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Let's start here.... ...and all I want to do is share the headline and just mention it if you've ever had a tank struggle like I have. *deep breath, exhale slow* I woke up this morning and it wasn't anything special that caught my eye. Those that know me know that I follow certain aquascaping channels and my goal is to get towards having a nice tank again. Seeing something like gjcarew's or Mmiller2001's or Seattle_Aquarist or the countless other amazing plant minds on the forums has been inspiring and it's been one of the motivations for me as I did enter back into the hobby, struggled, and wanted to really learn some things I didn't know or understand about my own failures. Without knowing it, this is one of the more profound and subtle notions and it was ringing clear because of the time and the place of everything around me in the moment. Imagine a world of chaos and outside of the walls you see volcano erupting or storms surrounding. You see the trees being tossed by the wind or the ocean waves crashing against the rocks and spraying high into the sky, but you're safe inside the walls and you are focused on this little pod of nature that you and entwined with. I can mention George Farmer and his meditative approach towards tank maintenance or I can mention this clip above and the subtle notion that.... "2023 was full of new and exciting adventures and as the challenges presented themselves, we faced them all together with a unique persistence of an aquascaper." [There is definitely more to the quote above and so I encourage everyone to watch at least the introduction on the Green Aqua video above.] It is one of those phrases that has a lot of gravity to it and it's something that you really don't understand unless you've truly experienced it. I think a lot of people have seen the movie Rudy and been inspired to persevere. Maybe you've seen Miracle and been inspired to face some overwhelming obstacles and scars from the past. There is a lot of ways that we can find energy, momentum, and inspiration in this world thanks to things like youtube videos, movies, forum posts, and conversations with friends. ....and with all that being said I wanted to share a bit about my own vulnerable persistence. I was watching an old video and then I looked up at the wall and I saw this extreme shift in my tank. It wasn't subtle, but it was a moment where I cherished everything that happened for me to get to the moment that I was in. It honestly started here, with this tank and the first time I've ever purchased a single piece of hardscape with the intent of aquascaping something. Even then, USPS lost the package of the piece of wood that I had hand selected. This piece was sent as a replacement and it didn't fit the tank I had. I had to cut the piece of wood and then I had to wait for the opportunity to really scape something with it. I had a piece of wood and I had some plants, but it wasn't an aquascape. It wasn't meant to be, but it was a holding place for a future self. This led me down this path, which was my first attempt at an aquascape. It was my first real attempt at a carpeting plant and my first real attempt at something using a "planted tank substrate" in lieu of sand. All it needed to do was to grow and to work. I failed with how I planted the plants. I failed in how I cared for the plants. I failed in my analysis of necessary water chemistry, lighting settings, and that substrate I used has turned out to be another failure point. That tank quickly regressed back towards chaos. I tried continuously to make things works by adding "more plants." Some things works and some things failed. It was not about giving up, but it was consistently a journey about learning why. Why something worked, why something failed. There is always things out of your control and there is always going to be something where you might just have to start over. Try again to create something beautiful. But again, chaos ensues at times... and all of your moss dies off. ....and sometimes you get a lifeboat from a friend (or two, or three). Brown tinge is from blackwater extract being added! Stepping out of your comfort zone can be enlightening and focusing on the things going wrong isn't as impactful as dwelling on the reasons why things went wrong. There is an eternal hope if you have the perspective and the patience for it... new things will happen and that changes the parameters of everything. The point is that every single tank can be a journey if you frame it as such. Enjoy the journey as much as the perspective that can give you. Sometimes you start in one place, find yourself in another, and just need to follow your feet towards the direction you wish to go. Starting point when the goal was to have a planted tank, discovering aquarium co-op and wanting to grow plants for the first time. This was my 55G and it was just planted with a second or third plant order. There were some failures and I changed to a 75G with an active substrate with a cap.... in a tank mostly filled with anubias. And this is where we are now. Time will tell how myself and the tank grows. Thank you to everyone who has helped me along this journey and know that there is sincere gratitude for your help along my own journey, big or small, it's all valuable for me and being put towards this goal I have for myself. I'd love to hear about your own tank journeys below.

