rswyan
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- Joined
- May 12, 2004
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- Northeast Ohio
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- Kubota B2910, Cub Cadet Pro Z 154S, Simplicity 18 CFC, Cub Cadet 782
44F with some clouds @ 14:00 ...
Made the run last evening to a little pet store down in the next little community below us, as the woman came up empty on her efforts (both places she stopped at were out of Danios) Judging from the reaction of The Little Squeak, could be the best $3 I've ever spent ... she sat there fascinated in front of the tank for probably 10 minutes straight when she noticed the fish in there. Pretty good for a kitten whose attention span is measured in seconds ...
Today was trash day, so I hauled the cans up to the road on my way out yesterday ... got to go retrieve them (and the mail) here in a little bit.
Disassembled door knob on front door and lubed it up last night (I had previously tightened it because someone had complained it was loose ... and then complained after I tightened it that it was too tight ...
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Tried heating up the aquarium frame in the bath tub ... that didn't fly ... it's just too far off from the correct size. Called Aqueon/All Glass directly and spoke to a CSR ... looks like they don't have anything that will fit something that old. Found out that the glass I have is way thicker (3/8") than what is commonly used today. Best solution I can come up with is to silicone in a 2" wide x 3/8" thick piece of tempered glass at the top as a cross-brace, and then just silicone on the black plastic trim on top. Should work fine.
Spent some more time last evening scraping off mineral deposits off the glass on the 55g with a razor blade ... tough stuff ... leaving it on there as long as I did probably didn't help matters either.
Think I have most of the styro for the background carved up at this point ... just need to figure out the approach I'm going to take as far as construction/assembly.
Hope everyone has an enjoyable and productive day.
Made the run last evening to a little pet store down in the next little community below us, as the woman came up empty on her efforts (both places she stopped at were out of Danios) Judging from the reaction of The Little Squeak, could be the best $3 I've ever spent ... she sat there fascinated in front of the tank for probably 10 minutes straight when she noticed the fish in there. Pretty good for a kitten whose attention span is measured in seconds ...
Today was trash day, so I hauled the cans up to the road on my way out yesterday ... got to go retrieve them (and the mail) here in a little bit.
Disassembled door knob on front door and lubed it up last night (I had previously tightened it because someone had complained it was loose ... and then complained after I tightened it that it was too tight ...
Tried heating up the aquarium frame in the bath tub ... that didn't fly ... it's just too far off from the correct size. Called Aqueon/All Glass directly and spoke to a CSR ... looks like they don't have anything that will fit something that old. Found out that the glass I have is way thicker (3/8") than what is commonly used today. Best solution I can come up with is to silicone in a 2" wide x 3/8" thick piece of tempered glass at the top as a cross-brace, and then just silicone on the black plastic trim on top. Should work fine.
Spent some more time last evening scraping off mineral deposits off the glass on the 55g with a razor blade ... tough stuff ... leaving it on there as long as I did probably didn't help matters either.
Think I have most of the styro for the background carved up at this point ... just need to figure out the approach I'm going to take as far as construction/assembly.
Hope everyone has an enjoyable and productive day.