten by ten posts that were burried two feet down.

He may have thought that little Acura was a tank.

His insurance company is going to be thrilled.

Or they'll find some way to not be responsible. There's got to be a clause for getting out of payment for "gross negligence" or something.

 

[Paul B]

It was actually gross drunkedness.

 

[907_Reefer]

Up here we would have grabbed the backhoe and performed "gross car removal".

 

[Paul B]

WE want to make sure his insurance pays for all this as it is all new fencing.

We also have back hoes in New York. But they removed the car in a couple of hours.

 

[Fort Salty]

That looks like a serious o-fence. I'm glad no one was injured. One small moment can drastically change a life.

 

[Lowell Lemon]

It was actually gross drunkedness.

Yep ... can't walk so you have to drive mentality.