Tank birthday, 47+ years

[edinphilly]

Did you buy 17 test kits and change your salt mix because of the mushroom issue?

 

[Paul B]

The kits I have came in wooden boxes and to get out the reagents I have to dig them out with a screwdriver so they may be out of date.

 

[edinphilly]

I would think you can just dip your finger in the tank, lick it, and see if its close enough to the real deal [emoji305]

 

[Paul B]

That has worked well for many years.

 

[Dashiki]

Always tastes like fish poo to me

 

[edinphilly]

Always tastes like fish poo to me

You just need a bigger skimmer

 

[Dashiki]

My wife said the same thing...

 

[edinphilly]

Much like in the reef aquarium trade... there are tons of supplements for that!

 

[Paul B]

Fish tank water does taste different from the ocean. I guess it could be fish poo or the lack of whale poo like we have in the sea.

I got this guy yesterday to replace my bangai that croaked of old age. If he does well I will get a mate for him. If he doesn't do well, that will not be a problem. I had many of these but that was many years ago before they had polyps to eat. My other Bangai is also very old in Bangai age so I may have to replace him soon. I like to have fish in pairs so they can date.

 

[Dashiki]

They are beautiful. I had a pair for a bit but their diet was expensive. Over a month they are a few hundred in acans and another couple hundred in sps. Stunning colors though I'd love to try them again

 

[Paul B]

This one eats cake.
Most of them I had ate clams and worms. I just got this one so I didn't see it eat yet and the light is still off so I can't see it.

 

[Turbo's Aquatics]

You should get these 2 threads merged into one and update the title

 

[Paul B]

I would but I don't know how to do that.

 

[Turbo's Aquatics]

mods would have to do it...would result in a lot of duplicated posts though since you post to both threads or at least have been lately

 

[Paul B]

I post to both threads because most of the time I have no idea what I am doing. My brain works in pictures and fish. That is why I retired, so I didn't have to think about important things like Supermodels or those little things on the ends of show laces.

OK how do I get a Mod to do that? I don't care about duplicate posts, Post Offices or anything like that. As a matter of fact I don't care about a lot of things. It's a fish site, what could be Bad.

 

[Turbo's Aquatics]

OK how do I get a Mod to do that?

Well you could ask @revhtree if he could merge these two together
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/i-just-realized-my-reef-is-44-years-old-this-month.194963/
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/tank-birthday-40-years.55423/
and then retitle it "Reef tank circa 1971" or something that is not tied to how many years old it is

 

[Paul B]

OK if Revhtree looks at this (and I doubt he reads my threads) please merge my two tank threads.

Hows that?

 

[lewis.maryann08]

Awesome im just on 1 1/2 years ...I love my tank but it is alot of work with all the water changers ...

 

[Paul B]

It should not be work. Water changing and everything else is part of the hobby. I don't change that much water, I probably should change a little more, but I probably won't. I change about 100 gallons a year in my 100 gallon tank

 

[Chasmodes]

I post to both threads because most of the time I have no idea what I am doing. My brain works in pictures and fish. That is why I retired, so I didn't have to think about important things like Supermodels or those little things on the ends of show laces.

I don't know why, but this cracked me up. I'm ready to retire, but haven't yet. I worry about those things, but even worse, still haven't figured out why when I pull my shoe laces apart that 10% of the time it results in a knot. OK, I know why, I just don't pay attention prior to pulling them apart. But, I still worry about that. I need to retire!