Tank birthday, 47+ years

[atoll]

My tank is starting to look like it did before my invasive sponge issue. I love the look of gorgonians and they are very cheap. (here anyway)
The rock the last gorg came on is loaded with polyps, very nice. The guy had them in a dark tank so I couldn't even see the life on the rock but if I did, I would have bought just the rock without the gorgs, thats how nice it is.

Of course none of those fish were ever quarantined, dipped, medicated, observed or read to and some are 10 years old, some are 35 years old and none of my fish ever died of a communicable disease and none ever had all those "new" diseases I never heard of. But, what do I know?

You're telling porkies Paul. Nobody who has had a tank that long, never QTd and never had fish die of common parasites or diseases. That is apart from me and my tank which granted isn't as old as yours.

 

[tbrown]

Yes, but have you ever pulled a 135 gallon fish tank that had been in a fire out of a dumpster and used it for a reef tank after a decent cleaning and melting the bottom rim mostly back into normal shape???

 

[atoll]

Yes, but have you ever pulled a 135 gallon fish tank that had been in a fire out of a dumpster and used it for a reef tank after a decent cleaning and melting the bottom rim mostly back into normal shape???

Just the twice I believe but he had to remove all the silicone and rebuild that tank with new. The other one the fire was so hot Paul had to use new glass to rebuild it but this time the silicone was reusable.

 

[Paul B]

So my wife comes home with this "Stress Relief Eucalyptus Body Wash". I assume it is supposed to be some kind of soap. Real soap has been made for thousands of years from fats, lye, and maybe ashes. This stuff has about 200 ingredients, and none of them are fats, lye, or ashes, and you need the Hubble telescope to read them.

It is supposed to be for "Stress Relief," but I got stressed trying to read the ingredients. It is also supposed to contain Eucalyptus, which, for some reason, is supposed to relieve stress. I don't get stressed, so I really don't need it or believe it will reduce stress if you have it. If it actually did reduce stress, I would pour it in my tank.

And eucalyptus is about the 50th ingredient, so there may be a drop or two of the stuff in there, along with just about every other chemical or element in the periodic table of elements.

It also reads "No harsh chemicals," although I find that hard to believe, and no animal testing. Probably because they can't find an animal stupid enough to use the stuff.

I use bar soap with like 3 or 4 ingredients, and I get clean enough, and I smell Manly like new cro bars and not a funeral procession.

 

[atoll]

Paul there is a saying. "Never put anything on you're body you wouldn't put in you're mouth" apart from soap obviously

 

[Lowell Lemon]

Paul there is a saying. "Never put anything on you're body you wouldn't put in you're mouth" apart from soap obviously

We were all raised by a generation that used soap in our mouth...

 

[atoll]

We were all raised by a generation that used soap in our mouth...

That was mothers soap

 

[tripdad]

That ingredient list looks like the one on my son's Monster Energy drink. I tell him he's nuts for drinking that stuff.

 

[Paul B]

Paul there is a saying. "Never put anything on you're body you wouldn't put in you're mouth" apart from soap obviously

My Mother used to wash out my mouth with that brown laundry soap if I cursed.

It worked. And my mouth was very clean. Kids today don't know about that.

 

[ScottJ]

 

[atoll]

Just took this photo of a section of my sump.

Most of my sump including the base is covered in these small calcerous tube worms. I employ no mechanical filtration with only a skimmer to remove floating particles in the water.

 

[Paul B]

Just took this photo of a section of my sump.

Maybe you should put some of my "Stress Relief" body wash in there.

The last time I opened up my 5' skimmer, I had so many of those things that I had to break them apart with a broom handle. The thing was full of them for the entire length. But it ran for 40 years before I cleaned it.

Now it is running 9 years, so it may be time to clean it out.

 

[atoll]

Maybe you should put some of my "Stress Relief" body wash in there.

The last time I opened up my 5' skimmer, I had so many of those things that I had to break them apart with a broom handle. The thing was full of them for the entire length. But it ran for 40 years before I cleaned it.

Now it is running 9 years, so it may be time to clean it out.

I use a toilet brush to clean out the body of my skimmer but I don't leave it 9 years plus lol

 

[Paul B]

Beach Walk this morning:

 

[jsmkmavity]

You better dip that for 30 minutes then quarantine in hyposalinity isolation and treat with copper alternating with antibiotics for 90 days.

 

[atoll]

Think that's dead Paul. You can try mouth to mouth but be careful they have sharp teeth.

 

[Freenow54]

Fantastic beach walk this morning. I went out a little earlier today because it finally stopped raining and I was all excited and tingly.

Unfortunately, I found a dead Osprey or Sea Eagle which are endangered.

Last week I found two dead seagulls. I wrote to the EPA a couple of times, but they don't seem to care.

Strange stuff that . I have no input about the deaths . would be interesting to know . I am going to create a post and see.

 

[Freenow54]

So my wife comes home with this "Stress Relief Eucalyptus Body Wash". I assume it is supposed to be some kind of soap. Real soap has been made for thousands of years from fats, lye, and maybe ashes. This stuff has about 200 ingredients, and none of them are fats, lye, or ashes, and you need the Hubble telescope to read them.

It is supposed to be for "Stress Relief," but I got stressed trying to read the ingredients. It is also supposed to contain Eucalyptus, which, for some reason, is supposed to relieve stress. I don't get stressed, so I really don't need it or believe it will reduce stress if you have it. If it actually did reduce stress, I would pour it in my tank.

And eucalyptus is about the 50th ingredient, so there may be a drop or two of the stuff in there, along with just about every other chemical or element in the periodic table of elements.

It also reads "No harsh chemicals," although I find that hard to believe, and no animal testing. Probably because they can't find an animal stupid enough to use the stuff.

I use bar soap with like 3 or 4 ingredients, and I get clean enough, and I smell Manly like new cro bars and not a funeral procession.

Better than taking two droppers of THC no wonder you don't use chemicals

 

[Paul B]

Strange stuff that . I have no input about the deaths . would be interesting to know . I am going to create a post and see.

The people from "Save The Sound" organization called me yesterday about the amphipod and other deaths on the shore and will come out here this week to talk about it. But not to my house. They are having a meeting about something else out here but will discuss it.

In other words, do nothing.

 

[tbrown]

The people from "Save The Sound" organization called me yesterday about the amphipod and other deaths on the shore and will come out here this week to talk about it. But not to my house. They are having a meeting about something else out here but will discuss it.

In other words, do nothing.