Terry's 450g upgrade
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tbittner
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We have been busy. We sold the 120g tank and stand. We sold the Outer Orbit light but I think we should have sold it to Sarah so she has a WORKING LIGHT!
We spent a couple of days cleaning up the living room, getting rid of the pipes that I ran up there, moving the birds around, stuff like that. I also got a new projector for the theater room to replace the broken one. STUNNING!!! That took a day to install and hook up, and figure out how to configure it.
Then we had a MONSTER storm roll through this afternoon and we lost electric. I had to dig the generator out of the shed because of BAD planning, it was stuffed in the back, behind a bunch of other stuff. We bought it last winter and I had never started it. I added oil and gas, hooked up the pumps for the tanks, and started it up. It started right up and I had flow going again.
You see, there were trees down all over the place, there were even major electric cables across route 7, which is a main 4 lane road, so I figured the power was going to be out for a while. Wouldn't you know, an hour after I got the generator going, the power comes back on. Oh well, at least I know it works now.
Now it's time to get SERIOUS about the stand for the 360g predator tank. That will be here a week from Saturday.
thelastmucci
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good planning Terry...I don't even have any sort of backup device....I want to get like a battery backup for the tank but don't know if they make such a thing..something for an outage just in case summer it's the worst here in RI.
Craig Manoukian
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Glad the electricty didn't snuff out all your hard work!
goldenmean
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Nice generator test!
Wow! the Pens have some goal tender. He was amazing Monday night!
But did you just see that puck go into the goal when Fluery sat on it!
Pop! Goooaaaallllll!
Wow! the Pens have some goal tender. He was amazing Monday night!
But did you just see that puck go into the goal when Fluery sat on it!
Pop! Goooaaaallllll!
kathywithbirds
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Glad you had that generator. THink that storm headed up here, it was wild for a while there.
tbittner
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Scott, there were reported touch downs of tornados all around here. One in Berryville which is 10 miles west of there, another in Middleburg, about 10 miles south of here. This kind of storm is the main reason I LOVE not having really large trees close to the house.
I was actually SHOCKED (surprised, not electric shocked ) when I pulled on the cord for the generator and it started right up.
I was actually SHOCKED (surprised, not electric shocked
) when I pulled on the cord for the generator and it started right up.
Scott, there were reported touch downs of tornados all around here. One in Berryville which is 10 miles west of there, another in Middleburg, about 10 miles south of here. This kind of storm is the main reason I LOVE not having really large trees close to the house.
I was actually SHOCKED (surprised, not electric shocked
Man with the heat wave going on it's no wonder there are some MASSIVE storms building up. We set a record yesterday and will come close today.
Glad it worked out buddy! I'm seriously eyeing a generator here at work
Just a small portable one for now.
tbittner
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Fortunately, we didn't need the generator for long but now I know everything works and I can keep the tanks alive. Not to mention, I can relax and watch a little tv too.
(that last one is for Barb... )
We got the legs cut, glued together, and angle iron braces installed for the predator stand. We have to let that dry until tomorrow evening. Non tank related, we finished ripping out the carpet in the theater room too. NASTY!!! YIKES!!! I can't believe we walked on that NASTY carpet. I went and scrubbed myself in the shower trying to get all the NASTY stuff off of me. It was just NASTY!
(did I mention that the carpet was nasty?)
(that last one is for Barb...
)We got the legs cut, glued together, and angle iron braces installed for the predator stand. We have to let that dry until tomorrow evening. Non tank related, we finished ripping out the carpet in the theater room too. NASTY!!! YIKES!!! I can't believe we walked on that NASTY carpet. I went and scrubbed myself in the shower trying to get all the NASTY stuff off of me. It was just NASTY!
(did I mention that the carpet was nasty?
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