API Freshwater Master Test Kit Nitrate Colors Are Wrong

If you’ve purchased the API Freshwater Master Test Kit, you have probably noticed that the colors for 10 ppm and 20 ppm on the nitrate test are pretty much the same. I think it must have been a misprint on the multi-test color card.. When my nitrate test solutions ran out, I purchased the individual nitrate test kit. It includes it’s own color card and the 10/20 difference is quite distinct.…

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Thoughts on Mayweather vs. Ortiz

Mayweather was completely dominating the fight. He knew it and Ortiz knew it. It was pretty easy to see that Ortiz was starting to get really frustrated that he was throwing six and seven punch combinations and expending lots of energy to maybe landing one glancing blow. Floyd was also landing those overhand rights pretty much at will and without much effort. If Ortiz wasn’t 15 or so pounds bigger than Floyd, he probably would have been wobbly by the fourth.…

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One Year Anniversary of Our Tank

Monday was the 1 year anniversary of our fish tank. To celebrate, I created a little photo slide show. Enjoy!  Unfortunately, our fish Hanna got starting showing symptoms of illness the day after I posted this video. She died sometime last night. It’s a challenging hobby! I’ll have a much longer and in depth year review up when I can.…

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Free Show Tonight!

Tonight at Lone Wolf it’s 45 Adapters, Screaming Rebel Angels and Dirty Spiders. Reggae and soul dance party after the gig with DJs Pickabar and Dolanite. …best of all, it’s all free!…

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Inspiring Writing

Here are two pieces of wonderful writing that I’ve encountered recently and would like to share with you. One is a five year old story that shows what sports journalism really could be if it could slip off it’s celebrity gossip shackles. The other is a just published opinion piece on Obama that summarizes my thoughts so eloquently that I have just read it three times in one sitting.…

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Fred Perry Fanatic

Yes! The second Pickabar song of 2011. My muse has been really slacking so far this year, but she still comes through now and again. Here’s a tune about the favored designer label of skins, mods, rude boys and other assorted English subcultures.   Fred Perry Fanatic  Fresh new hair cut, crisp new jeans Jet black polo with white piping you say my spending is obscene…

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Hank is now Hanna

The discus that rules our tank was originally named Jack…until she laid eggs and we had to rename her Jackie. Well, last week the low man on the totem pole decided to lay eggs. That’s right, Hank is now Hanna!    Sarah first noticed Hanna doing the pre-egg laying routine of pecking and swimming alongside the candidate branch like object. Being my know-it-all self, I insisted that Hanna was just looking for food.…

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