What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[MrPopo]

If ever got an aquarium I'd be too tempted to leave the top open so my cats could go fishing.

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If ever got an aquarium I'd be too tempted to leave the top open so my cats could go fishing.

you wouldn't if the motherfuckers cost about 20+ apiece. lol

[jp1]

Spent way too much money today. However, I got what I consider to be some very good deals. My wife sold her 29 gallon aquarium and kindle tablet and covered a good deal of her desired 90 gallon aquarium, so only $150 out of pocket on that. Even at full price of $300 it was an amazing deal since it is fully loaded with an oak stand and canopy, filters, heaters, fish, everything. The empty tank would be worth $200+ with none of the included stuff. Add it all up, purchased new, upwards of $800-900.

Also, I'll be moving a 90 gallon aquarium from teardown to set up tonight after work. I already took the 29 down and set it up for the person who purchased it. I am going to be a zombie tomorrow for sure.

Congrats! I have a huge acrylic aquarium myself, prefer over glass for no leak worries decades later. I went with twice the height custom built as to what was available at the specialty pet store. If I remember right, mine also is around 90 gallons. Filled with Silver Dollar Fish that look like Piranha. A few Gouramis, Bala shark a a couple of Plecostomus to keep the algae under control.

i got a 125 gal with a 30 gal sump. a 10in jaguar cichlid, 5 in firemouth, 6 in jack dempsey, and 8in blood parrot. had a pleco but more trouble than they are worth. they shit more than they clean up, never had an algae problem. i was looking at silver dollars before adding the last 2 fish but since they are schooling fish and grow to about 10in a piece i thought it might be overstocking a bit. mine is acrylic also, since it's drilled of course. kind of wish i would have went went african cichlids instead of south american. alot smaller and more colorful fish to choose from.

It took nearly all night but I got this thing set up. Included was at least $200 worth of rock, about 15 african cichlids including a Frontosa and a Rainbow Red Moorri, a bristlenose and gold nugget pleco, some random Mbuna (Yellow lab, Auratus, Kenyi, a Demasoni...I think, etc.)

Altogether it was a really nice selection. I'm very happy about the Frontosa and Red Moorri. Those were on my wife's wishlist and they aren't cheap. Also came with a really nice t5 double HE fixture. The guy really just wanted to move this stuff. He could have parted it out for triple within a week or two. He gave me a hand getting the two hundred pound empty tank out of his house including two sets of steps, one of which was wet and slippery. At home it was a much more complicated affair. I wish the thing was acrylic, it weighs more than I do by a significant margin. Only my oldest son (120lbs soaking wet) and my wife who has a slipped disc to help, so...very little. They tried hard though. Anyway, I'm sore in places I didn't know could be sore.

It sounds like you fellas have some nice setups. Maybe we need to make a pic thread for aquariums, or just invade the pet thread. I have been in the hobby for nearly fifteen years now.

Nobody is going to chime in on that PS4 deal? Is it less impressive than I thought? I didn't shop around much, but I thought it was pretty cheap.

[MrPopo]

If ever got an aquarium I'd be too tempted to leave the top open so my cats could go fishing.

you wouldn't if the motherfuckers cost about 20+ apiece. lol

You act like my kitties aren't worth it.

[Fragems]

: eBay while it's helped me raise a good chunk towards my moving out fund their policies are starting to bug me again. Mostly got a lot of buyers bidding up items then canceling their bids with the "I input the wrong amount" option after I refuse their request to end items early at their desired price . At least eBay hasn't removed the option to block users accounts so I don't have to deal with their shit a second time around. Would still be nice if eBay actually enforced some seller protection every once in a while though since they are eating 13%(11% for Top Rated) + $0.60 per transaction between listing fees and paypal.

[Fragems]

: My work jeep is having electrical issues. First the speedometer was acting up yesterday and now it's pretty much unable to function. It starts up okay, but after 10 or so seconds the speedometer freaks, the check engine light comes on, and the ABS, Brake and other notifications lights flicker randomly. Problem didn't hit until I was driving to the post office to drop off some packages and it seemed to be either kicking the car out of gear or applying the brakes of it's own accord luckily I wasn't to far from the house so I limped back. I need this thing to deliver mail Saturday or else I'll be up shit creek at work. Already cleaned the battery contacts on the battery since they looked a little corroded, but no luck there.

Wish I had the service manual, but the previous owners lost it or someone stole it before I purchased it. No clue what I'm doing so I might have to take it in to the local dealership if I can make it there. Might wait till my brother comes in Friday since my dad doesn't want to postpone his motorcycle trip .

[Exhuminator]

My work jeep is having electrical issues.

You should take it to the nearest place that will scan codes for you. Some auto parts stores will do it for free, otherwise take it to a local mechanic just to do a quick scan. It sounds like your jeep's ECU is malfunctioning. Scan codes are the best place to start figuring that out though.

[Fragems]

Might just run over to Walmart and purchase a scanner as well as some more diagnostics tools. The way it's acting I don't really feel safe driving it on the road. Since I pretty much need this vehicle to work it wouldn't hurt to have one around anyways.

[Luke]

Frown:

http://www.mediaite.com/online/wapo-op- ... n-shooter/

Et tu WaPo?

[Fragems]

Thinking it's a loose connection somewhere since with my last round of tests before I left to grab a code reader suddenly the gas gauge went goofy. However after getting the code reader suddenly everything is working as usual . Drove it around the block a few times without anything happening so maybe I jiggled whatever was loose back in place while I was fiddling around. Will probably have stuff to mail out in the morning so we will see if it acts up again tomorrow morning.

Went ahead and ordered a Alternator/Battery tester off amazon along with a fuse tester/removal tool, and a new radio since I figure I will be screwing around under the dash anyways .