Tank birthday, 47+ years

[Paul B]

No, it came with the condo.

I did install my wife's handicapped walk in tub.

 

[Paul B]

I walk past this rock on the beach every morning. It was deposited here by a glacier during the last Ice Age thousands of years ago.

The amazing part is that it is still cold.

 

[Paul B]

 

[Paul B]

My morning sunrise walk was nice and I saved a huge horseshoe crab. One of the largest I have ever seen and I saw hundreds.

The tide was about 3/4s down so by tomorrow it should be dead low tide and perfect for collecting amphipods and bacteria. I will bring a bucket.
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Of course if I see a pretty girl, I will drop it and run.

 

[Paul B]

This is one of my black clown gobi's. He is dying of old age and I feel that is a good thing knowing he lived out his natural life. He has a little ich which is normal for a fish in that condition because his immune system is no longer functioning.

This fish can not be cured and I won't even try. I see the ich as a good thing because I run a natural, normal, healthy tank and I want ich parasites to be alive and well so they can keep all my other fish immune.

I also realize most people would dump all sorts of chemicals in the tank, go fallow for two years, fresh water dip the thing, run to church and make a novena and call David Attenbury to ask him to do a documentary. But none of those things are needed as that is a normal life for a fish.

 

[strich]

This is one of my black clown gobi's. He is dying of old age and I feel that is a good thing knowing he lived out his natural life. He has a little ich which is normal for a fish in that condition because his immune system is no longer functioning.

This fish can not be cured and I won't even try. I see the ich as a good thing because I run a natural, normal, healthy tank and I want ich parasites to be alive and well so they can keep all my other fish immune.

I also realize most people would dump all sorts of chemicals in the tank, go fallow for two years, fresh water dip the thing, run to church and make a novena and call David Attenbury to ask him to do a documentary. But none of those things are needed as that is a normal life for a fish.

How old is the fish?

 

[Subsea]

Gorgeous picture.

“First the Dawn”. Sunrise on the water is a spiritual experience for me. I worked 30 years in deep water drilling and enjoyed those moments of solitude.

Paul,
I still have family on Long Island. Maybe we can collect those amphipods together.

My morning sunrise walk was nice and I saved a huge horseshoe crab. One of the largest I have ever seen and I saw hundreds.

The tide was about 3/4s down so by tomorrow it should be dead low tide and perfect for collecting amphipods and bacteria. I will bring a bucket.
`
Of course if I see a pretty girl, I will drop it and run.

 

[strich]

How do you actually find and collect amphipods at a beach?

 

[Paul B]

How old is the fish?

It's hard to tell. I have 5 or 6 of them in various colors and I normally get them full grown. I probably have that guy maybe 5 years as I don't remember buying him but anytime I see one that is not yellow, I buy them.





Dozens of my pictures disappeared from photobucket and I have to find them in my archives and put them back

 

[Paul B]

Strich, this is me collecting amphipods on a rocky beach behind my house. If it is a sandy beach, you won't find any

 

[strich]

Strich, this is me collecting amphipods on a rocky beach behind my house. If it is a sandy beach, you won't find any

Oh nice! You had that video loaded in the barrel already hah. Man that's more amphi's under a single rock than I've ever seen. I live next to so much coastline here in Australia, but not much near me has rocky landscape like that - It's just miles of sand beaches. I actually went out today and did a little hunting - I found a few tiny bits of macro and caught a hitch hiker crab, but it was slim pickings.

 

[Paul B]

Strich I was in Sydney in 1971. I stayed in Kings Cross which was nice then.

 

[strich]

Strich I was in Sydney in 1971. I stayed in Kings Cross which was nice then.

It ain't so hot a place now hah.

 

[Paul B]

So I've heard. Do you still have that boat that goes around Sydney Harbor? A girl from Cokooacha (spelling) took me on it. I also went to a bar called Texas Tavern, but that was so long ago I'm sure it burnt down by now.

 

[strich]

So I've heard. Do you still have that boat that goes around Sydney Harbor? A girl from Cokooacha (spelling) took me on it. I also went to a bar called Texas Tavern, but that was so long ago I'm sure it burnt down by now.

I couldn't tell ya to be honest - most of my life has been around Melbourne, then a stint in the UK, and now living on the gold coast near Brisbane.
Sydney as a city is a bit of a dirty word around these parts nowadays.
I was born in 1987 and your memories of Australia precede me completely!

 

[Paul B]

I was born in 1987 and your memories of Australia precede me completely!

I was born in the 40s, so my memories precede most people alive today.

 

[Freenow54]

This is one of my black clown gobi's. He is dying of old age and I feel that is a good thing knowing he lived out his natural life. He has a little ich which is normal for a fish in that condition because his immune system is no longer functioning.

This fish can not be cured and I won't even try. I see the ich as a good thing because I run a natural, normal, healthy tank and I want ich parasites to be alive and well so they can keep all my other fish immune.

I also realize most people would dump all sorts of chemicals in the tank, go fallow for two years, fresh water dip the thing, run to church and make a novena and call David Attenbury to ask him to do a documentary. But none of those things are needed as that is a normal life for a fish.

There is some guy that's been around almost a month spouting off about me living in the land of Maple Syrup , and he is in the land of the brave , and the Free. I told him about you and that you and others spilt their blood to give him that ,That he was conveniently born in the US , that I have Relatives there , and maybe he should volunteer to go to Iran

 

[Minifoot77]

I was born in the 40s, so my memories precede most people alive today.

Id say the good old days but I was born in '81

 

[Minifoot77]

There is some guy that's been around almost a month spouting off about me living in the land of Maple Syrup , and he is in the land of the brave , and the Free. I told him about you and that you and others spilt their blood to give him that ,That he was conveniently born in the US , that I have Relatives there , and maybe he should volunteer to go to Iran

Care to dm a name? You have been nothing but nice to anyone that I've seen

 

[Freenow54]

Care to dm a name? You have been nothing but nice to anyone that I've seen

someone should shut him down his post is not about aquariums , long winded like its his private platform about an app in Florida for shark encounters StorageUnit731