The key to eliminating duckweed for me has been to remove all floating plants and then to check the tank twice a day for weeks… I find it nearly impossible to root out every single duckweed plant if I have any floating plants in the tank…. And I find checking twice daily is much easier to eventually get out all stragglers…. As to preserving desirable floating plants, I save 4-5 specimens of each and rinse them repeatedly to try to ensure they are duckweed free and set them aside in nutrient rich water with a good light above and check them closely twice a day…. They will grow and expand rapidly as well for reintroduction once you are sure duckweed is eradicated..

Does Anyone know what this is growing on my driftwood? The tank is only about 2 months old, had to remove most of my Christmas moss because of brown hair algae and now this is growing all over my branches. Is this a form of black beard? Should I leave it or remove it? I tried searching it on google photos but dont really get good results on what this is, mostly pics of stuff growing in salt water tanks. Tried to get good photos but my phone stinks lol.

Ooooo you lucky duck, that is a red moss/algae called Caloglossa cf. beccarii. It is rare, and rather expensive when you can find it.

@Colu @Odd Duck Thank you so much for your help again guys. Today the fish seems perfectly fine snacking on leaf litter. I haven't noticed any dots on any. 🥳🥳🥳🤗 Shrimp and the mystery snail still show no stress behavior whatsoever. I will just use the third dose of kanaplex tomorrow just in case but not planning to add more malachite green/formaldehyde medicine as it is mainly recommended for day 1 and 3 and day 5 and 7 if really needed. Then the next day I will do a water change and add a small HOB filled with activated carbon. I'm happy that everyone is great and doing well again🩵

I’m going to the Scientists with this one… I may need to go fish-hunting in VA this spring…

Thank you both. Much better now than I was. Still not 100% yet but getting there.

Here is one shots from a home aquarium. Colors probably are dependent on (1) season of the year (2) water temperature (3) diet (4) spawning... Typically, they are reported to look more regularly like this...

Same young blue buck in different lighting…

Took delivery of the TANK!!! Was ordered in October and was supposed to come early December. Had a slight delay but honestly for us, this was no big deal we aren't even entirely ready for everything yet. Intrepid Partner got the call that it was coming and delivery scheduled. Came yesterday via semi truck. The crate it came in- HUGE. The tank itself on the bottom and a portion built on top for the sump and other accessories the tank came with. All told the crate and tank was about 850lbs. Understandably they told us you need at least 2-3 people to move it. The driver got it off the truck of course and parked it before we got our 3rd person over to help get it in the house. We had back up plans in case we needed more people but they wouldn't be home to help until a few hours later. We crossed our fingers we could get it in. Once it was parked you have to inspect the goods before you sign the driver's paperwork. That required taking countless screws out to get the plywood sides off. I didn't get a picture of the crate completely closed because as you can imagine we were busy with logistics, but here it is safe and sound waiting for the move after we revealed it: Here is the beautiful tank, flawless: In order to make the move easier into the house we had to remove as much weight from the crate as possible. We removed all of the accessories, the sump and items from inside the tank itself (which were only lights and wavemakers). Then Intrepid Partner went about removing the top part of the crate and plywood. He gave me permission to use the real photo, but I think the smiley face is more fun. Plus he was loving it, he thrives on logistics and problem solving. Our cavalry arrived (a friend) so we went about a series of moves with a dolly (to lift sides), rolling carts, moving straps, plywood and towels to get the tank out of the street, up a 20ft walkway, up 2 porch steps and across a wood floor. No, no pics of this move either as you can imagine every hand was needed to move this behemoth of a tank. It remained in the wood for its safety and for the fact that Intrepid Partner was waiting on its arrival to build the stand/cabinet that will house it so it will be some time until it's permanently placed. But it was placed as where my diagram from previous posts indicated: Here: Of course we have a curious resident (meet Cheeto the indoor/outdoor cat): The tank is beautifully constructed. Not easy to take any pics due to what is left of its crate- but the black silicone seams are perfect and straight (not what I'm used to with mass produced tanks!) and the metal frame (because we live in earthquake country) is very hardcore and sturdy. Intrepid partner also went with ultra clear glass AND their thickest option (which if I remember correctly is 5/8"!) - just check out that drilled hole for the plumbing (I know, hard to tell, but trust me it's very thick glass): Intrepid Partner did the ordering/consulting with Custom Aquariums so he got things they "packaged" as a group. Lights, pumps, powerhead/wavemakers, some biomedia, UV sterilizer, auto-feeder (Enheim), heater (Enheim, which eventually I'll replace with heaters I prefer), fish net, wand scraper, Mag Float scraper. This is all besides the parts that come with the tank and sump. Funnily they included in one of those packages the most ridiculous plastic plants that would be absolutely dwarfed in a tank this size: Probably no bigger than 12" tall. It was laughable. I was amused. Hopefully those are just a cheesy "free gift with purchase". Overall so far a very good experience with the company (per Intrepid Partner's dealings) and the process overall. Everything seems very high quality. Intrepid Partner will be starting the steel tubing build on the stand and we have yet to decide what the skin of the stand will look like- but we'll figure it out and update over time here!

