Tank birthday, 47+ years

[Paul B]

I just came back from hunting amphipods on the beach at low tide and I got thousands. I also got a lot of larger swimming "things" that I have no idea what they are and hundreds of tiny snails. It all went in my tank, mud and all so if my tank crashes, I will have to get new hobby.

 

[imDarrin]

Incredible thread! Thank you for sharing a bit of your journey, and photos along the way. Looks like an amazing ride, so far!

 

[keagan]

I just came back from hunting amphipods on the beach at low tide and I got thousands. I also got a lot of larger swimming "things" that I have no idea what they are and hundreds of tiny snails. It all went in my tank, mud and all so if my tank crashes, I will have to get new hobby.

Seems like some of the northern amphipods do really well at reef temp mine populated my old 160 system like mad. N.S isn't far that from N.Y we have some of the same species.

 

[Paul B]

I still have a tank full from 2 years ago that keep breeding in my tank.

I dump most of them in my reverse undergravel filter where they spawn.

 

[tripdad]

Paul, There isnt much about getting old that is great but the people we add to our lives along the way are among its finest rewards! Great pic! And the sash made me chuckle.

 

[Paul B]

Homesteading for Health.

There are those who talk the talk, and those who walk the walk. Over 50 years together, still in love, and still frisky. And, back in the day, they all said we were too young. They were wrong. The above photos were from a photo shoot yesterday for an article in Homesteaders of America

 

[Paul B]

 

[Freenow54]

Seems like some of the northern amphipods do really well at reef temp mine populated my old 160 system like mad. N.S isn't far that from N.Y we have some of the same species.

Hope ICE does not come for them

 

[Paul B]

One of my Janss pipefish is still doing well but he is very difficult to feed because he (or she) only stays in a cave in the back of the tank in the dark so I have to target feed him there. My last Janss Pipes also would only eat frozen mysis and nothing else and I had that one for 7 years which may be their lifespan. That one came out to eat and it ate a lot.

The other one I got was late getting here by a day and he was floating in the bag and never ate.

Target feeding this other one is very hard because my long nose butterfly and filefish learned that I target feed there and immediately goes back there when they see the feeder tube and they eat all the food.

The poor pipefish only gets two or three mysis.



I normally shoot in some live worms to feed the other fish, then run around to the back of the tank to target feed the pipefish.

If I go on vacation, no one is going to feed like this.

My little bluestripe fends for himself so I don't have to feed him.

I also have to target feed my three Dwarf Waspfish as I only see one at a time and they only eat about once a week. They eat earthworms, and so do all the other fish, so I have to do the same with them as the pipes, but at least they come to the front when they are hungry.



2 days ago I added thousands of amphipods along with tiny snails and many other swimming and crawling things that I have no idea what they are.
(Try doing that in a quarantined tank. )

My fish all look amazing and so do the corals. I think I have about 40 fish but I can't possibly count them because many of them hide for most of the day and that is what I want and why they are so healthy and many are spawning. They are being kept natural and immune so will live long enough to die of old age. I think I have two black clown gobies that are near the end of their life as I think they only live 6 or 7 years and they are past that and are showing their age which is fine.

 

[jsmkmavity]

Tank still looks great Paul!

 

[Paul B]

Thanks, it needs some maintenance and I would like to get some time to change some water but that isn't really that important.

 

[Paul B]

I have so many earthworms now that I am letting some go back to the soil. I have a one gallon bucket of dirt and I added a few worms that I found on the street after a rain. I feed them banana peels about once a week and I got hundreds of worms. The smaller ones I can feed to my waspfish whole but the larger ones I cut up for the rest of the fish. (The worms frown on that)

This is excellent food and will not infect your tank with parasites but they are loaded with living gut bacteria. I have been feeding these worms to my fish since the 60s and anemones really love them, especially when they wiggle around in their tentacles.

 

[Freenow54]

I have so many earthworms now that I am letting some go back to the soil. I have a one gallon bucket of dirt and I added a few worms that I found on the street after a rain. I feed them banana peels about once a week and I got hundreds of worms. The smaller ones I can feed to my waspfish whole but the larger ones I cut up for the rest of the fish. (The worms frown on that)

This is excellent food and will not infect your tank with parasites but they are loaded with living gut bacteria. I have been feeding these worms to my fish since the 60s and anemones really love them, especially when they wiggle around in their tentacles.

When I used to catch them for fishing I found that keeping them in broad leaf grass made them tougher . Maybe easier to cut up?

 

[Paul B]

I don't know if this link will work but my wife is now more famous them me. She is in a commercial for a cleaning service that was taken in our home. Our small condo looks much larger in this video because they used one of those lenses, they use to sell houses where your tiny home looks like a mansion. It is not.; She is all excited and looks beautiful

FoxHill_Testimonial_260710_v1.mp4​

drive.google.com

 

[Freenow54]

I don't know if this link will work but my wife is now more famous them me. She is in a commercial for a cleaning service that was taken in our home. Our small condo looks much larger in this video because they used one of those lenses, they use to sell houses where your tiny home looks like a mansion. It is not.; She is all excited and looks beautiful

FoxHill_Testimonial_260710_v1.mp4​

drive.google.com

Link Worked . She has a new Career now

 

[jsmkmavity]

She did a great job! Happy to see your coffee table made it into the video. You might be Cam Anderson's mentor!

 

[Freenow54]

She did a great job! Happy to see your coffee table made it into the video. You might be Cam Anderson's mentor!

Yes I forgot that all the treasures were on display

 

[smitten with ocean life]

aw thats really nice paul! she did a great job!

 

[Paul B]

My morning walk was not too eventful but I did help this fella across the street.

They are endangered here and I only see one about every two years as they don't cross streets well.

I rescued two horseshoe crabs on my way out. One was back on the sand on my way back so I threw him out into deeper water. After 200 million years you would think these things would have developed a GPS by now but they keep getting stuck, up-side-down on the beach where they become seagull food



My guest bathroom is coming along good. I just need to change the shower doors with black barn door fixtures and paint

 

[Freenow54]

My morning walk was not too eventful but I did help this fella across the street.

They are endangered here and I only see one about every two years as they don't cross streets well.

I rescued two horseshoe crabs on my way out. One was back on the sand on my way back so I threw him out into deeper water. After 200 million years you would think these things would have developed a GPS by now but they keep getting stuck, up-side-down on the beach where they become seagull food



My guest bathroom is coming along good. I just need to change the shower doors with black barn door fixtures and paint

Busy Morning absolutely stunning . Did you install the walk in ?