Good Morning!

[vetteguy53081]

Good morning it’s so nice to have a three day weekend! Going to do a water change and work on my new frag tank. Wife says I’m going to clean the basement. Maybe both?

3 day weekend was great. Return to work tonight but still worth the time off.

 

[Peace River]

I had the privilege to help with MACNA this year. 120,000 steps in 5 days - who knew MACNA would also double as a fitness experience?!?

 

[WVNed]

Good morning
I forgot to say that.
In an act of utter spite the 75 gallon tank spit water all over the floor last night. After running all this time the overflow plugged up, the ATO helped and we had a tiny waterfall.
SO I drained it. It is going to get drilled as part of the renewal. I may try to make a new stand so it is the same height as the other tank. Or not, I think about a lot of things. Doing them is another thing.
7 more fish ordered. I guiess I need to post asking what corals to put in with angels.
I could bomb you all with pics everyday. I hold myself back.
We have dog chairs. If you are going to live with animals you have to just go with it.
Zoe the Australian Catty Dog.

one moment

and a few minutes later

He's biting my tail.

Can you get him?

 

[Peace River]

Those awesome pictures remind me of many years ago when two kittens joined our home and one mimicked our dog in the way it moved, laid, panted, etc.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Morning everyone!!

 

[Mjl714]

Cheers . Looking like a great day off. Got the bbq invite from the grandkids, yahooooooooo.

 

[Lowell Lemon]

May your labor be light on Labor Day!

 

[siggy]

MACNA will be in Phoenix, AZ next year! Even with the adjusted schedules due to the storm this year it was a great event and a great time!

I hope the coral vendors have chillers for their covered wagons ;Woot Just curious Peace, Did the volenteers get raffle tickest? It was a hot topic last year.....or a brawl, if that is possible on line

 

[Peace River]

I hope the coral vendors have chillers for their covered wagons ;Woot Just curious Peace, Did the volenteers get raffle tickest? It was a hot topic last year.....or a brawl, if that is possible on line

Lol. I was waiting for that question!

No, volunteers were not given raffle tickets.

 

[rodney]

3 day weekend was great. Return to work tonight but still worth the time off.

Yes it is. Next one is Thanksgiving four day weekend!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Yes it is. Next one is Thanksgiving four day weekend!

5 for me

 

[Dsnakes]

Good morning everyone

It’s been a long time with minimal activity at my place. I’ve got a wall to repaint and a baseboard to replace.

Setting up to frag corals off of rocks from the temporary tank now.

 

[Why-Me]

GOOD MORNING R2R
I'm drilling my daughter's 40b today!!
Wish me luck

 

[Paul B]

I got the riser off the manifold and it is not as bad as I figured it would be. It was clogged but most of it I was able to get out with a screwdriver and a powerwasher. This one was getting very hot and thats why.
I can probably get five more years out of it.

The other three risers don't get to hot so I won't mess with them today. Now I just need to get gaskets and put the thing back together.

I also installed spark plugs.

It's great to be retired.

 

[bala murugan 00500]

Good moring every one
Climate looking good for reefing

 

[SammieT]

Late good morning all.... Stay safe today...

 

[Paul B]

Not really morning but:
After I came home from taking apart the boat I came home to relax. My wife went to her friends house so it was nice and peaceful. I poured a nice glass of Grand Marnier and laid on the couch.
I asked Alexa to put on peaceful rain sounds and I almost drifted off to sleep.

Then the rain sounds started to get violent and I told Alexa to cancel.
I started to drift off.
The sounds got louder. I yelled :
"ALEXA. CANCEL"
She said, "There is nothing to cancel."

Just then I heard this very loud, very annoying noise from my cell phone and like in stereo, from my house phone at the same time.

"SEVERE TORNADO ALERT IN EFECT, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, HURRICAIN FORCE WINDS, STAY INSIDE, DON'T EVEN THINK OF GOING OUT EVEN IF THERE IS A 50% OFF PURPLE TANG SALE AT THE LFS".

I look out the window and it was dark. It looked like I was trying to see through sheet metal, not that cheap 18 gauge sheet metal like they sell in Home Depot, I mean Manly 12 gauge, galvanized sheet metal like they make Greyhound busses out of.

The rain was coming down as if it was being dumped out of Cadillac trunks and not those new Sissy Cadillac's. I mean a 1957 Pink Cadillac that had trunks you could put three Toyota's in and still have room for the full size spare tire.

The lightning was deafening. I looked at my tank and all the fish were huddled in the corner with a wide eyed look on their faces kind of like Nancy Pelosi sometimes gets. They even let the anemone and long spined urchin squeeze in with them.

There is a huge tree across the street from my house and the branches were bending like Mick Jagger's legs "AND" my car was parked under it.

OMG, I grabbed the keys and ran out there to move it. The lightning looked like Poseidon's Trident
and the rain was pushing me down just by it's sheer weight but I knew I had to move the car so the limbs wouldn't fall on it.

I get in the car and I am soaked in places I haven't seen or felt in decades.

I get the car started and the windshield wipers don't move fast enough but I manage to get the car in front of my garage where there are no trees.

;Wideyed
I count to three and run out of the car and in one quick movement I spin around and close the door.

The only problem was that in my haste, while I was spinning around, I threw the keys backwards where they flew, very fast towards the car.

I said OOOOOHHHNNNNNnnooooo because as everyone knows keys are now like little expensive High def, flat screen TVs and cost as much. They are also not water proof.

OMG!!

I can't kneel down because my knees are like fine crystal about to break so I lay down flat on the pavement in an inch of water. I can't see because of the rain and the lightning is screwing up my vision, not to mention that it's LIGHTNING!!!! and you are not supposed to be laying in a lake while it is crashing all around you.

But I remembered that I am not a Snowflake so the lightning will only tickle me.

I look under the car and can't see the keys. Then I run around to the other side of the car and lay on the ground. No keys. I now inch my way like a nudibranch to the rear tires and reach my hand under the tires but NO KEYS!!!

Then I remembered that I have my cell phone in my pocket and my pocket is as wet as a 10 gallon pico reef that was just set up and is cycling, not with a live shrimp, but a dead one. ;Bucktooth
I got up and threw the phone in the car.

I opened the garage and got a big push broom and I am pulling water from under the car hoping they would somehow emerge, but no keys.

Now I am frantic and the lightning is getting closer. My life was flashing before my eyes and all I could think about was my poor horrified fish. How will they get along with out me.

Now five minutes have gone by and I still can't find the keys. I know I couldn't have thrown them too far and they don't float so they have to be someplace. But where?

Finally I think to look in a place where I know they couldn't be. On top of the car.

Yep, sitting there right on top.

I quickly brought them in and took out the battery and now they are drying but I don't know if they will work. Time will tell.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Thank goodness I didn't miss it. Almost did!
Happy Birthday to a user in this thread
@EmilyXLC !!!
Hopefully you're in a time zone where I have some time left for this to be true lol.

 

[Peace River]

Thank goodness I didn't miss it. Almost did!
Happy Birthday to a user in this thread
@EmilyXLC !!!
Hopefully you're in a time zone where I have some time left for this to be true lol.

Happy Birthday Emily - it was great to meet you this past weekend!

 

[Raege]

Arrgh whats worse than Monday a Tuesday acting like a Monday. First day back after vacation feel the dread like a kid going back to school lol