IMScotty wrote:
My first ever 'Planted Tank.' Top photo is at planting, bottom is one month later. I have some plant growth, a few failures. Fighting the algae is a battle. Overall I am pretty happy with my first try. Fish will be added slowly.
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IMScotty wrote:
My first ever 'Planted Tank.' Top photo is at planting, bottom is one month later. I have some plant growth, a few failures. Fighting the algae is a battle. Overall I am pretty happy with my first try. Fish will be added slowly.
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When I was a little kid my aunt and uncle had sea anemones and a lion fish. I was told never to stick my hand in the tank or I'd get stung and could die. Well you know I wanted to stick my hand in there so bad, but never did. I credit this time in my life as my first remembered experience for developing common sense.
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socks wrote:
that's way cool, I guess you have to trim or prune just like a garden?
If you would like to see the absolute pinnacle of the art form, Google the tanks of Takashi Amano. His 'Iwagumi' style tanks are unbelievable. He was an artist.“Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
John Greenleaf Whittier -
I've read thousands of books. I love to read. Fantasy, Science fiction, history, astronomy, geography, geology, computers, arduino, camping, odd events, and hiking.
I used to collect stamps, but when I started paying more for the stamps than they were worth I stopped. That was back last century.--
"What do you mean its sunrise already ?!", me. -
IMScotty wrote:
socks wrote:
that's way cool, I guess you have to trim or prune just like a garden?
If you would like to see the absolute pinnacle of the art form, Google the tanks of Takashi Amano. His 'Iwagumi' style tanks are unbelievable. He was an artist.
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IMScotty wrote:
My first ever 'Planted Tank.' Top photo is at planting, bottom is one month later. I have some plant growth, a few failures. Fighting the algae is a battle. Overall I am pretty happy with my first try. Fish will be added slowly.
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When the kids were small we had a tank stocked with critters we seined from the Roanoke River, had a lot of very different fish, crawdads, hellgramites, etc., was cheaper than buying fish and a lot of fun catching them.I may grow old but I'll never grow up.
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IMScotty wrote:
My first ever 'Planted Tank.' Top photo is at planting, bottom is one month later. I have some plant growth, a few failures. Fighting the algae is a battle. Overall I am pretty happy with my first try. Fish will be added slowly.
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Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
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Drybones wrote:
When the kids were small we had a tank stocked with critters we seined from the Roanoke River, had a lot of very different fish, crawdads, hellgramites, etc., was cheaper than buying fish and a lot of fun catching them.
“Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
John Greenleaf WhittierThe post was edited 1 time, last by IMScotty ().
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Rasty wrote:
IMScotty wrote:
My first ever 'Planted Tank.' Top photo is at planting, bottom is one month later. I have some plant growth, a few failures. Fighting the algae is a battle. Overall I am pretty happy with my first try. Fish will be added slowly.
“Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
John Greenleaf Whittier -
IMScotty wrote:
Drybones wrote:
When the kids were small we had a tank stocked with critters we seined from the Roanoke River, had a lot of very different fish, crawdads, hellgramites, etc., was cheaper than buying fish and a lot of fun catching them.
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Drybones wrote:
IMScotty wrote:
Drybones wrote:
When the kids were small we had a tank stocked with critters we seined from the Roanoke River, had a lot of very different fish, crawdads, hellgramites, etc., was cheaper than buying fish and a lot of fun catching them.
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TrafficJam wrote:
Ewok11 wrote:
Well, after reading through this whole thread my "hobbies" seem so mundane. My husband is the thrill seeking, death defying, adrenaline junkie in the relationship. I mainly just watch and pray to anyone or anything listening that he doesn't get hurt.
- Mountain Biking (I'm mediocre at this.)
- Skiing (I've tried exactly once so far and I was terrible but that just makes me want to try again.)
- Rock Climbing (Another mediocre rating.)
- Ice Climbing (Still learning.)
- Weight Lifting (I've sadly gotten way, way too slack on this one in the last year, so it kind of feels like I'm starting over.)