'Tis the season:

Beautiful fish! While I have never kept them (except for warpaints), Luxilus shiners in general all look absolutely stunning in breeding colors. I hope to someday keep both Crescent Shiners, and Cardinal Shiners are also on my wishlist.

My first tank ever started with Neons. I would definitely do them first. Then the Hatchets, then either the Oto’s or Apisto depending on the biofilms in the tank for the Oto’s. My only other comment is that I always recommend quarantining new fish. My Hatchets got ich AFTER the med trio was used on them. Med trio for a week, 50% water change to remove the meds, and then a week later they had ich that I beat with salt. After beating the ich I left them in QT for another 4 weeks or so, and then once I was sure they had beat the infection and healed up I moved them to the community tank and didn’t experience any further issues. That definitely taught me my lesson that quarantine is important, and a longer QT is worth it. I now do a 4-6 week QT just to be on the safe side. I’ve spent the last 4 years making sure my ecosystems are healthy. It’s worth the extra time in QT to ensure they remain healthy.

You could use a large, shallow, flower pot, cut or knock out most of the bottom, and glue on rocks to the sides. It’s not hard at all to cut or break slate and you could make a cave using a pot as a base or just use slate stacked and glued up together to make the cave. You could just lift it out to clean since it could sit on top of the substrate. Hmmm. I did get some thick slate tiles a while back and haven’t decided what I was going to do with them yet. I was thinking about cutting and gluing them into pleco condos but I might have to try this instead. They’re a bit thick to do pleco condos with, but might be very cool to do this. 🤔

I started with 10 from a online supplier and turned into hundreds in a real big hurry, originally i just put them in a breeder net in my qt tank to qt them before they went in my 40 gallon and even in the net i had a 10gal full of baby snails in a hurry. My puffers on the bigger side so i will generally toss him 4 or 5 on off feeding days just as a snack. I doubt the snails do a ton for the beak but he loves em and i'll try to hide the snails and see how long it takes him to find them in the tank. I think allot of people overthink the beaks, if you get them young and maintain in my experience you dont have to worry, mine was an emergency rescue from my father in law after he went on a big silver dollar killing spree in the tank (a 2" fish wiped out 5 6-7" fish in 2 weeks) He had got him very young and fed much of what i feed and you really have to look when his mouths open to see the chompers. I feed mine enough to get his belly fat without being bloated and lazy, its really easy to tell on them when they've got food in em! Only thing mine hasnt liked was frozen brine shrimp. i vary his diet with blood worms, snails, mussels, clams, silversides, and raw skin on shrimp. I'll feed usually every 3rd day so a bag of clams on the half shell or a pound of mussels from the grocery store go a long long way and mines probably pushing 4" now. Don't let them scare you, they are an absolute blast of a fish to keep and have so much personality they are an incredible wet pet. Mines brackish so takes a bit more work but man once you get them figured out you will love em! I just wish mine wasnt so violent and kill anything that is in the tank with him! Mine will bob at the top of the tank making slurping noises and then take the food right out of your fingers!

Thank You again. When it grows out I will be more then happy to send you some. Starting to grow all over my driftwood in the back as well.

He still has quite a bit more growing to do, but in my experience bichirs are one of the most docile large fish you can have. Even if you have a group as long as there are enough territories they will squabble amongst eachother but never maim or injure. When yours gets older and bigger it may attempt at some of the smaller tetra. But I doubt it they are rather lazy predators. An ornate bichir or two is still on my dream tank list at some point.

Well done! Love your port idea, it’s genius! A smaller syringe and shorter tubing might be easier on the port since it would stand upright and be an easier funnel to deal with. It only needs to be big enough to accept the tubing or the tip of the transport syringe. A 3 ml syringe would be lighter and not bend the tubing over. Maybe try the transport syringe without the tubing, just draw up and run the water with eels/worms directly into the “funnel” syringe. Then when you replace the plunger into the port syringe it will push all the feeding down into the tub. If you want the port tubing to kink and mostly close off between feedings without needing to have the plunger in the syringe, keep the larger syringe on a short piece of soft silicone tubing. It will fold when not held upright and close off the port for you.

