Penny's IM14-Retired 7/18/2021

[spectra]

7 hours ago, Pjanssen said:

Now that some of the rock has been removed, I came across this.

Identify by Penny, on Flickr

Anybody know what it is?

 

Ever see aliens  remember what came out of those eggs

 

I would say tunicate also.......nothing going to jump out of them although it would be cool wouldn't it

[Pjanssen]

3 hours ago, Weetabix7 said:

My first reaction was tunicate. 

What's a tunicate 

[spectra]

4 minutes ago, Pjanssen said:

What's a tunicate 

tu·ni·cate

[ too-ni-kit, -keyt, tyoo-]

NOUN

1.

Zoology. any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water.

ADJECTIVE

2.

(especially of the Tunicata) having a tunic or covering.

3.

of or relating to the tunicates.

4.

Botany. having or consisting of a series of concentric layers, as a bulb.

 

you asked

[Pjanssen]

6 minutes ago, spectra said:

tu·ni·cate

[ too-ni-kit, -keyt, tyoo-]

 

NOUN

1.

Zoology. any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water.

ADJECTIVE

2.

(especially of the Tunicata) having a tunic or covering.

3.

of or relating to the tunicates.

4.

Botany. having or consisting of a series of concentric layers, as a bulb.

 

you asked

 are you sure we're talking about the mystery object in my tank?

[spectra]

15 minutes ago, Pjanssen said:

 are you sure we're talking about the mystery object in my tank?

 

I think so  you have another mystery object

[Felicia]

Yep, appears to be tunicates.  Cool hitchhikers!  They're filter feeders, so they probably appreciate the feeding you do for the NPS gorgonians and flame scallop.

 

http://depts.washington.edu/fhlk12/links/StudentProjects/Tun.biology.html

[seabass]

2 hours ago, Felicia said:

Yep, appears to be tunicates.

I agree, but the almost perfect linear line of them made me look again.  In a way it looks like how eggs might be laid.  Sort of like little broken egg sacs.  But still most likely tunicates.  They look pretty similar to the ones in the link you provided.

 

5 hours ago, spectra said:

Ever see aliens  remember what came out of those eggs

That's what I was thinking when I saw it too. 

 

You don't have any pods in there that look like this, do you?

[Pjanssen]

5 hours ago, seabass said:

I agree, but the almost perfect linear line of them made me look again.  In a way it looks like how eggs might be laid.  Sort of like little broken egg sacs.  But still most likely tunicates.  They look pretty similar to the ones in the link you provided.

 

That's what I was thinking when I saw it too. 

 

You don't have any pods in there that look like this, do you?

I hate this movie. Thanks for the upcoming nightmares.

[seabass]

1 minute ago, Pjanssen said:

I hate this movie. Thanks for the upcoming nightmares.

  I'd be wearing gloves in that tank if I were you.

[Pjanssen]

Added some macros back in. Tied them down with fishing line to some rocks so hopefully they'll stay put.  No attacks from the Aliens while my bare hands were in there.

Untitled by Penny, on Flickr

Untitled by Penny, on Flickr

[lkoechle]

13 hours ago, seabass said:

  I'd be wearing gloves in that tank if I were you.

I wear gloves in all my tanks.  I hate getting my hands wet. lol  

[Thunder Goose]

Gorgeous!

[Myrtle Beach]

Hi Reefer's,

 

God Bless those of us who are preparing. and Penny, I know your close to this thing is coming your way.

 

When you have a power outage... How do you secure your Tanks?

 

Thanks

Michael in Myrtle

[Lula_Mae]

1 hour ago, Myrtle Beach said:

Hi Reefer's,

 

God Bless those of us who are preparing. and Penny, I know your close to this thing is coming your way.

 

When you have a power outage... How do you secure your Tanks?

 

Thanks

Michael in Myrtle

Michael, one of the quickest and easiest things to do is grab a battery operated air pump and extra batteries.  Plus water if you can find it to have extra.  But definitely the air pump, preferably one per tank.

[Pjanssen]

15 hours ago, Myrtle Beach said:

Hi Reefer's,

 

God Bless those of us who are preparing. and Penny, I know your close to this thing is coming your way.

 

When you have a power outage... How do you secure your Tanks?

 

Thanks

Michael in Myrtle

This is the first time I'll have 2 tanks running. The 29 has priority for the generator. The 14 will hopefully have an air pump if I can track down some C batteries, and frozen water bottles. Ugh! IRMA

[seabass]

I can't imagine.  Wish you the best.

[Pjanssen]

40 minutes ago, seabass said:

I can't imagine.  Wish you the best.

 

[Thunder Goose]

Are you staying? I hope you're safe and I hope your tanks survive!

