Fish Folk Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 (Please add your photos / comments below to finish the phrase…) “… you take far too much pleasure preparing quality foods for your fishroom.” 4 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 …when the kitchen smells from making many varieties of repashy in different shapes for different fish and hubby asks why dinner smells bad and he has to wait because you have not started his yet. 1 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted November 5, 2021 Author Share Posted November 5, 2021 (edited) “…you invite over the Paparazzi to light up your dry foods runway.” Edited November 5, 2021 by Fish Folk 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atitagain Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 You are super excited to take time to build a lego fish tank. 5 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameisnobody Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 If the kitchen sink cannot be used because the python is being utilized all day. @Atitagain Hahahaha I just bought that for my eventual newborn, she should be arriving into the world any day now. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted November 5, 2021 Author Share Posted November 5, 2021 On 11/5/2021 at 9:38 AM, Manny said: If the kitchen sink cannot be used because the python is being utilized all day. @Atitagain Hahahaha I just bought that for my eventual newborn, she should be arriving into the world any day now. YESSSSSSS!!! The dread Python Crossing . . . 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spewing_nonsense_ Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 On 11/5/2021 at 9:30 AM, Atitagain said: You are super excited to take time to build a lego fish tank. Yoooo what I need to go buy this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 On 11/5/2021 at 9:38 AM, Manny said: If the kitchen sink cannot be used because the python is being utilized all day. @Atitagain Hahahaha I just bought that for my eventual newborn, she should be arriving into the world any day now. CONGRATULATIONS 🎉🎊 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameisnobody Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 @Guppysnail Thank you immensely, we’re super excited, but my anxiety is at an all time high. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 ORD, but I love all these! And Congratulations @Manny! How exciting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 On 11/5/2021 at 7:30 AM, Atitagain said: You are super excited to take time to build a lego fish tank. My ex and I did a lego scape for cichlids back in the early 90's? Late 80's? Time is fleeting... The cichlids had a blast in the lego caves, and we successfully community bred for 2 years before we left for Mexico. On 11/5/2021 at 7:38 AM, Manny said: If the kitchen sink cannot be used because the python is being utilized all day. @Atitagain Hahahaha I just bought that for my eventual newborn, she should be arriving into the world any day now. Congratulations, @Manny! Nothing like the joy, and the anxiety of waiting. May the birth be easy, may mom and baby be healthy, and may your family receive all the support y'all need! 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameisnobody Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 @Torrey Thank you very much for the kind words, It means a lot to us. I just showed my wife what you wrote and she started crying. We appreciate you! Thank you, thank you, thank you 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atitagain Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 On 11/6/2021 at 2:43 AM, Torrey said: My ex and I did a lego scape for cichlids back in the early 90's? Late 80's? Time is fleeting... The cichlids had a blast in the lego caves, and we successfully community bred for 2 years before we left for Mexico This sounds like you made a lego scape for real cichlids??? If so you have to have pics??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 On 11/6/2021 at 2:09 AM, Manny said: @Torrey Thank you very much for the kind words, It means a lot to us. I just showed my wife what you wrote and she started crying. We appreciate you! Thank you, thank you, thank you My IRL work for 30 years was birth work. Covid induced stroke in February ended birth work, directly. I still teach childbirth and best infant nutrition classes, and support trauma clients in healing generational trauma so they can parent differently than they were parented. Birthing is supposed to be a joyous (and actually enjoyable) experience. Sadly, most birthing parents don't get the support they need, and I hope to train a new wave of birthworkers so we can change that. Reach out if there is anything I can do to support y'all, being a NERM is an extended family, ya know? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 On 11/6/2021 at 4:29 AM, Atitagain said: This sounds like you made a lego scape for real cichlids??? If so you have to have pics??? We lost everything in the housefire in 2017. I don't even have pics of my kids... Yes, we glued real legos together to make planters and caves for a real cichlid tank. It was a lot of fun! A lego built "skull of Grayskull" was a cave that a pair of firemouths bred in reliably for 2 years. A spider plant grew out of the top, because legos like to float🤪 and we weren't bright enough to think about connecting to slate. Using UGF exclusively at the time, resorted to silicone attachment of legos to UGF, and then added gravel to hold down both. Definitely provided plenty of line of site breaks that were *solid* Now that I know more about aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, the UGF probably prevented problems, by ensuring good water flow through the gravel, even in caves. Cichlid tanks always had 2 power heads, plus two air uplift tubes. They are a lot of fun to build, next time I would drill holes through the legos so they weren't plastic air bubbles 🤷♂️ That might even negate the need for gluing together, and prevent floating. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameisnobody Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 @Torrey you’re a gem and an asset to the planet. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atitagain Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 On 11/8/2021 at 4:47 PM, Manny said: @Torrey you’re a gem and an asset to the planet. I very much agree with this statement! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck13 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 On 11/8/2021 at 12:28 PM, Torrey said: We lost everything in the housefire in 2017. I don't even have pics of my kids... Yes, we glued real legos together to make planters and caves for a real cichlid tank. It was a lot of fun! A lego built "skull of Grayskull" was a cave that a pair of firemouths bred in reliably for 2 years. A spider plant grew out of the top, because legos like to float🤪 and we weren't bright enough to think about connecting to slate. Using UGF exclusively at the time, resorted to silicone attachment of legos to UGF, and then added gravel to hold down both. Definitely provided plenty of line of site breaks that were *solid* Now that I know more about aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, the UGF probably prevented problems, by ensuring good water flow through the gravel, even in caves. Cichlid tanks always had 2 power heads, plus two air uplift tubes. They are a lot of fun to build, next time I would drill holes through the legos so they weren't plastic air bubbles 🤷♂️ That might even negate the need for gluing together, and prevent floating. I just posted a question about Legos then I saw this. So there weren’t any issues with the edges (of the Legos)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 On 11/29/2021 at 8:19 PM, Chuck13 said: I just posted a question about Legos then I saw this. So there weren’t any issues with the edges (of the Legos)? I don't remember if we filled every single lego in the tank with silicone or not (which would have softened the edges, I think. We definitely did not have any fish injuries, not even the time the lego caves separated and floated up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmurray407 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 On 11/5/2021 at 8:12 AM, Fish Folk said: “…you invite over the Paparazzi to light up your dry foods runway.” I love it! Just curious, why do you have that black mat under your light? Is that shelf liner? On 11/5/2021 at 9:21 AM, Monocentropus Balfouri said: my anxiety is at an all time high Congratulations! You can do this!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 On 12/1/2021 at 9:25 AM, dmurray407 said: I love it! Just curious, why do you have that black mat under your light? Is that shelf liner? Yep. I use shelf liner to mute lights 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck13 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 On 12/1/2021 at 3:17 AM, Torrey said: I don't remember if we filled every single lego in the tank with silicone or not (which would have softened the edges, I think. We definitely did not have any fish injuries, not even the time the lego caves separated and floated up. Nice. I think I’ll get it a go. If it’s not a total disaster I post a pic. Thanks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 On 12/1/2021 at 10:53 AM, Chuck13 said: Nice. I think I’ll get it a go. If it’s not a total disaster I post a pic. Thanks Make sure you work carefully to get rid of air bubbles. Build your construction entirely under water on a Lego plate, and bury that low under substrate and rocks. I’d move any fish out while you build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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