Just a heads up, I’ve had a few dozen pea puffers by now with the multiple attempts to integrate Bad Pea Daddy into a shoal and then raising a dozen or so babies (not from Bad Daddy). Not a single one was ever the slightest bit interested in Vibra Bites. I think you have to pretty much starve them to force them to eat anything other than live or frozen, meaty foods. Mine will eat all types of live foods off the bottom of the tank, but wouldn’t even take live fruit flies as they were floating or after they were sinking down and drowning. They truly need live foods and Vibra Bites are definitely not that.

And i have bolivian rams with sterbais corydoras and my rams are constantly breeding and the only aggression is chasing the other b-ram aways. May be charging at the sterbais to swim in another direction but zero injuries. Maybe their agression is in smaller spaces or so. I recommend against the ember tetras, they don't appreciate the large space and are lazy and not fun to watch and prone to overeating so it is a hassle to feed corydras with them. For cpd think 'jungle' tank, not a bare tank like yours, they will be so stressed and so shy. Absolutely yes to the honey gourami, get as much as your space allows, their behavior is said to be so different in a group setting other than in a pair and they are so lovely. If i had a good source here i would so do that!!! Keep the betta for a small tank you will inevitably end up with, they don't enjoy the community tank and it doesn't enjoy them right back. Consider other schoolers and you have a great setup!!!

Godspeed. I had to waterboard my duckweed, but I did eventually eliminate it and feel comfortable saying that as it's been about a year.

I'm going to second what Flipper said. Go with something easy like eco complete and just do that. Aquasoils are finicky for newbies and as one who took the plunge too early, they cause so many frustrating algae issues if you don't know what you're doing. I would tell my newbie self not to go that route back then if I could, because it was just way too much. Balancing the aquarium became so hard and complicated when I was starting out. Start with easy plants, easy substrate, simple light and learn from there. Getting fancy too soon just makes the hobby frustrating and overwhelming.

Having become very fascinated these last several years with native north American fish (NANF), I am on a mission to select a most beautiful + most effective three-species tank arrangement that can, theoretically work for breeding, aesthetics, etc. One species that I have not studied much is the Crescent Shiner (Luxilus cerasinus). In breeding colors, it is a stunner. Look at these photos and videos... Man, just when you think you've seen it all . . . these fish are fantastic looking. Unfortunately, there are relatively few examples of them in home aquaria. I hope to learn why that is. Their native range appears to be like this on the map:

Hi guys new here. I have a really weird question. About 15 days ago I spawned a batch of zebra danio using a spawning mop and a very small Val plant in a terracotta pot. Very successful with 280 fry now doing extremely well. Here is the weird question. 7 days ago I put two tiger barbs together after 2 weeks of conditioning separately and I used the same spawning mop as I used for the danios. Thing is the barbs spawning was a disaster as it was their first time but 3 days after removing the barbs I have 6 fry. They are now 5 days old and are so small I am sure there is no way they are barbs. They are just starting to free swim but still stick to the glass most of the time. Is it possible for the danio eggs to lay dormant until they were put back into the water. Is that how it happens in the wild if the water supply dries up and then the rains come. Hope someone can shed some light on this or I am going to have to wait a month to find out the answer.

Monday we had a significant rain and windstorm in Southern Maine…. observed wind speeds of 60 mph experienced. I experienced momentary losses and grid circuit breakers reset… but By storms end, 60% pf my town had lost power, and 8 hours 30% are still without. my County as a whole saw 75% outage and currently is about 25% outage.. Best estimate is restoration by 10:00 pm Friday night… This has turned out to be the worst power outage in Central Maines History. much worse than the Ice Storm of 1998 as it is more widespread.. are you prepared for a 5 day outage? It can happen even if it is radically out of the normal yearly expectations…

I think this might be of interest to some people, especially those who are thinking about getting a senegal bichir. I have this senegal bichir living in my 100g community tank and some of the fish are as small as serpae tetras. So far it's been working out. I have 4-5 of the (what I think are) serpae tetras left over from a bigger school. The bichir hasn't gone after a single one of them. It hasn't bothered any of the other fish either. The tetras were already in the tank when I got the bichir (which was quite small at the time) which may partly explain why it's been working out. I've had the bichir for over a year and a half now i think. I feed it Hikari sinking cichlid pellets. It usually goes for the mini size ones. It really struggles to gulp down the medium size ones. 😅 I'm not really sure how much bigger it's gonna get but I have to say I'm not worried about the tetras. Anyone else has any experience of keeping a senegal in a community type tank?

