Moving 47 year old reef 60 miles. OMG

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For the elevator I am installing I need a permit from the fire dept. OK, I can see that. But I also need a permit from the health department. I guess sick people will not allowed to use it. :rolleyes:
 
Gareth, I didn't tell anyone about the tank, sink or anything else. I am sure everything I do is illegal.. ;Wideyed

GBR I was in Kings Cross, not much Platypus activity there.

Everything is going well. I have been painting the Man cave/fish room and the fish don't even mind some drops of paint in the water. :eek:

There was a time when doing it illegal meant doing it right. Now millennials drink coffee and fight for good stuff.

I miss the 70s.
 
I was born in the 50’s and lived through the 70’s. Other then some real nice music and women burning bras it wasn’t all that great a time. I’d pass on going back.
I am sure all the hassle will be worth it in the end Paul, persevere to the end wether it’s death by crab or by permit redundancy and cost. Remember, you wanted this to begin with.
Have a great weekend. Bet there are some cool happenings for the next week there.
Jim
 
I was born in the late 70's so I do not remember much during that time period. I do remember getting yelled at for trying to stick a cassette tape into an eight track player. Oh and my parents put me on their knee and let me drive their delta 88..

I digress, good luck Paul. If you were closer to Philly-South Jersey, I would bring you over crabs and spaghetti, red wine and a few old stories my family told me about life working in South Philly Italian market!

-Paul
 
Lol, born in '63. The seventies and eighties were great!
Then my body started reminding me of all the stupid stuff I did.
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63 baby here too. Definitely feeling my age as well!
 
Now millennials drink coffee and fight for good stuff.
Millennials want to drink coffee and spill it on themselves so they can sue the owner because they didn't know the coffee was hot. I think when someone sues for something stupid like that, they aught to dismiss the case and pour hot coffee on the lawyer. And if you trip on my sidewalk, it is because you should look where you are walking and stop texting. Kiss a girl, read a book made of paper, change your own oil, look up occasionally and go outside.

I miss the 70s and I was born in the 90s! :eek:

70s were cool but the 60s were a bash. I was born in the 40s. Yes, the universe goes back that far. The 60s were when men were Men and not Sissies. Girls looked like girls and dressed really "Snazzy". Yes that was a word. You got into fights, sometimes you won, some times you lost. You didn't text emogies at each other. :eek:

I would be your best friend if you brought over Linguini and clams. But I am going out to my marine right now for that.

They are having a barbecue at the marina tomorrow with fireworks. Should be nice. :D
 
I was born in 61, so was a teen in the 70's. It was a great time! People were different back then, much, much nicer!! The world was not greedy, and they actually appreciated your business! That was back before the banks and big companies hired people to figure out how to cheat you out of your money. In fact there was way more smaller mom and pop businesses!
 
Millennials want to drink coffee and spill it on themselves so they can sue the owner because they didn't know the coffee was hot. I think when someone sues for something stupid like that, they aught to dismiss the case and pour hot coffee on the lawyer. And if you trip on my sidewalk, it is because you should look where you are walking and stop texting. Kiss a girl, read a book made of paper, change your own oil, look up occasionally and go outside.
Totally!!
 
I was born in 61, so was a teen in the 70's. It was a great time! People were different back then, much, much nicer!! The world was not greedy, and they actually appreciated your business! That was back before the banks and big companies hired people to figure out how to cheat you out of your money. In fact there was way more smaller mom and pop businesses!

There were even still mom and pop banks back then...

Why did everything have to be sooooooo brown, orange and shaggy back then though??? Not a pretty time.
 
Why did everything have to be sooooooo brown, orange and shaggy back then though??? Not a pretty time.

Even the cars where orange and shaggy :D .. What wasn’t pretty where the bell bottom pants I wore in high school ;Facepalm

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Even the cars where orange and shaggy :D .. What wasn’t pretty where the bell bottom pants I wore in high school ;Facepalm

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They came back into style when I was younger. I loved them! Then came the low rise fad. Hated those and had to resort to second hand stores for jeans.
 
So what’s next for the tank? Is it full yet?

No. Not hardly. I still have about fifty lbs of gravel I need to clean as it is sitting in vats of muddy water from my old tank. I also have the same amount of rocks sitting in that water that I will have to fit in somewhere (not all of it because I built some new rocks) The water level is still about 2" low. I have no thermometer, didn't put on a skimmer or algae scrubber, I can't find my magnetic glass cleaner and the tank is bigger so it needs a lot more coral and fish. I plan on getting some more livestock today if I find anything interesting which I doubt because I like oddities. I need to fix my NSW collection device because I used some of that hose on my unsuccessful diatom filtering of my newly collected water to get out the seaweed and jellyfish. My RO/DI is temporarily mounted to a wall feeding a 30 gallon vat but it is not automatic so I have to tell Alexa to remind me to shut it off or I will flood my workshop. I have to put water in the tank manually because I didn't build the ATO yet. The blue LEDs on my water cooled lights went out and it is a pain to fix because I have to drain the water from it and the radiator and solder it. I didn't start to build my workbench yet because I have to much stuff in my workshop/Mancave.

My goal was to get water in the tank and keep everything alive and I accomplished that. My fish are very robust so won't get sick even thought they are not on any schedule, eat at all times of the day, if they get to eat at all, the temperature is all over the place because I test it with my finger. The salinity could be anywhere in the range of keeping brine shrimp alive or raising kissing gouramies.

