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lanman

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  1. I know some of you have wondered about me. I had to have a 2nd brain surgeery, but am recovering quite well. fish tanks were too much, so Steve Outlaw helped me dry out the basement. He will be offering up some of my stuff cheap or free. Take it. If/when I can, I will start over. Thanks to all of you for being such good friends!! Bob
  2. Bridal veil netting. Glue one end to bottom of frag plug. Lay the frag down, pull the otheer end tight across, with a few twists, and glue the other end. bob
  3. I know a great brain surgeon.... bob
  4. Well, I could have used some help last night! About 10:00 my hair started coming out in clumps! Got my daughter to give me a sexy buzz-cut. Nothing like a clump of hair in your cocoa!! bob
  5. Yeah... finished radiation therapy today. AND had a CT scan, and Chemo training class coming Thursday, medi-port insertion on friday... it's hard work having cancer!! I usually respond in a day or two. bob
  6. fairly thin... but it works over time with repeated applications. My 240 never has aiptasia because of the CBB. Wish I felt comfortable moving him from tank to tank. bob
  7. 2nd on $250 package deal if Zygote can't make it.... I live in Manassas.. bob
  8. I have had no problems with tangs picking on my CBB. No problems with CBB and coral, other than he steals food from the sun corals. CBB is a delightful fish. bob
  9. I think I'm too old for that crap these days!! Hope they are paying you enough to build a whole separate fish house in the back yard!! bob
  10. Spent a couple of years in Doha... no matter what kind of sealing/filtration you have, the dust gets in. bob
  11. While we are at it... good way to test heaters for shorts/grounds? bob
  12. Not finding the rainbow heaters... Link? The lifegard modules are interesting, but certainly don't insulate the heater from the tank. Tank water still circulates directly around whatever heater you put in there. So... guess I am back to trying to find the brand least likely to have a catastrophic failure. Until I have time to invent the perfect solution. bob
  13. I have separate digital controllers. Just looking for currently most reliable. But I need to check out that 'lifeguard'. bob
  14. With a few cool nights, I am starting to feel 'sparkies' in my 240. Which probably means time for some water heaters. Is there a current 'best choice' for safety and reliability??? Has anyone produced one that won't actually touch the water? Never breaks, never leaks, never leaches fish-killing toxic compounds?? Thanks for all suggestions/ideas/recommendations! bob
  15. Recovery continues apace! I drove today - ran some errands! All neurological difficulties are equal to or better than my pre-surgery condition. Even the doctor didn't expect that!! For example, my right pinkie joined the typing pool in the last 24 hours. Thanks to all of you for your well wishes, and offers of assistance!! bob
  16. Where are you these days, Jan? I have visions of two recent surgery patients standing around venting over fish tanks!! I was just asking myself if I think I am capable of changing my filters... bob
  17. I am a kind of private guy... but WAMAS has been important to me for several years now - and when you have an experience like I am having, I think this group of friends is just who I would want to tell. Two weeks ago, I was diagnosed with a large brain lesion, and given a year to live... some to all of it paralyzed on my right side. Cancer doc thought it looked operable and sent me to Dr. Watson, who agreed. On Wednesday, Dr. Watson spent 3 grueling, exacting hours inside my brain, removing every trace of that tumor. Expectation was weeks to months of rehab, to repair the inadvertent damage done by the surgery, to allow me to walk and use my right arm properly, etc. Two days later, I left the hospital - walking, but with assistance. This evening, 4 days after surgery, I had dinner with friends at the cheesecake factory. And I walked in on my own two feet. It wasn't ballet, but it was walking! I may have dropped my fork once or twice - but nobody noticed. With radiation therapy, there is no good reason I might not be a WAMAS member another 20 years (that I am aware of yet). So the morals of the story... and why tell one without them? 1. That geeky kid that spends 10 years of his life, and borrows a half a million dollars so he can become a brain surgeon? If I won the lottery, I'd put a half-dozen of them through school. They take the largest risks, and the reward is saving other people's lives. 2. When things look the darkest - sometimes the sun breaks out with a vengeance. I have found true 'friends in need' popping out of the woodwork! I even had a facebook friend light a candle for me in the 2nd smallest church in Ireland. She says 'those candles really work!' Something did! 3. IMPORTANT is SUCH a relative term. Save it for the important stuff!! 4. Wake up every day happy, and try to pass it on! Thanks so much to my WAMAS friends for their support during these miraculous weeks! bob
  18. Because he has been with me since he was 1" long... and I would miss him! But you're probably right. bob
  19. Would a full-sized Hippo Tang (maybe 8-10") that has grown up in a 3' x 5' 240-gallon tank be happy in a 120? Very peaceful, contented fish by nature - but he cruises the entire tank like he owns it. Okay - he does own it... Any ideas? bob
  20. Majanos aren't pure evil, as they grow reasonably slow, and can be 'convinced' to fall off a rock (hold it upside down and poke at the foot). The problem is in a larger tank, or rocks you can't get to. They just slowly spread, and always win the who-kills-who fight. And my 4-year-old CBB won't touch them. bob
  21. There are certain GHA's that are almost virulent. I have two different ones that can grow inches a day. I am trying to figure a way to produce bio-fuel. Be VERY careful with your light spectrum. I had a pair of bulbs stop working in the middle of a fixture and didn't notice for a while. I was removing a pound a day, and barely keeping up! And that was in a 33-gallon tank!! Pure evil! bob
  22. A recent post by DBARTCO reminded me that I never posted the paper identifying AEFW, and giving it an official name. Attached. Taxonomy and life history of the Acropora-eating flatworm Amakusaplana acroporae nov. sp. (Polycladida: Prosthiostomidae) K. A. Rawlinson Rawlinson et al 2011.pdf
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