Turtle's Fairy Tale

[sfin52]

Little rid bit if I remember correctly C.S. Lewis and Tolken had a little spat over the Lord of the Rings and Chronicles of Narnia

 

[Magellan]

I have the Hobbit, LotR and the finished portion of ASoIaF(GoT)... I wish GRRM would finish that one, but he's lazy and now that HBO finished his story for him I doubt he'll ever do it.

It’s the fully fleshed out magic system that sets Jordan apart. There’s some strange goings on in GoT, as well as LotR, but then you start reading the Wheel of Time and realize that this is what fantasy has been waiting for.

 

[steelwrap]

Your first book, and the start of your new addiction: The Eye of the World. If you liked The Witcher you will LOVE this series.

Excellent books, read them all but what was written after he passed. Need to find the finish and get read someday

 

[Magellan]

Excellent books, read them all but what was written after he passed. Need to find the finish and get read someday

He had written the ending, and fleshed out his plot, but unfortunately was not able to get everything done. He and his wife decided that Brandon Sanderson was “the guy” and basically let him do his thing with the final 3 books. They are really fantastic imo, Sanderson was a huge fan of the series and is an excellent author in his own right. So the characters get written from more of a fan perspective at the end, and really get to come into their own :)

unfortunately I don’t have Jordan’s autograph, but I do have Sandersons. Some of the books are first editions as well.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

So... Turtle found the debit card again. Yea I really should hide that. Jamrock loaded the website up with a bunch of new corals and the temptation was too much to resist. We got 3 acros and a lobo. First pic will be his, second is mine.

TSA Carolina Reaper (if those dont show up it's a fire and chili emoji)

FHC Kryptonic

Sunset Mille

Ultra lobophyllia

 

[Katrina71]

Those are your wife's Valentine's gift, right?

 

[Magellan]

Those are your wife's Valentine's gift, right?

Spoiler alert: that’s the JF Homewrecker she doesn’t know about yet ;)

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Those are your wife's Valentine's gift, right?

She said I didnt have to get her anything... right after she asked for chocolates and flowers... ;Hilarious

 

[That Crusso Kid]

So... Turtle found the debit card again. Yea I really should hide that. Jamrock loaded the website up with a bunch of new corals and the temptation was too much to resist. We got 3 acros and a lobo. First pic will be his, second is mine.

TSA Carolina Reaper (if those dont show up it's a fire and chili emoji)

FHC Kryptonic

Sunset Mille

Ultra lobophyllia

Nice grab! It's going to be nice watching them grow and color up.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Biweekly maintenance day! Well, its scheduled for tomorrow but I figured since I'm off today and working tomorrow we'd go ahead and knock it out. Emptied the sump, vacuumed the detritus that settled, removed the 3 aiptasia, replaced the carbon and GFO in the reactor and filled back with fresh salt water. Pretty proud of myself for staying on top of it. In the past I've put it off because the tank looked good.

We also took an ATI ICP sample and mailed it off and did a post water change water test with all of our new kits we got. Results are as follows.

Ca 420ppm (Salifert)
Alk 8.1dKH (Hanna)
Mg 1440ppm (Salifert)
K 370ppm (Salifert)
I 0ppm (Salifert)
NO3 0.25ppm (Red Sea Pro)
PO4 0ppm (Hanna)
pH 8.4 (Salifert)
Temp 77.9 (Hanna)
Salinity 1.024sg (Refractometer)

 

[Katrina71]

I hope you're at least wearing something sexy for your new bride if you're doing tank maintenance on Valentine's.

 

[Katrina71]

Nevermind. I don't want to know. I take it back! Lol

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Nothing sexy on, I'm not sure there is clothing sexy enough for me, but I am cooking T bones and lobster tail for dinner.

 

[Magellan]

Nothing sexy on, I'm not sure there is clothing sexy enough for me, but I am cooking T bones and lobster tail for dinner.

Filet for her, Ribeye for me, finished in the oven with feta cheese on top :)

mmmmmm lobster :)

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Filet for her, Ribeye for me, finished in the oven with feta cheese on top :)

mmmmmm lobster :)

I prefer rib eye as well, it is the most perfect cut of steak, but they had these huge T bones at the market. Well, mine is a porter house. ;)

 

[Magellan]

I prefer rib eye as well, it is the most perfect cut of steak, but they had these huge T bones at the market. Well, mine is a porter house. ;)

I should have put some chives on the mashed potatoes, way more photogenic that way ;)

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Little show off... this trachy has gotten HUGE in the last two years.

And the new lobo is coloring back up nicely.

 

[Katrina71]

Little show off... this trachy has gotten HUGE in the last two years.

And the new lobo is coloring back up nicely.

When am I gonna tank sit? Just overlook those empty cups.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Glued the acros to rock. It was easy enough to pop off the large glue booger so we dont have any frag plugs in the tank. I know, they'll eventually grow out but you can still see the plug. Also, we need to get a better filter... taking pictures thru a pair of orange glasses isn't the best method.

TSA Carolina Reaper on the left, FHC Kyrptonic in the middle, and the Sunset Mille in the back.

Under the whites

Blues!!!

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Well, haven't killed it yet... cant get a decent picture either.