if he does, big ugly postal worker gets the assauilt charge i threatened

I'm actually really upset about this.
I took A LOT of extra care in packaging him, so maybe it will pay off and he'll make it.
On the other hand, he's a big guy, and I'm afraid he will have excreted too much ammonia into the bag to make it. He is in 3 cups of SW.

Congrats Kim!

I hope Bob makes it

bob will make it, i had a fireworm survive outside in a cup all night and it lived.

Praying for Bob!

This may be the first prayer ever for a eunice worm!

If you went through all we did for Bob & Daniel, you'd be praying too!

That's true.

I'm praying as hard as I know how...





least the tank has had time to settle in at the new place, I suppose

I just hope & pray he is as tough as he looks! I wish you could have seen Weetie when she spotted him at the store. She almost couldn't get close enough to take his picture.

Here are some pics of Weeties DIY Privacy Fence Project.

Pounding the nails out of the board


Aiming for the nail head


Pulling the nail out of the board

The adults helped!
Boards minus nails taken to the fence row.


Putting nails back in the boards

Awww, he's such a big help!

He sure is! He worked right next to me for a long time.

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BOB IS ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I only had to call 2 post offices and scream at them for i dunno how long before they finally found the package. They didnt even get him to campus until this morning. He was supposed to go out in the afternoon shipment, but I ran over and got him instead.

Good thing for the ChemPad cause even with it, the water looked like pee. Dunno if he coulda made it otherwise. But he's now in the tank checkin out his new rocks


YAY WEETIE AND BIBLE SUE!!! THANKS!!!

Thank you, God!!!!!! So glad he made it alive! I don't think we would come across another one to replace him. Glad we could add to your aquatic zoo.

WE WANT PICS!

WE WANT PICS!

WE WANT PICS!

WE WANT PICS!

WE WANT PICS!

zoo is about right



thanks again u two...srsly...most awesome creepy thing ever

i'll try and get some tonight when we take more stuff over to the house if he's looking more relaxed.

Just found this pic. Can you find Weetie & her family in this crowd? There were 5 missing & we have added 4 babies since this reunion in 2006.

verry very nice..

whoa buddy thats a lot of family

I am the second oldest out of 7. The oldest is in Heaven with Dad & Mom. We missed getting together the last 2 years. We all had 2-5 kids & they are following in our footsteps.Weete was #26 to come into the family when she married my son. There were 40 total at that time.

wow my family (including cousins etc. ) is like 1...2...3..
Oh yeah 24! Yours is huge!

I would like to formally announce the birth of Tristan Joseph, my sister's son who was born this morning by C-section.
He was born prematurely at 33 weeks and 6 days but is healthy and breathing fine on his own with no infections or health concerns.
He weighs 4 lbs. 13 oz.

In other news, here's how I feel bout Bob makin it:

I found Waldo, what do I get

Congrats about the baby!!! Oh, and Bob too.

That's awesome! I couldn't remember when you said the c-section was happening but I prayed covered them extra in my prayer time. God knew! Give them a hug & my congratulations! I can't wait to see him!






A kiss from Grandma Moses!

Well, they had a baby.... but brought home a glo-worm!

Isn't it somebody's Birfday today?

What sweet pictures! I love the warm glow!

i know! i know! happy birfday DSHNARW!!!
your gift... a kiss from Grandma Moses!!!


srsly though, happy birthday!

Who doesnt love Chuckie

it's hillarious how all 5 year olds can't live without that rat thing. It's like they idolize him... And Zac Efron.

You???
She's cute DonJon, glad you survived.

lemme guess... birfday party?

oh yeah,
hi weetie!

Happy Birthday Daniel!!

Ok, Birthday party for D....
I made baked Ziti.

I missed it!!

Are there leftovers?????????????????????????

I think Finn found a few squished bits left in the cracks of some of the Chairs.
J/K, of COURSE we saved you some!

Ok everyone, I have some news.
You need to sit down though, I don't want anyone to faint or anything.
Yes, that's right, it's time for an honest to goodness AQUARIUM UPDATE!

