75gal Planted Tank Journal *Updated W/PICS 11/16*

[Complexity]

Originally Posted by Torpedobarb

lol.. I do have adult adhd! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

My husband has ADD. My older daughter has ADD. My younger daughter has ADHD. But me? Nope!

So what's my excuse?

BTW, I think the saying goes, "I don't have A... hey, there's a butterfly!"

The two with ADD, my husband and older daughter, are not very chatty while my younger daughter with ADHD talks as much, if not more, than I do! Maybe it's the "H" part?

But then... what's my excuse for that, too?

[Torpedobarb]

ok.. late night rescape in progress.. not a planned one though. I came home from work and found that one of the climbing perch had choked to death on an otto. I wasn't going to let them do it again.. so out they come.. *I would have to say.. it was pretty wild to see a fish dead with another one half way out of its mouth*

anyway.. I had to remove alot of the plants to get the last 2 of them out. (don't worry Vicki.. I got the momma and papa kribs and babies out with a nice swoop of the net and a ton of substrate.. they are in a bucket while I get the stuff back in.)

I get a practice run on the new scape before I do the new topsoil substrate. since it will be close to 2am.. there WILL BE NO PICS TONIGHT OR MORNING! and it is my Bday so .. nada! LOL

[waterfaller1]

Happy Birthday!!!

Originally Posted by Complexity

BTW, I think the saying goes, "I don't have A... hey, there's a butterfly!"

That is too funny, that sounds like me!

[Torpedobarb]

Originally Posted by waterfaller1

Happy Birthday!!!


That is too funny, that sounds like me!

thank you!

or more like Peter Griffin in family guy where he takes his anvil and sets a trap. he takes the anvil and hoists it up into a tree and holds the end of the rope.. he puts a dollar under the anvil and hides behind the tree.. he no more than gets behind the tree and " ooohhhh look a dollar.." lets go of the rope and KLANK.. elsmacko! lmao



BTW... the scape looks great!!!!!

[Complexity]

Okay, so no pics at night or in the morning so I guess we'll have pics at 12:01... the afternoon!

And happy birthday! I hope you have a great day.

[Torpedobarb]

thanks.. I had an ok day.. I am dead tired! but the tank looks great!

[lauraleellbp]

Happy BDAY Ken!!

[Torpedobarb]

thanks! I just got home.. I was in the hospital from my Bday night til now.. I had to crawl out of the house with a kidney stone. they SUCK! I was doped up with morphine for the last few days.. they hurt like a sob.

[Complexity]

Wow! I'm so sorry about the kidney stone. Those things hurt! And to have that on your birthday? Not exactly the way I had hoped you'd spend that day.

I'm glad to hear you're back home and doing better. I wish you a very speedy recovery.

[Torpedobarb]

thank you.. I am feeling better.. but still sore and groggy. I did manage to get my co2 tank filled. cost me 7.49... not bad. I have had it on the tank since March 31st.. so I think that my 5lb tank went for quite awhile!

[Complexity]

Neither rain nor snow nor kidney stones can keep us away from our CO2!

I'm beginning to worry that my gauge isn't working. I have a 10lb cylinder, and the gauge is still sitting at the very same spot it was when I first connected it (indicating a full cylinder). But it can't be full by now. If your 5lb ran out in a little over 6 months, then I should be showing about 1/2 full by now. The last thing I want is to have the cylinder run out of CO2 without me having any clue. I'm sure the BBA would just love that!

Which brand regulator are you using? Did the gauge show the CO2 dropping slowly? How did you know you had ran out of CO2?

Just what you needed. A hundred questions when you're still recovering! At least I'm not demanding pictures.

[Torpedobarb]

I am using the milwaukee regulator.. it showed full for quite awhile and only started to show a drop basically about a month before it ran out.. but I think it would have lasted alot longer. I found that my son had turned it up on me. I knew when the tank was empty when I found the bubbles going crazy and the gauge had dropped. I also had to turn it up to get the same saturation. I have since put a lock on the tank stand so that can't happen again... also is good because of the chemicals too.

[lauraleellbp]

OMG that sucks! I really hope you're feeling better. All gone now, or are you still at risk to pass some more?

[Torpedobarb]

they are gone for now.. hopefully.. the ct scan didn't show anymore.. neither did the xrays and kub scan. I hope to never have one again. I basically had to crawl to the car tuesday night. extremely painful. thanks for the concern.

[Hilde]

How often do you have to prune the Hygro sunset to keep it so low?