Good morning Mossberg owners and Friends.
The weather here has been fabulous since the rains ended and yesterday we had a high of 81°F !!!
The Blossom Trail is freaking beautiful and I actually blew the dust off my motorcycle yesterday & got it out there. I also took my favorite skateboard for a short ride to celebrate the fact that I am almost done fixing my front doors.
Yesterday was spent scraping sanding and priming, and the second Leaf is looking much nicer now. These doors are 28 years old and they had a lot of dings and gouges, so there was much sanding and filling involved. That will go on today as well.
Also I have assembled a sump for my second 30 gallon aquarium and I have been testing and improving that.
The plumbing is rather experimental & I have never seen anyone do exactly what I am doing, although I'm sure it must have been done somewhere. Everyone uses PVC Schedule 40 for drain pipes which is ridiculous. It has a very low flow rate for unpressurized use. I'm using larger polypropylene drain plumbing, which is lighter and flows better, & pool hose which makes the drain quieter because there's no sharp bends in it.
I don't have any good photographs of it yet and I'm working on a bigger and better set up right now anyway, so I'll just post some photos of plants and fish.
These are the Cory Guys having dinner.
Mr. Spooky is sort of a Half Breed Split tail Dragon Scale Betta, masked red. A total mutt I am afraid.
He is basically red white and blue, but Spooky's coloration tends to purple in places.
Everything depends on the lighting because the blue top layer in his coloration is iridescent, and it does not reflect in one direction, as do the other "flat" color layers.
Bettas have four color layers one on top of the other and what those layers do depends on its genetics and determines how it looks.
If he were a true dragon scale without the red mask he would probably go blind eventually, as the scales will literally cover up the eyes.
Here's a very pregnant little corydoras.
7 assorted Corey's share the tank with Pepper the pleco.
Now that the weather has cleared up and it's time to get out and really fix up the house. I'm almost ready to sign a contract and Judy was ready weeks ago.
Due diligence is not her strong suit. She would tend to fly by the seat of her pants, not having my 40+ years experience around the construction business.
But we are so close now that I can smell it as they say.
Have a nice day folks, and hopefully I'll have some more shooting stories now that the weather has cleared up.