water change Gif. the 265 gallon FW tank was due..

I almost spilled my beer....I did not spill it...tragedy avoided..

                                                                     

this morning..

Thank goodness for the things left behind...

My clothes dryer died, in the middle of a busy shift.  Had to do some thinking to figure out what to do. My backyard has two one inch rusted out pipes, that where once poles to hang laundry on. My house was built in 1967. Someone had the forethought not to throw out the wire, or clothes pins, from circa 1967.  And that partially saved my effort in this ordeal.  Pretty sure a new dryer is in my future.

feeding the polyps..

Moment of zen part duex,,,,,open in , 1080pHD on wide screen,,

took some effort to get it there.... it's better if you do..

my moment of zen...

this mornings gif.

and a thought...there is no person I know who I cannot find fault with. And there is no person I know who I can find more fault with,  than myself..so be it,...

geo gif.

a star is born...or ignored..does not matter,,,

yup...got's too eat,,,,

decide to post a moon instead of a rant...

from tonight...

because I wanted see what would happen

and for no other reason 

  

                                                                             

from early this morning...

and late tonight,,

Hibiscus flowers..one not dealing with the weather well...one doing so gracefully...

                                                        not dealing...

dealing just fine..

on the fish room side much later in the experience.

Do not get too proud of spawning yellow labidochromis..

not difficult, much

                                                                                

                                                                                  

I will never do this again..

EVER

My friend Debi..

Of "Beyond the Box Photography" caught me ....

No I will not shave,,,,everyday,,,,no I will not...and I will not get a new hat,,,no I will not..

decided to try again...against my better judgment

                                                                           as usual.

my first attempt at time lapse photography..

jeeez..this was hard.really..

thanks to you tube data..I know someone in Bangladesh did not like my video,...that's OK,,,I didn't like it either,,, kinda full right know....ate food  more than once this week,,,and no one beat me for slacking...it's all good..

,A fish picture...or two.

For folks that like fish...

telmatochromis "orange scribble"

Friday,...Ok...its Saturday...

Trying to understand Lightroom watermarking,,

had a big bonus catching the red hooks spawning,,,yea it's tired,,, but how many folks do you  know who get to watch red hooks spawn in their home aquaria?,,,

yea..that's what I thought..

and yes, they kick up a bunch of sand in the act of procreation...

sarco....and noise..

late night transgressions,...posted here,,,for you,,

Mohawk zoa's

hammer coral

New Avatar...on BARS

orange oxides..

POTM contest..red and green,,on BARS, my contribution,,

LOOSER !!
edit dec 25,winner!!,,lol

practicing photo stacking...

do not..

try to take photos of the Geminid meteor shower, without the proper training and equipment,,,and the cooperation of the heavens,,,

do not, do this,, 

You can however...test  your camera's 5 frames per second ability ,  on the tropheus,,

My friend Ryan called and told me that this nights..

Heat lightning was worthy of a an attempt at taking pictures,,,so I gave it a try,,

Emerald crab..

Green Mushroom..

moon and jupiter

zoanthids.

Almost forgot,,, this months contribution to the pic of the month,,

On BARS,,,

                                The theme was "inspiration"....I have a prediction.....LOOSER...lol


, my predilection..oops ....prediction...was correct...no donation to the monthly raffle for me...out of focus shaky cell phone pictures are all the rage,,,Damn you face book!!

yea..an oldie, they still hang in there...

HY511 tetra

Red hooks getting busy, once again,,,

A few days late,,,,,

On the way to the ritzy Chart House..

to celebrate Pops birthday...with Mom..and of course..Pops...I  wanted to leave him home...but, Mom insisted we take him with us...sigh,,,

My Tomini Tang, doing what I want it to do,.,

Like a baws,,,they are in the bristletooth family...excellent grazers of diatoms and such.

dentition,,,,,teeth,,,

Self indulgence at the salt mine, and critiques from fellow reefers ,

developed into this,,,

tonight's...

The Iron Lady..

The  oldest fish in my reef tank..has outlived two amorous suitors,, both of which perished under suspicious circumstances..

My contribution to this months pic' of the month contest,,

On BARS,,,,,

                                                        we shall see..


EDIT: all together now...loooooossseeeerrrrrr,,,,lol

How time passes..

After the hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in 2004,and the eighteen days without power of any sort ,the photo before is all I had left of my reef tank.

nothing..but bare rock..

That is what I thought at first,,,this polyp wins the Iron Man award...

It was the only living thing left..

Took this picture last week...

It pays to hang in there sometimes...