What are you doing today?

[jaylach]

it’s hard to believe I’m of that age where in my youth I could not fathom. I look in the mirror thinking I will see that black haired man of old. But atlas I must shield my eyes from the glare emanating from the top of my head.

I hear that! When I was 20 I never thought that I'd ever make it to 70. Now that I'm 70 I can't figure out how I survived 20.

 

[Oldspartan]

Many years back ... Grandmother aged 90 ish would often go for rides with us. She stayed here and unless we took her out was largely housebound. Our only free day was Sunday and we would often drive for a few hours after church. She enjoyed it.

One day, after hearing her complain of being housebound all week Linda offered to take her to the Senior Center a couple of days each week and pick her up later in the day. Gram's comment --

"Ain't hanging out with a bunch of old people."

This morning was spent at the Cardiologist for Linda's preop EKG, then to the hospital for preregistration. Afterwards we had a late lunch at a local greasy spoon.

A slow day and I hate slow days.

 

[JuiceBox52]

Had my interview with the tribune and it went well and then I took another short nap. I am so sleepy today

 

[GaryE]

For all the old guys here - a good cover of an old blues song.

 

[Lanpenn]

I was out for a few days because I did another civil service exam.

Today I found out an interesting way to siphon the damn filamentous algae. For some reason, the Lemna sp. is not doing so well in the aquarium. Did I discover a way of biological control for this plant?

 

[MaloK]

Today as every old guy would admit to do at some point...

I trashed my beloved Arm light in my shop... That I had long enough to replace the wire and switch since...

For a crazy LED powered 6 inch 5x magnification lens light...

I feel at least 10 years younger.

 

[jaylach]

Today as every old guy would admit to do at some point...

I trashed my beloved Arm light in my shop... That I had long enough to replace the wire and switch since...

For a crazy LED powered 6 inch 5x magnification lens light...

I feel at least 10 years younger.

Actually I just ordered an new lighted magnifying glass. Hey, I'm an old fart and have problems reading fine print. What I ordered should solve this as it has a 30X magnification. My normal reading glasses don't do enough in many cases. Here is what I ordered...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XXF1VCS?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Of course I won't know if it will do what I want until I get but it is acceptable for a 9.99 USD item to try.

 

[connorlindeman]

What’s done has taken me 45 minutes

 

[GaryE]

It's a glorious morning here, cold but with honey sunshine. Last night, the moon had the sea shining silver. You can look at the same thing everyday and have it never quite look the same. I wonder how our fish would look if we depended on natural lighting and such, instead of set and programmed lighting?

I helped unpack a few Cameroonian shipments that contained killies, back in the day, and in Spring and summer, we would open the boxes outdoors. The fish were beautifully coloured in tanks, when when you first lift the bags up and look at them in natural sunlight, it's breathtaking. The same is true of most tetras and barbs. Cichlids turn down their colours, so they tend to need time to develop their full beauty.

If it weren't for algae, none of these fish, or the people admiring them would exist. But if algae would just play along with us instead of doing what it does, sunlit tanks would be stunning. I have a few that receive direct light for a few minutes daily, and that's when things look best.

 

[Lanpenn]

Yesterday I uploaded a video on my TikTok (it is also on my YouTube channel). In that case, I put English subtitles (or at least I tried).

 

[WhistlingBadger]

It's a glorious morning here, cold but with honey sunshine. Last night, the moon had the sea shining silver. You can look at the same thing everyday and have it never quite look the same. I wonder how our fish would look if we depended on natural lighting and such, instead of set and programmed lighting?

I helped unpack a few Cameroonian shipments that contained killies, back in the day, and in Spring and summer, we would open the boxes outdoors. The fish were beautifully coloured in tanks, when when you first lift the bags up and look at them in natural sunlight, it's breathtaking. The same is true of most tetras and barbs. Cichlids turn down their colours, so they tend to need time to develop their full beauty.

If it weren't for algae, none of these fish, or the people admiring them would exist. But if algae would just play along with us instead of doing what it does, sunlit tanks would be stunning. I have a few that receive direct light for a few minutes daily, and that's when things look best.

I've noticed this too. But here's something interesting: I found a lot of fish look gorgeous in the sunlight (I first noticed it with pearl gouramis), but it isn't because of the quality of the light; it's because of the angle. Aquarium lights come straight down from the top; sunshine tends to come in windows sideways and hits the fish broadside. (Outside it kind of comes from all directions, so you get the same effect). I haven't figured out a satisfactory way to light an aquarium from the front side...yet.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

One of my fourth grade classes wrote a song today that was so pretty it brought tears to my eyes. I love it when that happens. Sniff sniff

 

[anewbie]

I burp then i went and got sonic'fied. Now i'm thinking it is about time to feed the frys again. Maybe it would be easier to fry the frys.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I burp then i went and got sonic'fied. Now i'm thinking it is about time to feed the frys again. Maybe it would be easier to fry the frys.

Definitely easier, but not much meat on 'em.

 

[GaryE]

You can fry fries, but you can't fry "frys" since there's no such word in the English language!

Ahem. Too much time as an aquarium book and article editor. It makes a person develop pet peeves. I'm going to go look at a tank full of fry now.