- Running/Jogging (It's a necessary evil.)
- Reading (I nerd out hardcore with books. I hesitate to guess the many thousands in both digital and traditional format that I've read.)
- Puzzles (Don't judge. I never outgrew that part of my childhood.)
- Photography (I'm not a photographer. I'm just someone with a super nice camera who gets lucky sometimes.)
Puzzles! I've always loved them, Ravensburger's are the best. Most of my puzzles are on the computer but I've been thinking about getting one out of the closet. I took this picture yesterday of my grand pup while I was working a puzzle.
My mom is an art teacher and the queen of all things artsy or crafty. I've yet to find something she can't do. My older sister inherited those talents from her. I, however, can barely draw a stick figure and end up getting severely pissed off and throwing everything in a closet if I try to be crafty. I would like to learn to quilt. I have one quilt that my paternal grandmother made and one that my maternal great-grandmother made. Both could use some patching up here and there. That's as close to having a domestic type hobby as I could probably manage.
I hadn't even considered online puzzles. Now, I will have to look that up.“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” - T. S. Eliot - Mountain Biking (I'm mediocre at this.)
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Rasty wrote:
IMScotty wrote:
My first ever 'Planted Tank.' Top photo is at planting, bottom is one month later. I have some plant growth, a few failures. Fighting the algae is a battle. Overall I am pretty happy with my first try. Fish will be added slowly.
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lol, i've never heard of online puzzles but i'll try anything once. google took me to jigzone where i did the daily. fastest time 2 minutes (these are rounded), average time 7 minutes, my time 27 minutes. i think i'll stick to sudoku for my online puzzling; i'm a numbers guy anyway.2,000 miler
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socks wrote:
I never heard of online puzzles either.
bacon can solve most any problem. -
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socks wrote:
Drybones wrote:
IMScotty wrote:
Drybones wrote:
When the kids were small we had a tank stocked with critters we seined from the Roanoke River, had a lot of very different fish, crawdads, hellgramites, etc., was cheaper than buying fish and a lot of fun catching them.
I may grow old but I'll never grow up. -
TrafficJam wrote:
socks wrote:
I never heard of online puzzles either.
"Dazed and Confused"
Recycle, re-use, re-purpose
Plant a tree
Take a kid hiking
Make a difference -
I added the Warwick Drive-In to my links page. I checked the stats for my Drive-In site... and a Facebook page for the Fiesta Drive-In has copied my site. So I'm not going to add all the drive-in photos back to the site. Just be a waste of effort.--
"What do you mean its sunrise already ?!", me. -
socks wrote:
When I was a little kid my aunt and uncle had sea anemones and a lion fish. I was told never to stick my hand in the tank or I'd get stung and could die. Well you know I wanted to stick my hand in there so bad, but never did. I credit this time in my life as my first remembered experience for developing common sense.
I am human and I need to be loved - just like everybody else does -
I too am an home brewer. I started more than 30 years before it was trendy and followed the rise of the craft beer industry as that was driven mostly by home brewers whose hobby got out of control. However it's been a couple of years since I made any beer. It's now to the point that I can buy good beer at the store and microbreweries so I don't have to make my own any more.
I also like to travel. One of my unusual hobbies is to plan trips I know I won't ever take. I like to read about very obscure and out of the way places that would be undoubtedly very cool to visit, such as Socotra, the Wakhan Corridor, and Rotuma, but due to time, money, family priorities, and better judgement, I just won't be able to go there. But I use travel info on-line to plan the details of a trip I would take, if I could. -
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odd man out wrote:
I too am an home brewer. I started more than 30 years before it was trendy and followed the rise of the craft beer industry as that was driven mostly by home brewers whose hobby got out of control. However it's been a couple of years since I made any beer. It's now to the point that I can buy good beer at the store and microbreweries so I don't have to make my own any more.
