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15 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments SouthernStar71
Hello everyone. It is currently raining. It might get severe over the next couple of hours. I had intended to go into town today. With the weather like it is, I'm going to put it off another day. I have today's dose for the weekly shot I take. The pr...
25 Jan 2025 2 minute read 0 comments SouthernStar71
Hello. This past week saw the almost completion of the Rack. I had 2 people come to my house and bring stuff up from the basement. They brought up 2 wrapped in plastic pieces of wood and a 100 Gallon Stock Tank. I have balance issues and it is diffic...
14 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
During my trip in Japan, I realised one important thing. The Japanese take into account the location and timing when they construct something. Just what do I mean? Take the Enoshima Aquarium for example. For me, the dolphin show won’t stand out from...
18 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments JaiChai
In order to keep your tropical fish happy and healthy, it's important to feed them a variety of food. In spite of the claims of fish food companies, no one fish food is totally complete. And the same diet for too long can expose wh...
26 Oct 2024 2 minute read 0 comments SouthernStar71
Hello everyone. This week I'm going to talk about the Swap Meet I went to last Saturday. It was at least an hour away. It was held at the Madison County Fairgrounds in Richmond Kentucky. I was looking for Shrimp, Guppies, and some floating plants. I...
20 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments JaiChai
"Mutt Guppies" - a term used for hybrid guppies. In my case, it was crosses between Red Tail Dragon, HBB and Black Mosco females with PDERT, Black Moscow, Swordtail and HBB males. Some turned out to look quite exotic. For example, I have what look li...
15 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments JaiChai
I took some scrap/leftover tabletop 3mm glass, crudely cut it (I totally suck at making clean cuts, but it was good enough for my use case.), silicone sealed the panels together (Silicone is the anti-Christ! Unless you have a specialized "silicone in...
10 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments JaiChai
I "Speed Cycled" my new 15 gallon "Tall" fish tank; that is, with water, bio-media, plants and snails from my other, well established fish tanks, the first nitrogen cycle was complete in 3 days vice the normal 3-4 weeks. Then I took the "Dirty Dozen...
10 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments JaiChai
I "Speed Cycled" my new 15 gallon "Tall" fish tank; that is, with water, bio-media, plants and snails from my other, well established fish tanks, the first nitrogen cycle was complete in 3 days vice the normal 3-4 weeks. Then I took the "Dirty Dozen...
7 Sep 2024 2 minute read 0 comments SouthernStar71
Hello everyone. I've ordered things I need to setup 3 10 Gallon Aquariums. Still waiting on a few items to arrive. Once they get here, I will set everything up and start cycling the tanks. The plan is to go to a Swap in October to see what is availab...
