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you did see my local, Cherry Corals, has one going the day after Christmas. just trying to be helpful.
I have the same fear with my grands, which is putting me on high alert to install some handles and lock my sump cabinet! My acrylic ATO reservoir also has a flip top, so I need to come up with something to lock it. Any ideas would be appreciated!
Thats me with even thr smallest fish tankYesterday was interesting. Over the years, I've had many tank conversations with plumbers, electricians, construction people, and horrified parents, whose kids on Halloween push their way inside my house and head straight for "Nemo."
I finally had my window film installed to help with the sunlight in the front of the house. Two guys showed up, I'd say 30-something-ish youngsters. The first guy walked in the door and his jaw dropped. The second guy walked in the door and his jaw dropped. They both stood there staring at my tanks, which are in my office in front of the house. Well, it ended up being a whole day of partial window film installation and mostly fish/tank talk. The guys have 3 saltwater tanks between them. They inspected the sump, asked tons of questions about my equipment and setup, asked about specific corals, what salt mix I used, asked about my LED fixture and everything in between. It turns out we knew a lot of mutual people in the local "fish" business, and I even got a few more names.
One of them even told me a story about his young son pouring chocolate milk in his sump and his wife having to do an emergency w/c!!!
The window film turned out great, and I thoroughly enjoyed talking to those guys....social distancing, of course. I'm just glad I was paying them by the job and not by the hour! ;Joyful
How does the window look? Any pics?Yesterday was interesting. Over the years, I've had many tank conversations with plumbers, electricians, construction people, and horrified parents, whose kids on Halloween push their way inside my house and head straight for "Nemo."
I finally had my window film installed to help with the sunlight in the front of the house. Two guys showed up, I'd say 30-something-ish youngsters. The first guy walked in the door and his jaw dropped. The second guy walked in the door and his jaw dropped. They both stood there staring at my tanks, which are in my office in front of the house. Well, it ended up being a whole day of partial window film installation and mostly fish/tank talk. The guys have 3 saltwater tanks between them. They inspected the sump, asked tons of questions about my equipment and setup, asked about specific corals, what salt mix I used, asked about my LED fixture and everything in between. It turns out we knew a lot of mutual people in the local "fish" business, and I even got a few more names.
One of them even told me a story about his young son pouring chocolate milk in his sump and his wife having to do an emergency w/c!!!
The window film turned out great, and I thoroughly enjoyed talking to those guys....social distancing, of course. I'm just glad I was paying them by the job and not by the hour! ;Joyful
That's terrible, Simon...I've heard the same thing so many times with the Honda generators. People can be awful...which is probably why I tend to avoid the human species anyway...even before that virus.
they are in my neighborhood. I never score in these live auctions. too slow in checkout. so I just wait for the unsold after sale.
we just bought the house, be 4 years in May. I convinced the mrs. we needed a full house generator before I put the tank in. convinced...... who are I kidding..... it wasn't that hard of a sell.Work is done and I'm off for 4 whole days!!! I'm so excited about my present.
A little history first. After I set up my first reef tank, the very next summer, we had some terrible storms here and people lost power for days. I found out after the fact about a friend who lost everything in his reef tank. I'm sure there were many others. That Christmas, I asked Santa for a generator. We shopped around a good bit. I really wanted the Honda portable generator, but it was pricey and we settled on something else. It wasn't so portable and had to be dragged out of the garage, through the fence, up the sidewalk, and up 4 steps to get to the back outside outlets. It was on wheels, but it was very cumbersome. I couldn't even start the thing! Fortunately, we didn't have to use it often other than an occasional winter or summer storm.
Fast forward to an 11-year-old broken generator that no one would recommend fixing. My husband asked me to check around and see what I could find. I looked at Costco and Lowe's, thinking there had to be more competition years later in the portable generator business. I read tons of reviews and a number of them kept coming back to the same conclusion..."I settled for this generator, but wish I had bought the Honda." Ugh. What to do. So, I told my husband what I had found. He looked around some also and finally told me to just get the Honda. I actually found a little special going on at Northern Tools where if you spent a certain amount, you got a gift card. The husband needs a new lawnmower, so buying the generator there gave him $200 towards his lawnmower.
Anyway, 11 years later, I got my Honda! I guess I'll have to buy him a new stick or two so he can chase that little white ball around for 4 hours! ;Happy
No one is allowed to laugh at my wimpy tree....well, maybe a little. I put up a wimpy tree because it's been a wimpy kind of year (I have other words to describe this year, but we'll stick with wimpy for now)!
I'm sure a generator isn't in the top 10 of most Grammie wish lists....but since when I have I ever claimed to be a "normal" Grammie? ;Joyful
I don't do as many live auctions anymore, but they are fun to watch, especially when a $5 coral comes up and everybody goes nuts...I used to have more of a life before this year. ;Joyful I usually just wait for the after sale most of the time. My last CC buy was 100% on the after sale, and they still had plenty of nice corals! I have a really nice Miami Vice zoa colony from them growing out in the BioCube now...my LFS owner is drooling over that piece....he can't have any yet!
hmmmmmmm........ so you're the competition for the after sale.
you spot feeding?Dendrophyllia status: This is one of the more fascinating corals to me, so once I rebooted, I just had to have one. It was doing really well at first, low light, low flow, placed low in the tank. A while back, it just slammed shut. I thought sometime might have made it mad, but I pretty much had stopped Vibrant or any other additives. I'm only dosing alk, and calcium and magnesium as needed, along with performing a weekly 5% water change. I add ReefRoids about twice a week.
I did notice it would be wide open at night, so last weekend I moved my rock a little and tried to create a little cave for the dendro. It's under a little ledge now, and i noticed that it was opening back up during the daytime again. It has 2 large heads and a baby, so will see what happens down the road.
I was, but the the dendros stopped opening during the day again. I guess something made them mad. I'm still broadcast feeding Reef Roids a few times a week. I need to check them out at night and see if they're opening up then.