I have so much other work to do around here that the tank is way back on the list. I painted the workshop and garage but I didn't finish because of the enormous amount of stuff, mostly tools I have. My car has a screw in the tire and I don't want to pull it out because I don't have time to get the thing fixed. My normal day so far is working on the house from about 7 or 8 am straight through to 6 or 7 at night with no stopping to eat or breathe. I have been living on Gatorade. :rolleyes:

Yesterday we took off. I also have a wife and she doesn't feel very well so I need to take care of her. My marina had a barbecue yesterday which we went to, then we took a nice long boat ride with friends to check out the new water we have here. Then we went out to a nice dinner and planned to watch the fireworks, but we all fell asleep. :cool:

I also have a ton of paperwork to fill out and get submitted for the elevator which has to get signed off on by a few agencies like the Fire Dept, Health Dept, Lady GaGa and SETI. (Search for Extraterrestrial Life ) :confused:

I put up 2- 3'X 8' $350.00 worth of racks in the garage to get some stuff off the floor. Important things like my wife's 60 year old Barbie Dolls, including poor Ken who must have had health issues because he has no hair, just a glue head. Barbie's wardrobe including shoes, My 39 year old daughters baby doll carriages complete with two Cabbage Dolls. Glasses that we have had in the box since our engagement party (we are married 44 years) Enough luggage to transverse the world 4 times with two homeless Sherpa's and a bunch of old socks. :rolleyes:

Some of our furniture didn't arrive yet so we are still living out of boxes. We have a lot of glass in this house and we have paper shades on them so people can't see me doing the Macarana in my Speedo which I like to do before I exfoliate in the morning (whatever that is, but I found a bottle of exfoliating stuff in my Man bathroom that my wife stocked for me) ;Shifty

I have one outlet near my fish tank and I have about 17 extension cords coming out of that to feed the tank along with 5 heaters and a refrigerator which is just running because of frozen mysis and clams. My workshop light consists of an 8' LED light hanging from the ceiling on string. And I am an electrician.

So I have a few things to work on before I get the fish settled. :D
 
I have one outlet near my fish tank and I have about 17 extension cords coming out of that to feed the tank along with 5 heaters and a refrigerator which is just running because of frozen mysis and clams. My workshop light consists of an 8' LED light hanging from the ceiling on string. And I am an electrician.

You can easily add a few more cords to that outlet just need the appropriate adapters:D

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No. Not hardly. I still have about fifty lbs of gravel I need to clean as it is sitting in vats of muddy water from my old tank. I also have the same amount of rocks sitting in that water that I will have to fit in somewhere (not all of it because I built some new rocks) The water level is still about 2" low. I have no thermometer, didn't put on a skimmer or algae scrubber, I can't find my magnetic glass cleaner and the tank is bigger so it needs a lot more coral and fish. I plan on getting some more livestock today if I find anything interesting which I doubt because I like oddities. I need to fix my NSW collection device because I used some of that hose on my unsuccessful diatom filtering of my newly collected water to get out the seaweed and jellyfish. My RO/DI is temporarily mounted to a wall feeding a 30 gallon vat but it is not automatic so I have to tell Alexa to remind me to shut it off or I will flood my workshop. I have to put water in the tank manually because I didn't build the ATO yet. The blue LEDs on my water cooled lights went out and it is a pain to fix because I have to drain the water from it and the radiator and solder it. I didn't start to build my workbench yet because I have to much stuff in my workshop/Mancave.

My goal was to get water in the tank and keep everything alive and I accomplished that. My fish are very robust so won't get sick even thought they are not on any schedule, eat at all times of the day, if they get to eat at all, the temperature is all over the place because I test it with my finger. The salinity could be anywhere in the range of keeping brine shrimp alive or raising kissing gouramies.

I have so much other work to do around here that the tank is way back on the list. I painted the workshop and garage but I didn't finish because of the enormous amount of stuff, mostly tools I have. My car has a screw in the tire and I don't want to pull it out because I don't have time to get the thing fixed. My normal day so far is working on the house from about 7 or 8 am straight through to 6 or 7 at night with no stopping to eat or breathe. I have been living on Gatorade. :rolleyes:

Yesterday we took off. I also have a wife and she doesn't feel very well so I need to take care of her. My marina had a barbecue yesterday which we went to, then we took a nice long boat ride with friends to check out the new water we have here. Then we went out to a nice dinner and planned to watch the fireworks, but we all fell asleep. :cool:

I also have a ton of paperwork to fill out and get submitted for the elevator which has to get signed off on by a few agencies like the Fire Dept, Health Dept, Lady GaGa and SETI. (Search for Extraterrestrial Life ) :confused:

I put up 2- 3'X 8' $350.00 worth of racks in the garage to get some stuff off the floor. Important things like my wife's 60 year old Barbie Dolls, including poor Ken who must have had health issues because he has no hair, just a glue head. Barbie's wardrobe including shoes, My 39 year old daughters baby doll carriages complete with two Cabbage Dolls. Glasses that we have had in the box since our engagement party (we are married 44 years) Enough luggage to transverse the world 4 times with two homeless Sherpa's and a bunch of old socks. :rolleyes:

Some of our furniture didn't arrive yet so we are still living out of boxes. We have a lot of glass in this house and we have paper shades on them so people can't see me doing the Macarana in my Speedo which I like to do before I exfoliate in the morning (whatever that is, but I found a bottle of exfoliating stuff in my Man bathroom that my wife stocked for me) ;Shifty

I have one outlet near my fish tank and I have about 17 extension cords coming out of that to feed the tank along with 5 heaters and a refrigerator which is just running because of frozen mysis and clams. My workshop light consists of an 8' LED light hanging from the ceiling on string. And I am an electrician.

So I have a few things to work on before I get the fish settled. :D
Oh... But aside from that it's all ready to go?
 

IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

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