Tank birthday, 55+ years

[atoll]

No, I have never used it.

I have used it but it's not very common around my LFS. Fish do love it however.

 

[Paul B]

Beautiful 60 degree beach walk this morning.

 

[Paul B]

 

[Paul B]

I no longer have to feed these fish every day. They grew large enough to get by without it.

When skinny fish like those are very young, they have such small mouths that they need to be fed at least once a day, twice is better. But when they get big, like other fish, you can forego some feeding if you are busy doing something else like looking at your toes.

 

[jsmkmavity]

Did they put the stairs back in place already Paul?

 

[tbrown]

I have used it but it's not very common around my LFS. Fish do love it however.

I had a Leopard wrasse (Macropharyngodon meleagris) that was barely picking at food and she was starting to get a little skinny. I fed the tank some Oyster Feast. Both she and my Foxface gobbled that up. After a day or two of manually feeding that to the tank, I noticed she was actively hunting the rocks and eating pellets and flakes when the auto feeders would feed.

I bet the orange color would be enticing as well. Get a fish to start eating and they more likely to stay eating? This might be a good product for training Mandarin gobies and Dragonettes to eat prepared and eventually flake?

 

[atoll]

I had a Leopard wrasse (Macropharyngodon meleagris) that was barely picking at food and she was starting to get a little skinny. I fed the tank some Oyster Feast. Both she and my Foxface gobbled that up. After a day or two of manually feeding that to the tank, I noticed she was actively hunting the rocks and eating pellets and flakes when the auto feeders would feed.

I bet the orange color would be enticing as well. Get a fish to start eating and they more likely to stay eating? This might be a good product for training Mandarin gobies and Dragonettes to eat prepared and eventually flake?

I have even used red food dye with white worms to get a small copperband feeding many years ago. Perhaps colour along with smell plays an important part in feeding response. My CB didn't go after the white worms only blood worms till I dyed the white worms red, more pinkish in truth.

 

[jeep and goose]

Out of the copper and and long nose which one do you like more?

 

[tbrown]

I have even used red food dye with white worms to get a small copperband feeding many years ago. Perhaps colour along with smell plays an important part in feeding response. My CB didn't go after the white worms only blood worms till I dyed the white worms red, more pinkish in truth.

I notice a good feeding response from ArctiPods as well and they're orangish/red so there's probably a lot of truth to that.

 

[Paul B]

Did they put the stairs back in place already Paul?

No, you can see the silver bars of the stairs in that picture. But I can go down the big stairs closer to my house to get on the beach.

This is about half of the long wooden walkway that gets you to the stairs.





This is the top portion



And the lower part. 176 steps.

I had a Leopard wrasse (Macropharyngodon meleagris)

I used to date a girl with that name. I used to just call her Mac.

This might be a good product for training Mandarin gobies and Dragonettes to eat prepared and eventually flake?

I only feed my worms flakes, and they write disturbing slurs about me when I do.

Out of the copper and and long nose which one do you like more?

The copperband.

 

[CoralB]

No, you can see the silver bars of the stairs in that picture. But I can go down the big stairs closer to my house to get on the beach.

This is about half of the long wooden walkway that gets you to the stairs.





This is the top portion



And the lower part. 176 steps.



I used to date a girl with that name. I used to just call her Mac.

I only feed my worms flakes, and they write disturbing slurs about me when I do.

The copperband.

That’s a heck of a stairwell !

 

[Paul B]

That’s a heck of a stairwell !

All the stairs going down to the beach look like that. This is the next one. And you can only see about 3/4s of it.

 

[CoralB]

All the stairs going down to the beach look like that. This is the next one.

You must have big legs Paul .

 

[Paul B]

I go up and down those stairs every day, rain, snow or shine. Or sometimes I take a different route to different stairs.

 

[Rocks reef]

Paul,

Good luck in the Mariner of the Year my friend. You are a true legend in this hobby and here on R2R. The stories you share, adding humor into sometimes tough topics and your overall personality are second to none sir.

I tip my hat to you!

 

[Paul B]

Thank you Rocks reef. I voted Tbrown and Tangerine Speedo because I know they are still building and can use a lot of stuff. I am old and cranky and maybe on my way out. Not of reefing, just life in general. OK, maybe not, my Mom lived to 99 so I still may have a few years to go.

 

[Rocks reef]

I truly love your spirit!

 

[Rocks reef]

Paul,

I remember some time back you were having issues about a scooter for your wife. (If memory serves me correctly, which it may not). Were you able to get that sorted out?

Keith

 

[Paul B]

Yes. She had one similar to this one that we rented in Florida only with 4 wheels. I recently gave that away and got her a motorized chair. It is a lot smaller and easier to put in the car, (when folded) and not as cumbersome.

It is supposed to go about 10 miles on a charge which I seriously doubt, but so far it goes pretty far and she never got stuck. She rarely uses it and prefers her walker but she goes "very" slow in that so if we have to go anywhere that requires more speed, we take the chair. She can't walk a step or stand even for a few seconds without it.



She has the walker here at my Grand Daughters Play in Manhattan.

 

[Rocks reef]

Slow or not sir, at least she is still out there living her best life!! She is blessed to have you by her side encouraging and supporting her.