Lula_Mae Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Hi ya'll! Just a quick post before work to get my thread started but here's my pico jar for the new creative container pico contest. Nine years here and my first N-R contest, hooray! Coffee add-ins count as condiments, right? Will edit as needed when I get equipment, etc. together. Equipment: 2 gallon Anchor Hocking cookie jar ($11 or so at Walmart) task clamp lamp 12w bulb from Reef Radiance (subject to change) 1 inch Fiji pink sand 3 pieces dry rock, epoxied together 25w heater from AquaForest Aquariums Whisper air pump from Walmart airstone Livestock: yellow dwarf feather duster astrea and nerite snails 3 types GSP zoas/palys: Blondies scrambled eggs king Midas strawberry wines pink zippers Sunny D's granny smith apples botryocladia brown/purple macro 16 1 Quote Link to comment
Flexin Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 I have popcorn... Signing up for this one 1 Quote Link to comment
cfaye@Delaware Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Following.......This contest is going to be awesome, I'm so thankful they started it........ Good Luck....... 1 1 Quote Link to comment
SeaFurn Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Following! You know I love my reef bowl! Good luck! 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 16 hours ago, Flexin said: I have popcorn... Signing up for this one Me too! Gourmet popcorn, neopolitan flavor and dark chocolate drizzled sea salt caramel. YUM! Welcome to the party, ya'll! Thanks for following along! Quote Link to comment
kimberbee Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 4 minutes ago, Lula_Mae said: Gourmet popcorn, neopolitan flavor and dark chocolate drizzled sea salt caramel. YUM! Wow, such fancy popcorn!! 1 Quote Link to comment
cju84 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Oohhhhhhh... can't wait to see how this turns out 1 Quote Link to comment
Lisa166 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Whooh! Count me in on the following team! I'm not yet sure about joining or not though. But I can at least follow along! 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 23 hours ago, kimberbee said: Wow, such fancy popcorn!! It's delicious! It was an anniversary surprise for my husband--we had a gourmet popcorn buffet at our wedding for wedding favors, and the chocolate drizzled one was one of the biggest hits and our favorite of the five flavors we had. I ordered from the same Etsy vendor that we went with them and she included a little happy anniversary card, it was so sweet! 23 hours ago, cju84 said: Oohhhhhhh... can't wait to see how this turns out Me too! I have no idea what I'm doing with it. Adding rock and water first, I suppose lol. 19 hours ago, Lisa166 said: Whooh! Count me in on the following team! I'm not yet sure about joining or not though. But I can at least follow along! Thanks Lisa! Would be awesome if you can join in! 3 Quote Link to comment
gena Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Why isn't this up and running yet? 6 Quote Link to comment
GunslingerGirl Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Yay! What're you going to put in yours? 1 Quote Link to comment
cju84 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Y'all can't tell each other secrets! 2 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 6 hours ago, gena said: Why isn't this up and running yet? I've been working the last couple nights lol. And I can't decide whether to start with dry rubble or swipe rocks from my other tanks! 6 hours ago, GunslingerGirl said: Yay! What're you going to put in yours? I have no idea lol. Rocks and water? 2 hours ago, cju84 said: Y'all can't tell each other secrets! Sure we can! If we want them to not be secrets anymore! 3 2 Quote Link to comment
cju84 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I mean, I know you guys are friends and cordial, but this is about WINNING!!! I'm going to crawl back in my hole now as I have no stake in this beast 1 3 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Lula, now that my pico is wet, I am checking out everyone elses. Where are the pics??? Just kidding, I read you were working and I do whatever I want when I want. Well maybe its not quite like that but I have free time. 3 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 2 hours ago, cju84 said: I mean, I know you guys are friends and cordial, but this is about WINNING!!! I'm going to crawl back in my hole now as I have no stake in this beast I think Meatball and Noodle will give me two fins up as it is! 2 hours ago, vlangel said: Lula, now that my pico is wet, I am checking out everyone elses. Where are the pics??? Just kidding, I read you were working and I do whatever I want when I want. Well maybe its not quite like that but I have free time. Haha yeah, I haven't done anything yet with the jar, I need to figure out where it's gonna go, and which rocks to use and what's going in it, etc. Long shifts plus long commute plus rotating shifts doesn't leave much energy for anything else right now, phew! I'll get it squared away soon enough. I realized I maybe should've taken a picture with Violet's mealworms as those are definitely her favorite condiment. 3 1 Quote Link to comment
gena Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 I'm exhausted just reading about your day . 2 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 8 minutes ago, gena said: I'm exhausted just reading about your day . Me too! And have to be at work tomorrow daytime, and then back on Saturday night. Yuck! Just ordered my heater from Aqua Forest Aquariums, hooray! Quote Link to comment
GunslingerGirl Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 secret secret secret secret Spoiler secret Lol I can't find a jar I like. I want it to be silly. 2 Quote Link to comment
cju84 Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 1 hour ago, GunslingerGirl said: secret secret secret secret Reveal hidden contents secret Lol I can't find a jar I like. I want it to be silly. What about a large glass beer mug? Not sure if you're a beer girl but I haven't seen a beer mug pico reef yet. Quote Link to comment
GunslingerGirl Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 6 minutes ago, cju84 said: What about a large glass beer mug? Not sure if you're a beer girl but I haven't seen a beer mug pico reef yet. Nah I'm a rum girl. I was actually trying to figure out how I would go about slicing up my Kraken jug. But I think I would also like it to be able to be sealed and more than a gallon. However I can also fabricate a lid or steal one and ghetto rig it to fit. I also thought about stealing an old wine jug from my aunt... but she said if I cut the glass she'd smack me lol I think what I will end up doing is honestly a bubble vase or another cookie jar. All the square/rectangle vases I see aren't good sizes. Thought about science related stuff... didn't like the options I can buy online. Thought about a coffee pot... meh. 1 Quote Link to comment
TatorTaco Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 I tried to brainstorm gun stuff (your avatar) and glass....but got nothing. Then, you mentioned medical. Would this be up your ally? Quote Link to comment
GunslingerGirl Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 1 minute ago, TatorTaco said: I tried to brainstorm gun stuff (your avatar) and glass....but got nothing. Then, you mentioned medical. Would this be up your ally? Yea I'm not a gun fanatic. I just like the anime. I can shoot. And i do have my concealed. But it's more due to the area I live in that anything else. I rarely carry. I did think about med jars. But they aren't very large. Which was limiting my plans I had. But still on the table. I wanted to use a pyrex flask... but I can't buy them large enough. And if I borrowed one from work.. there are a lot of questionable things that have been in those... so I shut that idea down. The search continues. I wouldn't mind trying for a self-contained system. 1 Quote Link to comment
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