Morning fry check. I am guessing a small batch… ca. 25x total. First spawn / cool temperatures / winter… I am not going to complain. Plus, 25x is much easier to jar that 125 🤪

I violently rinsed my dwarf water lettuce in a bucket under hardware cloth so the duckweed floated up and out. Killed a lot of the water lettuce, but that stuff is just big duckweed. And then vigilance for weeks, like @Pepere says. You will find a little piece six weeks after you saw the last piece.

@Tlindsey I agree, any other bichir species would be too large to do anything like this. And to be honest, I'm a little surprised this has been working out like this. I knew it was a bit of a gamble to try this but like I said, there's no aggression from any of the fish. Personally, I think I may have been a bit lucky but I also think that senegals are more compatible with other fish than is commonly accepted or assumed on the internet. I mean, I read up before I got mine and pretty much everyone's advice was not to house them with anything smaller than a grown male Congo tetra or blue gourami. But, one important caveat is also that I have one single bichir that I introduced in a fairly established community. If it were 2 or 3 bichirs the outcome might very well have been different.

@Robert K I've personally attempted to keep one lone male cichlid with a group of Senegal on 3 separate times. After cichlids matured they eventually became territorial and started to push bichirs around. I agree with what you stated about the tetras and the senegal growing up together. I personally wouldn't try a community like what you have with larger bichir species.

You can tell if it is a detritus worm by the shape. They are slightly thinner at the tail end VS. the front end. There is no defined head. On the planeria worm the head is an arrow shape, rather distinctive and kind of creepy looking.

I do not like them. I remember that my son set up a 10-gal tall once with a piece of drift wood going along from bottom corner to top, and some Anubias attached. He raised Bristlenose Plecos in there. You need to run a lot of air down to the bottom -- multiple sponge filters, etc -- to keep them balanced and operational, IMHO.

Good luck! If I had to bet though, I'd put money on Duckweed in the long haul. It just takes one... 🤣 🌱

Yes. Quite possible.

We have a few Betta fry! Pardon the video dump, but I want to document this process thoroughly. For many fish breeders, Betta splendens breeding is big yawn. But for me, there is a long story. I’ve waited awhile to add these to my “belt” of successes. Video #1 - Betta fry appearance, male Betta moved out… Video #2 - Planning a “feeding port” for Betta fry… Video #3 - Vinegar Eel culture… Video #4 - Feeding V. Eels through the “port”… Video #5 - Harvesting Banana Eels… Video #6 - A second look at Betta fry…

@Odd Duck no worries! Glad to hear you’re better.

Hey Chris, sorry I didn't realize you edited this post to answer some of my questions. I will number your responses in the quotes and respond below: 1) Good Idea. Like i said in a later post, the bags help keep the base layer from surfacing. But if you are worried about layering since its all new, you can do a single substrate and it will work just fine. 2) I am not saying you can't try but unless you are talented with detail, I would pick a single substrate to go over the crushed lava rock. Imo, sand works best but some people like gravel. I use black diamond blasting sand because it is very cheap and looks great. But you honestly can't go wrong, just google aquarium substrates and find one that you like. Another cheap option is play sand from a Home Depot type of store. It may not be professional grade but it gets the job done and is a white-ish, yellow-ish sand. 3) These are all good plants to start with. make sure you have root tabs for the swords and Val. Also make sure you don't bury the anubias or java ferns. like you mentioned, these are best attached to rocks or wedged in crevices. I might caution against moss only because once its in the tank, its VERY hard to get it out. every time you trim the moss, little bits will go everywhere and attach itself to other plants or wood or rocks and a few months later, you have a moss problem again. BUT if you like the look then by all means. 4) Carpeting can be hard I'd start by trying to keep the easier plants alive and then try to carpet down the road once you have a hang of it. 5) This is perfect thinking. a stem plant that I have had a lot of luck with is Bacopa Carolinana. Its hardy as can be and grows fairly quickly but not insanely quick like some other stems. 6) I use a $50 Hygger light I got on Amazon and it does the trick for me. but you can also go the route you are planning and get a plant florescent light if you already have a hood that uses florescent tubes. (I think thats what you said you have?) 7) If you mean a Hang on the back filter, then that should work. There is no need for a cannister filter if you are gonna have plants. You can do a sponge filter if you want but if you have a working HOB filter, it will do the job just as well as any other filter. 8). you probably need a heater but you can find a budget friendly one on Amazon. 9) We found your feature fish. I am not a huge rainbow guy but if you like them then thats the fish you will plan around. do some research on how many you can put in a 40G and then research good tankmates and you are on your way. 10) I am from New Orleans and we have a ton of French names down here so thats why I thought you might be from Louisiana. Also your name being turtlerouge, I thought it might be a play on Baton Rouge. 11) My name is actually Austin. my handle does look like Nolan ANO but its actually Nola Nano. Its because I am from New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA) and I like Nano fish.

