Last weekend Katie and I hosted our first Cooking Club get together. Only one other couple was able to make it – short notice and we didn’t ask what was a good time for the other people. The theme for the night was Chinese. Katie made her family famous Chicken Fried Rice and Beef Egg …
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Upside down Aquarium
You would think, with all the water I have had on the floor in the last week, that I would not want to try something as crazy as an upside down fish tank. Uh-huh. Not me. Yesterday, during lunch break, I slapped together an inverted tank to put into my nanotank. You see, upside down …
4 foot LED light fixture for an aquarium..
I picked up a bunch of LED christmas lights on clearence this winter. I have been intending on using them for making a LED grow lights for my plants. Well, I have been on an aquarium kick lately, so I decided to make a 4 foot LED aquarium light. I ended up using 7 strands …
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This is my 500th blog post. I started blogging, thinking that it may just be a fad for me, but it looks like I may be a lifer. I think my writing has improved a fair amount over the years, from all this practice! My situation has changed dramatically since I started. Basically an entirely …
The trouble with water
The trouble with water is that it likes the lowest point it can find. In my case, it’s the carpeted floor. I am struggling with the overflow box. I found a small pin hole in the top part of the siphon. This only showed when the hole was dry. I guess when it was wet, …