I also like to travel. One of my unusual hobbies is to plan trips I know I won't ever take. I like to read about very obscure and out of the way places that would be undoubtedly very cool to visit, such as Socotra, the Wakhan Corridor, and Rotuma, but due to time, money, family priorities, and better judgement, I just won't be able to go there. But I use travel info on-line to plan the details of a trip I would take, if I could.
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max.patch wrote:
i tried to make wine at home years ago when i was in college using welchs grape juice but the balloon kept popping. just as well, i'm sure it would have tasted just a step above what prisoners make in the big house.
"Dazed and Confused"
Recycle, re-use, re-purpose
Plant a tree
Take a kid hiking
Make a difference -
On our hike this week end we passed what I thought was a fire ring for a camp site but was in a place you could not camp, I asked my buddy who in the world would camp there, he told me that was an old still and not a camp site....good location for that.I may grow old but I'll never grow up.
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odd man out wrote:
I too am an home brewer. I started more than 30 years before it was trendy and followed the rise of the craft beer industry as that was driven mostly by home brewers whose hobby got out of control. However it's been a couple of years since I made any beer. It's now to the point that I can buy good beer at the store and microbreweries so I don't have to make my own any more.
I also like to travel. One of my unusual hobbies is to plan trips I know I won't ever take. I like to read about very obscure and out of the way places that would be undoubtedly very cool to visit, such as Socotra, the Wakhan Corridor, and Rotuma, but due to time, money, family priorities, and better judgement, I just won't be able to go there. But I use travel info on-line to plan the details of a trip I would take, if I could.
I am human and I need to be loved - just like everybody else does -
max.patch wrote:
i tried to make wine at home years ago when i was in college using welchs grape juice but the balloon kept popping. just as well, i'm sure it would have tasted just a step above what prisoners make in the big house.
I am human and I need to be loved - just like everybody else does -
WanderingStovie wrote:
odd man out wrote:
I too am an home brewer. I started more than 30 years before it was trendy and followed the rise of the craft beer industry as that was driven mostly by home brewers whose hobby got out of control. However it's been a couple of years since I made any beer. It's now to the point that I can buy good beer at the store and microbreweries so I don't have to make my own any more.
I also like to travel. One of my unusual hobbies is to plan trips I know I won't ever take. I like to read about very obscure and out of the way places that would be undoubtedly very cool to visit, such as Socotra, the Wakhan Corridor, and Rotuma, but due to time, money, family priorities, and better judgement, I just won't be able to go there. But I use travel info on-line to plan the details of a trip I would take, if I could.
amazon.com/Tajikistan-High-Pam…Illustrated/dp/9622178189
Some of the same info is available on-line from this web site.
pamirs.org/index.htm
The Pamirs Eco-Cultural Tourism Association can help can you plan your trek.
pecta.tj/ -
Two possible exotic hikes interest me.
Valles Marenaris on Mars and the Tycho Crater area of Earth's Moon.
I don't see me getting there and hiking those areas, but I think they could become future hiking areas.--
"What do you mean its sunrise already ?!", me. -
“Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
John Greenleaf Whittier -
Looks lovely, but the only tank I've got going at the moment has koi, and you can't plant a koi tank. (They eat everything!) I do have a breeder tank hanging off the side with a big clump of Pothos in it, to consume nitrate.
I can't see the water level clearly in the upper picture. Are those plants growing emersed? I seem to recall that a lot of plants don't like being fully immersed long-term, but yours are obviously doing spectacularly well.I'm not lost. I know where I am. I'm right here. -
They are growing emersed, or at least they were. As soon as some of them made it to the surface then the growth really exploded. I have....
Bacopa carolinia
Rotala roundofolia
Hemianthus callitrocoides
Vallisneria (corkscrew)
Pygmy chain sword plant
Anubias nana
Hygrophilia difformis
and a few others“Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
John Greenleaf Whittier -
Using hand carders to blend qiviut and alpaca to get ready for spinning...can't wait!Lost in the right direction.
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Are you carding wool to make sure it's of legal age?
You changed carders into careers. I hope your new occupation pays well.I am human and I need to be loved - just like everybody else does -
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