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Post by daylilydude on Feb 12, 2020 4:42:06 GMT -5
Hope it's the greatest one ever... eat lots of cake...
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Post by ladymarmalade on Feb 12, 2020 5:45:10 GMT -5
Woo! Happy Birthday to you!!!
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Post by brownrexx on Feb 12, 2020 8:14:57 GMT -5
It even stopped raining in honor of your Birthday! Enjoy your special day!
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Post by dirtguy50 on Feb 12, 2020 8:30:28 GMT -5
Happy Birthday Dave!!!
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Feb 12, 2020 8:56:26 GMT -5
Happy Birthday, Dave! I hope you have a terrific day, filled with your favorite people, tons of fun, and of course, spicy food. Not to mention a lovely CAKE or in your case maybe some of those brownies you rarely make because you can't stop eating them. There's nothing wrong with putting a candle on a brownie! May you have a fantastic year as well, with health, happiness, and an abundant garden.
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Post by september on Feb 12, 2020 10:55:04 GMT -5
Happy Birthday! I would love to know what goodies you had to mark this special day!
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Post by Hensaplenty on Feb 12, 2020 11:23:57 GMT -5
A BIG HAPPY B-DAY to you!!! Hope it's the best!
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Post by spike on Feb 12, 2020 11:40:53 GMT -5
Hope this is your best birthday ever!! Sending huge hugs!!
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Post by ahntjudy on Feb 12, 2020 11:51:46 GMT -5
More {{{GreatBigBirthdayHugs}}} to you, Dave... Wishing you a very Happy Birthday!...
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Post by paquebot on Feb 12, 2020 21:08:49 GMT -5
Good day for a birthday. Had to be a happy one.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Feb 12, 2020 22:06:00 GMT -5
Thanks everyone! I did some things outside (had to cover my greens, because it's supposed to go down to 15° Friday night), then went shopping for fish (got two new ones). I didn't make anything sweet for my BD, but a friend came over later, and we had some Chinese dumplings, with my usual 2 dump sauces, plus a new one. As always, I did the cooking, but I don't mind, even on my BD.
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Post by whistech on Feb 12, 2020 22:19:37 GMT -5
Happy Birthday Pepperhead212! I hope you had a wonderful day and hope you have a healthy year ahead.
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Post by paulf on Feb 13, 2020 10:23:18 GMT -5
Happy Birthday.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Feb 13, 2020 14:49:11 GMT -5
What fish did you get, if I may ask?
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Post by pepperhead212 on Feb 13, 2020 18:27:18 GMT -5
What fish did you get, if I may ask? I got 2 moonlight gouramis, but I went out again today, to the same place, and got 3 upside-down catfish, which he still had in quarantine yesterday, which he does with everything, as a precautionary. Originally I was going to put some (relatively) peaceful cichlids in the tank, but I just couldn't find what I wanted - large, but not too large, and ones that weren't too large yet. But I decided on other, community fish, and put some rainbowfish in, and transfered a blue gourami from another tank (which I put back yesterday, before putting the moonlight gouramis in), just to get the tank cycled, and I went out yesterday to see if any more interesting fish were out there. I hadn't seen moonlight gouramis for a while but I always liked them, and they get to a fairly good size, but not too large (about 5") And a while back I saw one upside-down catfish in another store, and it reminded me of them, and I started watching for them, to buy a few. I had them in my early days, and they were somewhat, but not entirely nocturnal, playing around with each other in the daytime, and quickly learned their feeder, like many fish do! These are only about 1 1/2", so they're very young. I had some in my teens, and they spawned, without me even trying, but I didn't figure out any sexual differences.
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Post by paquebot on Feb 13, 2020 23:24:22 GMT -5
Peppers and tropical fish? Great report and reminder of when I had all of those mentioned and had rainbows spawn and hatch young. I was treasurer of Madison Aquarium Club. 26 tanks total. Ice storm of 1976. Lost them all. Now just 10 goldfish and a 10" plecostumus in a 50-gallon tank.
Martin
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Feb 18, 2020 12:43:17 GMT -5
You must have to clean the heck out of that 50 gallon tank, paquebot! a 10" pleco and 10 goldfish is a huge bioload for that size tank, and both plecos and goldfish make a lot of waste. pepperhead212, I have never seen Moonlight Gouramis before, so I looked them up - very pretty! Upside down catfish are really neat fish. I am a fan of rainbowfish, as you know. Which kind of rainbows did you put in there?
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Post by pepperhead212 on Feb 18, 2020 16:20:55 GMT -5
Laura_in_FL The types of rainbows I got are the Red-tailed and the Western (called the striped, in the store, but that's another species. I'll post some photos on the finny thread, along with a funny story.
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Post by paquebot on Feb 18, 2020 21:23:31 GMT -5
Rainbows that I know of are from Australia. I had a pair in a 15-gallon tank with a lot of vegetation. They laid eggs everywhere among the plants. Parents never bothered the young. At local show, got best in egg breeders that year.
With the gouramis, a friend and I visited several shops and he bought a few of them. Instead of coming straight home from there, he wanted to visit another shop. Back out to the car and the gouramis were dead. Wasn't enough air in the bag and they can't get enough oxygen from water.
My 50-gallon is indeed high-maintenance. Four under-gravel filters and a separate box filter keep it livable for the fish. It's only their winter home as they'll be back outside as soon as the ice is gone from their pond.
Martin
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Post by caesg on Feb 24, 2020 9:41:36 GMT -5
Happy birthday, pepperhead212 ! Thanks for introducing me to this forum a while back. :-D
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Post by farmerjack41 on Feb 24, 2020 12:14:11 GMT -5
Nothing like being a wee bit late, But. Happy BIrthday! Was on vacation and did not see it at the right time.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Feb 24, 2020 17:40:48 GMT -5
Thanks for the belated wishes!
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