sarah

And don't forget to use check valves on your airlines!

Many of you know I'm exiting shrimping for a while.  While I've been emptying tanks, I've been putting all the moss into one tank.
 
I'm not done yet selling stuff, however I have a tenner full of mixed mosses that need to go bye bye.
 
So, I'm doing a RAOK of ten gallons worth of mixed moss from various tanks. I'm asking for the cost of whatever USPS shipping you decide on if you win. I can mail out Monday.
 
Now for the disclaimer. This moss may contain: random shrimp, random snails, nuclear weapons, hair or BBA, attached soil, submarines, floaters, sinkers, sidewaysers, yellow color, Amelia Earhart, unicorns, bigfoot's toe nails, and more...
 
To play, I humbly ask that you start a numbered list with your Shrimp Spot name and state why you like this forum.
 
I'll randomly generate the winning number Friday around 7pm.
 
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Waiting for Nadia's meet to start today...

To add to how crazy Amano shrimp are...
 
I work up the other morning to one of my two Amano curled up and krispy looking on the floor below its tank. Apparently he decided to go for a walk within the hours of the night/morning. I for sure thought he was dead based on the look of him and his lack of movement when I picked him up. Just in case though I put his body in a small container of tank water. I came back less than 10 minutes later and the little bugger was upright and alive! At this point I figured he wouldn't last but a couple hours at most. Left him be for the rest of the day and I came back that evening to him swimming around the container and acting normal. He has now been back in his tank for 2 days and looks no worse for wear. I'm glad I didn't flush him/throw him away. The tank now has a cling wrap covering to prevent his escape until the new tank is ready. That one should be more difficult to escape from. 
 
Super resilient little guys apparently. 

After watching my Amanos absolutely devour large wriggling blackworms, I wouldn't put it past them to eat anything they can catch and hold. I wouldn't trust them near my smaller shrimp for a minute.

Nadia had her Mock Meet yesterday eve.  Basically the first "meet" of the season to get back into the swing of competing again in front of real judges.  It's nice necause although there are no medals, she has a base of reference for herself this level.
 
Level 3 is harder than L2, but she's doing her best.
 
Her scores from this "meet" :
 
Vault 8.1
bars 8.35
beam 8.05
Floor 7.55
AA 32.05
 
So as said, now we know what we're starting at for her.
 
Next meet (real) is at the end of Oct.
 
 

WOW, I love this app. Very very cool.

Snetris (snail tetris) 

They're mating.

Absolutely. The bacteria just help the cycle move along quicker. The ammonia feeds the bacteria.
Maybe this video will help explain the process: 
 

http://www.drtimsaquatics.com/resources/how-to-start
You need to keep adding ammonia to keep it at the right the levels. At the end, you do a big water change to remove the large amount of nitrates that will have built up.

Once you get the oven warm just turn it off and it will dry. At first it may look like its melting but dont worry about and it may take you a couple of tries depending on your oven.
You have to work fast and pour the repashy in a shallow pan. If it stars to harden up, let it. The repashy hardens like a gummy candy and will peel away from the pan, you can reheat in the microwave to re-soften it.

Happily, it turned out I was wrong on the price.  The paper read mac and cheese $3, add ham $4, and water add $1. 
 
So naturally, being the amazing brainiac I am I thought $3 +$4 +$1 = $8
 
My wife corrected me and said the mac and cheese with ham was $4.

I just wanted to update this - I ordered the Super Green from Rachel O'leary, along with a snail and a few fish that I've been eyeing for a while! She is such a pleasure to deal with! I have been emailing her back and forth with questions about the fish and about getting my water parameters right (and also months ago about setting up a quarantine tank), and she writes back so quickly and is so informative and knowledgeable. I haven't even gotten my fish yet, but I can't recommend her enough!

I just wanted to update this - I ordered the Super Green from Rachel O'leary, along with a snail and a few fish that I've been eyeing for a while! She is such a pleasure to deal with! I have been emailing her back and forth with questions about the fish and about getting my water parameters right (and also months ago about setting up a quarantine tank), and she writes back so quickly and is so informative and knowledgeable. I haven't even gotten my fish yet, but I can't recommend her enough!