[Pjanssen]

23 minutes ago, Thunder Goose said:

Are you staying? I hope you're safe and I hope your tanks survive!

staying

Hurricane Irma by Penny, on Flickr

[Myrtle Beach]

It is so eeeriie up here.. The beach is calm as a mill pond, and the moon is so bright. To think what is coming your way..

 

I had water damage last year from Matthew, sad thing is I'm on the 17th floor ...lol  (power went off and when it can

back on it pumped up 17 flights and popped the toliet values... I evacuated to Charlotte, so I didnt know til Maintenance

called me and told me,) ~~~~ I dont know why I said that... lol

 

As for Battery pumps, I didnt know if my measly little corals would survive or my Zebra Gobie.

So off to the LPS....

 

Penny--- God bless, your in our prayers.... Be safe, Rum makes me do silly stuff  lol

 

Thanks Reefers

Michael in Myrtle

[Lula_Mae]

5 hours ago, Myrtle Beach said:

It is so eeeriie up here.. The beach is calm as a mill pond, and the moon is so bright. To think what is coming your way..

 

I had water damage last year from Matthew, sad thing is I'm on the 17th floor ...lol  (power went off and when it can

back on it pumped up 17 flights and popped the toliet values... I evacuated to Charlotte, so I didnt know til Maintenance

called me and told me,) ~~~~ I dont know why I said that... lol

 

As for Battery pumps, I didnt know if my measly little corals would survive or my Zebra Gobie.

So off to the LPS....

 

Penny--- God bless, your in our prayers.... Be safe, Rum makes me do silly stuff  lol

 

Thanks Reefers

Michael in Myrtle

Ha, I lived in the fifth floor of the dorm in college so imagine my surprise when my roommate called to tell me we had flooding!  The big a/c unit just across the hallway had broken and flooded our part of the floor.  I joked that apparently you can stop a Trane.

[lkoechle]

@Pjanssen ARE YOU READY FOR THIS PUTA?!

 

 

Seriously.  Final countdown.  Praying a good dry weekend for you.  My mom is making a break for Jacksonville tonight and she is riding it out at my house which seems like the safest out of our Florida options. Our 6 hour drive took 11 hours with traffic so I told her to stay at my house instead of risking getting caught in traffic trying to go further north. I am pretty sure she will be good there. and free tank sitter! woot! lol

 

Seriously, hope yall stay safe and dont experience any major damage.  And I will to not piss off my step mother Irma any more... So sorry.

[Pjanssen]

8 hours ago, lkoechle said:

@Pjanssen ARE YOU READY FOR THIS PUTA?!

 

 

Seriously.  Final countdown.  Praying a good dry weekend for you.  My mom is making a break for Jacksonville tonight and she is riding it out at my house which seems like the safest out of our Florida options. Our 6 hour drive took 11 hours with traffic so I told her to stay at my house instead of risking getting caught in traffic trying to go further north. I am pretty sure she will be good there. and free tank sitter! woot! lol

 

Seriously, hope yall stay safe and dont experience any major damage.  And I will to not piss off my step mother Irma any more... So sorry.

We're ready as we're going to be. Looks like it's pushing west of us now. Atlanta just might get hit harder than us. Where is your mom coming from. Hope she stays safe and takes good care of all the fishies.

[lkoechle]

22 minutes ago, Pjanssen said:

We're ready as we're going to be. Looks like it's pushing west of us now. Atlanta just might get hit harder than us. Where is your mom coming from. Hope she stays safe and takes good care of all the fishies.

right?  I am two hours northwest of atlanta.  Looks like its weakening a bit though by the time it gets up here.  She is coming from DeLand. So smack dab between Daytona and Orlando.  she is leaving tomorrow morning.  I hope it isnt too late.  I warned her about traffic.  We did 11 miles in an hour yesterday.   It could turn her two hour drive to a 4 to 6 hour drive.  Ours went from 6 to 11 hours. o.O But she knows all the back roads so she is aiming on staying off the highways.

[Myrtle Beach]

2 hours ago, lkoechle said:

right?  I am two hours northwest of atlanta.  Looks like its weakening a bit though by the time it gets up here.  She is coming from DeLand. So smack dab between Daytona and Orlando.  she is leaving tomorrow morning.  I hope it isnt too late.  I warned her about traffic.  We did 11 miles in an hour yesterday.   It could turn her two hour drive to a 4 to 6 hour drive.  Ours went from 6 to 11 hours. o.O But she knows all the back roads so she is aiming on staying off the highways.

Deland... wow old memories... I started my Swimming career in Umatilla and Leesburg, I was known as the "Dark Shark" LMAO

It followed me all the way to Calif Irvine and Mission Viejo. Wow.. memories

 

Penny, God was watching out for your Nano!!!. I hope everyone will be safe!!!

 

Michael in Myrtle