What are you doing today?

[Geoffrey]

It was a bit windy, which can be annoying on the kyack, but it was still worth it.

Yeah I did notice it was pretty windy earlier this morning when I let my dog out, but it seems to have settled now.

I contemplated getting a fishing kayak, but never took the leap.

 

[connorlindeman]

Yeah I did notice it was pretty windy earlier this morning when I let my dog out, but it seems to have settled now.

I contemplated getting a fishing kayak, but never took the leap.

I don't have a fishing kayak. I've got the Pelican one that they sell at Costco on and off.
I'm contemplating getting some sort of anchoring system for it so that the wind doesn't blow me into the bushes all the time.

 

[jaylach]

I don't have a fishing kayak. I've got the Pelican one that they sell at Costco on and off.
I'm contemplating getting some sort of anchoring system for it so that the wind doesn't blow me into the bushes all the time.

If the water isn't real deep all you need for an anchor is a coffee can filled with cement and some rope.

 

[Boundava]

So today I finally got a chance to do a water change on my 125 gallon, my 120 gallon acrylic, and my sister's 120 gallon. I had cut up a watermelon earlier so I brought some pieces down for the fish.
I also bought Hippie my box turtle a Boston fern so I took advantage of the time it took to fill my 125 to butcher the fern and planted in my turtle's enclosure.

I also put a new piece of wood in my 75 gallon for the eels to enjoy. Although I'm sure my plecos will get more use out of it. The fish store was going to throw it out but one of the employees saved it for herself but it didn't work out as it was just too big and oddly shaped so it became our gain.

After the water changes I did some other chores around the house, made a salmon-mac and cheese casserole, and then made dinner and cleaned up the mess in the kitchen. Finish off the day by enjoying some frozen watermelon.
This weekend has been a fishy weekend.

 

[connorlindeman]

If the water isn't real deep all you need for an anchor is a coffee can filled with cement and some rope.

The water can be up to 40ft where I go.

 

[JuiceBox52]

Going to go evaluate another SD prospect

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Alexa:
You have four items on your shopping list:
A year spent sleeping in Europe;
The tears of my enemies;
A sense of the miraculous in everyday life;
and tuna.

I live in a very strange household.

@TheLavenderBadger

 

[Rocky998]

Alexa:
You have four items on your shopping list:
A year spent sleeping in Europe;
The tears of my enemies;
A sense of the miraculous in everyday life;
and tuna.

I live in a very strange household.

@TheLavenderBadger

We need explanations

 

[WhistlingBadger]

We need explanations

There aren't any.

 

[Fishmanic]

The tuna seems out of place

 

[JuiceBox52]

Alexa:
You have four items on your shopping list:
A year spent sleeping in Europe;
The tears of my enemies;
A sense of the miraculous in everyday life;
and tuna.

I live in a very strange household.

@TheLavenderBadger

Sounds like an average shopping list to me

 

[WhistlingBadger]

The office staff at my school were blowing up helium balloons. I took a big hit of helium and started singing BeeGees songs. Tension breaker. Had to be done.

 

[Back in the fold]

Today is my fourth year anniversary of being associated with The Great TFF Forum . Way back in the olden days of 2019 I had but one tiny container with a single male Betta. I had not had an aquarium since 2007 at the time even though I was an on again off again aquarist since 1965. Today I have six real aquariums and several temporary containers for various Killifish breeding endeavors. Today I have a dedicated fish room and various live food cultures I keep. Today I have a subscription to Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine and a membership in the American Killifish Association.
Today I give recognition to The Great TFF Forum and its illustrious members for inspiring me to new and higher fish keeping goals , some realized and others in formulation. Is this a great hobby or what ?

 

[davros]

Speaking of TFH do I get the feeling Axelrod in no longer held in esteem? I can't see the tax fraud issue being very influential....

 

[Back in the fold]

Speaking of TFH do I get the feeling Axelrod in no longer held in esteem? I can't see the tax fraud issue being very influential....

Herbert R. Axelrod passed away a few years ago and it is in poor taste to speak ill of the dead so I won’t. He was a genuine character according to his contemporaries and he seems to have had a reputation for abrasiveness, philanthropy and showmanship but he was a successful businessman who built an empire out of the pet trade. I read everything he printed when I was a kid in the 1960’s and he was a hero to me . Later on I read unkind things about him but I dismiss those things to retain my image of him as a tropical fish authority , photographer and explorer . Here is where social media is a bad thing. People who have never met a man repeat things they’ve heard but don’t really know. An ignorant fool only knows what other ignorant fools have said.