For those of you who have lost track, this thread was originally about my 16g acrylic aquarium.
It started out looking really nice, with a lot of frags from various NR members.
Then it went through several months of not doing so well for a variety of reasons.
The first is that I had to move a lot of stuff into it after my 2 yo crashed my prop tank when he dosed it with eardrops.
Then I added a Yellow Coris Wrasse in to eat my pods after they decided some expensive palys looked good to eat. It was an awesome fish and he did a great job eating the pods, but what I didn't take into consideration is what awesome little scavengers pods are. Once the pods were gone I started seeing some film algae growth all over the tank.
Then the tank started getting taken over with nuisance macroalgae growth including GHA and caulerpa, as well as some other "interesting" plants. I didn't realize it at the time, but I'm fairly certain now that the fact I was using an older MH bulb contributed to the algae growth quite a bit.
Well, I think this tank may finally be rounding the corner and getting a little better.
A couple of weeks ago I put a new 150w Phoenix 14k bulb in, and I'm seeing some improvement in algae growth, including what appears to be some dieback of GHA.
I'm also seeing some frags that had faded regaining their colors.
I also think the fact that I've switched salts has helped.
A month to a month and a half ago I switched from Oceanic to D-D H2O salt, and I've been seeing happier corals ever since. I have to say, I'm becoming a real fan of the D-D H2O, and I plan on trying to get a bigger bucket when I get more, which will be soon.
The Oceanic wasn't bad, but my corals definitely like the D-D better, and after a year of bad salt experiences, I'm very happy.

I don't have a FTS just yet (I know, I know...), but I do have a couple pics to share.
This first one is of a Rainbow Yuma that I really love. BibleSue got it for me for a birthday present over the summer at the Knoxville Frag Swap. It's been really healthy and had great color then entire time I've had it.


This next pic is of a really new arrival to this tank. This is a frag of Blue Palys that I just got from Reef Goddess in a trade. They actually weren't the original item I traded for, they were kind of an "add-on", but I actually like them much better than the Orange Palys that were the main part of the trade.


I know everyone probably wants a FTS, and I'll think about it, but to be honest I'm kind of embarassed to post one. The main reason for that is that I'm so short on space right now that I have an eggcrate shelf draped across the top of the LR in this tank to hold several frags that I just don't have room for anywhere else.
I'm afraid it's not very aesthetically pleasing.
But I'll think about it...

FTS plz?
Can't be any worse than my 10gal.

yay! after 65 sum pages, the thread is (sorta) back on track!
FTS pretty please with a cherry on top???

Soon! I finally got her money cowries to her yesterday.

It's not that bad but will soon look much better!

do money cowries eat bubble algae? i hate crabs... also how much do they cost on average?

Money Cowries do not eat bubble algae, but I think they eat just about everything else, algae wise.
They are also SUPER COOL!!!
I took some pics last night, will try to post them later.
They are hard to get ahold of, but when you find them prices seem to range from $3-7.
Pacific East Aquaculture just got some in today that they will list on their site around Monday or so.

Starting the Halloween spirit. Pumpkin after carving.

^^^Cool, I like it!!!
Do you have punkin hands now??

Hey guys, we should all post pics of us and our fams in our Halloween costumes tomorrow night.
I'm planning on dressing up as a Reef Geek.

What if we are dressed as a ?

family pics +1! we should change our avatars to something in the spirit of Halloween as well...

Well, the school system thought it would be a smart thing to do having "Senior night" and the final home football game tomorrow night......Donna tried hard for several months after first hearing this and they would not even think about moving the day. Our neighborhood is usually crazy on game day and also on Halloween. I hope the parents and older kids look out for the little ones.....And I hope those driving / parking remember what day it is....

Donna and I will walk Crystal out at halftime when her name is announced as a Senior cheerleader and being her final home game.

my kid is going to graduate High School !!

man i is feelin old.....

just don't go into a midlife crisis. K?

cuz u are old

DT, Octoberfest sold out around here last week...

Guy at the liquor store told me to try Spaten Oktoberfest.......Not bad ...