Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[SashimiTurtle]

I can’t help it, I’m a big Nintendo nerd.

I still have my original NES I bought with birthday, chore and allowance money when I was a kid. Several games too, including the original Legend of Zelda.

 

[Magellan]

I still have my original NES I bought with birthday, chore and allowance money when I was a kid. Several games too, including the original Legend of Zelda.

Mario? Donkey Kong? I have some vague memories of the NES but I didn’t really start gaming until I got a Sega Genesis

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Mario? Donkey Kong? I have some vague memories of the NES but I didn’t really start gaming until I got a Sega Genesis

Super Mario 3, Top Gun, NES Track Meet(with the official track pad), Zelda, Micro Machines, Bee 52, The Black Bass, Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego(game was hard as f***), Mike Tyson's Punch Out, MLB Bases Loaded '92... several more I cant think of.

 

[12gallonsofhex]

Super Mario 3, Top Gun, NES Track Meet(with the official track pad), Zelda, Micro Machines, Bee 52, The Black Bass, Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego(game was hard as f***), Mike Tyson's Punch Out, MLB Bases Loaded '92... several more I cant think of.

I remember that track pad being impossible. We ended up kneeling by it and using our hands to run. Lol, remember the glove controller with the grid that opened up like a laptop? That thing was so exciting when I saw it, but utterly useless

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I remember that track pad being impossible. We ended up kneeling by it and using our hands to run. Lol, remember the glove controller with the grid that opened up like a laptop? That thing was so exciting when I saw it, but utterly useless

Track pad was the suck, kneeling down and pounding it with your fists was the only way to run. They are worth money now(not a ton), and I have the original box with mine.

I do not remember the glove...

I never had Super Mario 2 with Duck Hunt, but a friend did. Did you know you could shoot over your shoulder and still hit the duck? Also... if you plugged in a second controller you could control the ducks.

 

[Treenk]

I still have my original NES I bought with birthday, chore and allowance money when I was a kid. Several games too, including the original Legend of Zelda.

Super jealous mine got lost durring the last move. I wonder how that new mini one is.

 

[Why-Me]

Oh yeah the nintendo super scope.
I had one of those!
Rocket launcher at age 10 was a blast

 

[LadyMac]

Super Mario 3, Top Gun, NES Track Meet(with the official track pad), Zelda, Micro Machines, Bee 52, The Black Bass, Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego(game was hard as f***), Mike Tyson's Punch Out, MLB Bases Loaded '92... several more I cant think of.

Ah Top Gun. Wasn’t so bad til you had to refuel

 

[Magellan]

Super Mario 3, Top Gun, NES Track Meet(with the official track pad), Zelda, Micro Machines, Bee 52, The Black Bass, Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego(game was hard as f***), Mike Tyson's Punch Out, MLB Bases Loaded '92... several more I cant think of.

Your childhood sounds amazing! Also, your official nerd card clearly has more merit badges than an Eagle Scout...I was reading that list thinking “I know he didn’t even have to go look!”

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Your childhood sounds amazing! Also, your official nerd card clearly has more merit badges than an Eagle Scout...I was reading that list thinking “I know he didn’t even have to go look!”

I'm at work... cant go look. Oh, Play Action Football is another game.

 

[living_tribunal]

How do y’all go about gluing, not coral creting/epoxying/puttying, frags to rock?

I can’t securely do it for the life of me. Just had a chalice fall off.

 

[living_tribunal]

@living_tribunal
My bad, not laughing at you or the tank, just myself for saying the same thing to myself before my tank was overgrown with the stuff.

This isn’t my display so I’m cool with it as long as it doesn’t cover frags.

 

[living_tribunal]

LOL
when it overgrows every single surface in your tank and rocks including corals you won't be so joyous.

Ain’t much rock in there and it already is covering everything.

I’m setting up the new 25g frag tank in a week or so, better than all of the stuff I’ve been fighting

 

[sfin52]

@crusso1993 as promised

Plating coralline algae anybody

 

[Treenk]

How do y’all go about gluing, not coral creting/epoxying/puttying, frags to rock?

I can’t securely do it for the life of me. Just had a chalice fall off.

I was just thinking about this today also can you putty them on in the water. I got a hammer and no idea how I'm going to get it to stay on the rock

 

[Why-Me]

@living_tribunal @Treenk
Youtube
Bulk reef supply has good video(s) on securing frags to rockwork via different methods/products

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Your childhood sounds amazing! Also, your official nerd card clearly has more merit badges than an Eagle Scout...I was reading that list thinking “I know he didn’t even have to go look!”

Dad used to rent a Play Station from Block Buster every now and then for the weekend. Did that a few times and he figured it would be cheaper to just buy one. From there I got a PS2, and then I switched over to Xbox 360, and then the XbOne. I'll be preordering the new Xbox Series X.

He still has his old Intellivision system from the early 80s and a ton of games. All the old Activision classics and some others. They're old but way fun to play still. I havent touched it for 20 years tho.

 

[Magellan]

How do y’all go about gluing, not coral creting/epoxying/puttying, frags to rock?

I can’t securely do it for the life of me. Just had a chalice fall off.

I have the best luck with putty. The glue seems to never stick securely and make the absolute worst mess imaginable. Every coral I tried to glue has ended up getting reattached with putty. When I say worst mess imaginable, I mean I got it in my hair once.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I think I have a plan to downsize after the first of the year...

Too many irons in the fire I gotta get rid of one. So, the FOWLR will be getting torn down. The clowns from there will go into the Menagerie, the rest of the fish will go to the Fairy Tail. The Blackwater will be getting an upgrade to the Reefer250(expensive a** freshwater tank) and I'll sell the bowfront and probably my 35 cube...

 

[crusso1993]

I have the best luck with putty. The glue seems to never stick securely and make the absolute worst mess imaginable. Every coral I tried to glue has ended up getting reattached with putty. When I say worst mess imaginable, I mean I got it in my hair once.

Ummmm... it's nearly 2020... you're supposed to shave that stuff. Especially if you want any action!