Listen, this all got way too complicated for a beginner. Worry the most about getting your tank through the nitrogen cycle so that it will be safe for aquatic critters and plants. For a newbie, you should start small, no fancy plants, no CO2 injection (Carbon dioxide), no expensive lighting, no fancy aqua soils, etc. Just pick a single substrate, like eco-complete black or red. Use easy, low light plants like anubias, java fern, java moss, or any of several cryptocoryne types. Once tank is cycled, add plants and then fish. Do a water change once a week and vacuum the gunk off the top of substrate. Use declorinator like Seachem Prime to make the tap water safe. The more fancy you get, the more things that can go wrong. It takes experience to do high tech. You want to enjoy your new tank, right?!! Relax, set up basic tank and then, on down the line you can branch out. Good luck!

The one unique method I found many years ago was robbing an old cat fountain of the pump with suction cups. I then stuck it at the top and created a sort of fountain to take the best advantage of any evaporate cooling I could.

The pic you share on social media😎: You in the pic your friend shared, just because they looked good in there🤪😝: When you look good in a pic but no longer talk to the people in there so they have to be removed:

Mr. is guarding eggs very well. Probably a slow hatch, temps are a bit low. I will look for free-swimming fry by Wednesday evening.

You, sir, remind me of a friend of mine in our local club. He bred more ACA recognized cichlids than anyone outside of Chicago last year (what is it with Chicago and cichlids?!). He's always got his eyes on the next project, but loves each species along the way. It takes a special kind of dedication and passion to do what you do. And I wouldn't have fully recognized it if I hadn't seen someone similarly driven locally. Hats off to you, sir! To the folks reading here, it's even more impressive than you think. I assure you!

Woah! “I saw Mommy kissin’ Santa Claus!”

Angels are basically impossible to sex just by looking at them. The only sure fire way to determine sex is once they start breeding.

Trying again with Betta splendens. Little tweaks, here and there. I remain focused and optimistic!

Trying to multiply Daphnia colonies…

Daphnia thriving!

Ok i scavenged hornwort to make hornwort trees. I could not stand the blank space until the Aponogeton grows.

Great info @Cory. there are many ways to peel a potato…. Thinking about it ahead of time helps when faced with it especially if one acts on what they thought through. Don’t wait until the crises hits to go buy what you need. The shelves empty quickly once the crises hits… One of the reasons I like running ugf in my tank in addition to the canister filter is for beneficial bacteria redundancy. In a significant outage I would likely take the canister filter out of service and give it a deep clean and restart after the event if I hadnt got to the tanks soon enough after an outage to transfer media into the tank. The beneficial bacteria on the gravel would be more resilient… I have commercial property I need to keep warm in a winter outage so I have a few generators… And after surviving the Ice Storm of 98 and having waited in line for gas at one of the three stations that still could pump it, I buy 50 gallons of gas each fall and add stabilizer and cache them at a few different locations. I use up that gas between mowing the lawns and blowing snow over the course of a year…. That Ice Storm was a paradigm shift for me in terms of preparedness.

This boy has all the ladies man skills of a bull in a china shop. I have 3 videos just prior to these where they paused and I thought they were just hanging out. Then I realized they were staring at me and the camera 🤣 She is flirting like no one’s business with a big old egg belly. He just….needs some How to treat women on dates courses. 😬 I guess it’s not quite as weird as my borellii boy who keeps fertilizing the mid water column instead of going over to the cave to fertilize 🤪