I just wanted to update this - I ordered the Super Green from Rachel O'leary, along with a snail and a few fish that I've been eyeing for a while! She is such a pleasure to deal with! I have been emailing her back and forth with questions about the fish and about getting my water parameters right (and also months ago about setting up a quarantine tank), and she writes back so quickly and is so informative and knowledgeable. I haven't even gotten my fish yet, but I can't recommend her enough!

I just wanted to update this - I ordered the Super Green from Rachel O'leary, along with a snail and a few fish that I've been eyeing for a while! She is such a pleasure to deal with! I have been emailing her back and forth with questions about the fish and about getting my water parameters right (and also months ago about setting up a quarantine tank), and she writes back so quickly and is so informative and knowledgeable. I haven't even gotten my fish yet, but I can't recommend her enough!

Great stuff Soothing.
 
I'm still pissed off at $10 mac & cheese.  Someone better be hand-carrying hams back from Spain for that price.

I have to share something that happened yesterday/this morning.
 
My son asked me yesterday after school if he could have a special hot lunch at school this Thursday.  I took a look at the price on his lunch form and it was waaay too expensive.  $10 for a bowl of mac and cheese with ham?  For a school lunch?  I told him no.  "Okay," he said.  He's a good kid.
 
I dropped my wife off at her open house and took my daughter to gymnastics. 
 
Later we came home to hear a strange buzzing in the living room where I sleep with my son. (My wife snores.)
 
Buzzzzzzz...
 
That buzzing-
 
Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
 
What was that?
 
Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
 
Where was that sound coming from???
 
Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
 
That sound was driving me !@!@%#$ crazy!!!
 
The kids went to play in their room while my wife and I tried to track down the source of the annoying noise.  It sounded like it was coming from the ceiling?!?
 
Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
 
More than a little concerned, my wife and I after some discussion became convinced it must be a crossed circuit in the electricity.  I went to the breaker box and flipped every switch off while my wife stood in the center of the living room and told me whether the buzzing stopped or not.
 
That did not help.
 
When I came back into the living room, my wife and I proceeded to have a quick argument about the expense of an electrician to come track it down and fix it.
 
The argument did not help.
 
I did not tell my son about the buzzing.  I did not want to call attention to it and hoped he would not notice it too much.  He's autistic and sounds can set him off into a melt down.  That night, I read my son a couple chapters from our book and we went to sleep with the buzzing louder than  ever.  He didn't mention it and I was relieved.
 
This morning, the missus and I had another quick argument about an electrician.
 
This, again, did not help.
 
She left for work.
 
I finished getting my son ready for school.
 
As he and I waited for his transportation van to arrive, he asked what that buzzing was.  He said he had been hearing it all night.  I calmly said that neither his mom nor I knew.
 
He then walked to the center of the room and moved a drawing my daughter had made and carelessly left on the floor.  He then proceeded to pick up something from under it and hand it to me. 
 
It was plastic and the size of a dollar store calculator...It was a cheap electronic "Connect Four" game...It was making a noise...
 
Son: "Can you take out the battery?  This sound is driving me crazy."
 
Me: "Um...yeah....sure!"
 
I took out the triple A battery...and the buzzing stopped.
 
It stopped!
 
Quiet...
 
Silence!!!
 
I made a quick phone call to my wife to tell her what had happened and we both had a good laugh about it.
 
...One more thing...
 
.............remember that hot lunch he wanted at school?
 
....................................................I'm giving him the money for it tomorrow!
 
He's a good kid.
 

 
 

I also have dazelea's fissidens, and it's doing great in 2 tanks! Definitely happier (brighter green, fluffier) with more light, but does well in lower light too.

Thanks Sarah! Glad to hear it is doing well for you!
 

I also have dazelea's fissidens, and it's doing great in 2 tanks! Definitely happier (brighter green, fluffier) with more light, but does well in lower light too.

You may want to see if anyone is willing to send you a sample in the market section.

It's Bolbitis Bae

I got mine from Inverts By MsJinkzd (Rachel O’Leary).
 
http://msjinkzd.com/stocklist/