The Shed 24

originally posted by: Finspiracy
Have a great Tuesday Augustus. (if it is not Tuesday for you now, well, tough luck then

)

It's Tuesday for me as well. I'll tell all the Yinzers you said 'hi'.

Hardly slept at all last night, but Mark had his dialysis it went really well.

I was in here earlier throwing stars, but was too tired to type. I might need a nap soon.

a reply to: Nyiah

OMG Nyiah, your kitten story had me laughing so much. I haven't had a kitten in so long, but I remember their antics well. Hahaha! You know I'll be bugging you for more pics of them and Burt and the fish.

Not ignoring my Gentlemen in here, just tired. So Hello to you all!

Hello to our lovely lurkers as well!

a reply to: Night Star

I was in here earlier throwing stars, but was too tired to type.

So, you're a ninja. Have you been busting heads with nunchucks too?

a reply to: Skid Mark

Not yet.

a reply to: Night Star

It is good that all went well for Mark and yourself. Get the much needed rest today or else.

a reply to: LookingForABetterLife

I did. I fell asleep for hours. Now I'm hungry.

a reply to: Night Star

Darn, you missed dinner as I started before you.

So no one wants to come out and play tonight?

That's okay. To fill some space here I'll tell you about a scary dream I had last night.

It was a simple dream telling me that a hoard of ancient bowling balls have been unearth. The bad news is that they kill anyone who gets close to them. So if you encounter one or more of these please stay at least 6 feet away from them.

Perhaps this dream was inspired by my watching the most recent episode of "Better Call Saul".


No bowling balls were used in the making of this video...

a reply to: Night Star

Now I'm hungry.

Hi, Hungry. I'm Skid Mark. Nice to meet you.

a reply to: LookingForABetterLife

A hoard of ancient bowling bowls. OMG!

a reply to: Skid Mark

I'd rather be Hungry than a Skid Mark. Just sayin'.


Any new pics of the girls?

Meet Fefe and smile.

My goodness. I have been glued to updates of the corona virus for days. So many people are saying so many different things. It is mind-boggling and starting to get a little freaky.

a reply to: Night Star

Not for a while. I'll try to get some later.

a reply to: DictionaryOfExcuses

Me too DOE. My Husband and I are at high risk because of age and health issues.

Hope everyone in doing well.

originally posted by: Night Star
a reply to: Nyiah

OMG Nyiah, your kitten story had me laughing so much. I haven't had a kitten in so long, but I remember their antics well. Hahaha! You know I'll be bugging you for more pics of them and Burt and the fish.

Lol, hubby didn't believe me when I told him how active they are after he leaves for work in the wee hours. Today was his first day off for his weekend.

He believes me now, they ran him ragged while I slept overnight (finally), "Either it's a lot more work than I remember to keep after kittens this young, or these two are wired like 8 day clocks!"

You'll definitely get more tank pictures! We bought one more plant type last week (the name of which escapes me at the moment) We kinda screwed up buying it, er, them, we bought three of the type. We misread tags on the plants tanks and thought they were $5 each. Turns out I misidentified the plants anyway.
They were actually $15 each, and we didn't realize until after we headed to the car that it seemed to cost more for the plants and fish (more fishies!) than we expected. OUCH. It's didn't break the bank (put the kibosh on a few other plans, though) but yowza, $45 for 3 small slow-growing aquarium plants, eek. That'll teach me to confirm before I buy.

We bought 3 Kuhli loaches when we bought the plants. They're small, scaleless eel-like fish that like to burrow in the sand. This particular variety we have won't get any bigger than 3 or 4 inches (but others can get over 6-8) They're the perfect size for the tank to do sub-surface sand cleaning (they're bottom feeders/filterers) Technically, I think we could get away with 3 more before we're at the max for the sand space for them.
They're VERY shy fish, though, they're finally starting to come out of hiding to look at us through the glass and interact with the other fish. Kitty (the catfish) has taken a liking to one of them, and guards it like it's her baby (like she still does with Casper) I think Kitty just has a strong maternal instinct, it's pretty sweet.

We bought 2 plecos today (aka "sucker fish"/ "algae suckers") One's the common dark one, and one is from an albino variety (I'm sensing a theme here...) They're juveniles, not remotely close to adulthood yet, but they hoovered the hell out of the glass and back panel already. I let the algae build up for a few days where it cropped up, so they had a complete King's Feast going on.
The glass and panel are damn near spotless already.
They're also working on the stone cave, the "ceiling" of it is spotless now. It's amazing how much these things eat, but I think we're good at two -- they might be able to keep the tank free of algae growth by themselves. I'm probably going to have to supplement with algae wafers, the growth rate isn't going to keep up with their appetites! We switched the fish over from the cheapo flakes that came with them & their supplies when the neighbor gave them to us (surprisingly, those flakes are mostly soy & potato ) to bloodworm flakes. The fish go NUTS with those, like they went from crummy bologna to gourmet porterhouse steaks or something. Plecos are omnivores and can eat anything, but really need more algae in their diets than meatiness, so I think I'll have to get wafers.

a reply to: bally001
Crap you beat me to it, so cheers to you a Mason.
I did find a corona over one of the many lakes in the Shedlands I think it was "Loch Uisge Beatha" .

a reply to: Nyiah
I feel for you, I too had no clue when I brought in the stray last year who miraculously procured five, 5, kittens. how I handled it is for a thread of its own, but good Lord those things are on steroids.
My greatest concern was food. I wanted them to get a good start.
Stay strong girl, they will grow out of it and then into the terrible teens. The two I kept are at that stage now. Very independent and not cuddly at all as when they were kittens, but apparently they grow out of that too and become "friendly" again.

At least when they get bigger they can't get into "dangerous" places.