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Ohhhh I just got my package of chocolate tonight, just in time for Christmas! Thank you so so much Aggie83! I love pastry cakes like that and no, you were correct in the fact that I have never tried a real Moon Pie ! Thank you! The selection of bars you sent is also terrific, there is white and dark and milk chocolate ! Mmmmmmm;) and that See’s chocolates…. can’t wait to try those!
Thank you so much and Merry Christmas !
Omg ! I just opened those See’s chocolates and oh dear they are to die for ! I don’t think I will be sharing many of those lol !
Thank you and Merry Christmas to you and yours as well ! May you all have some love and laughter over the holidays 🙂
I got my card last night when I got home from work and I must say I just adore it! The emotion portrayed just makes me smile inside and out ! Thank you so so much 🙂 Merry Christmas!
First off I must say, Jennifer your tank is absolutely stunning!! I always envied those people who had gorgeous planted tanks 🙂
I see, like myself, there are lots of aquarium enthusiasts here, that’s awesome. I used to be big into the hobby and had 10 tanks on the go at one point and even had a saltwater tank. My weekends were spent doing water changes lol! I used to breed the bristlenose pleco, angel fish, and fancy guppies. And I also was a moderator on an aquarium society forum. Alas,I got out of the hobby years back and just can’t bring myself to get another tank. I guess for me it turned more into work and was no longer an enjoyable hobby.
A few little tips that I’m not sure others mentioned or not, if they were mentioned though sorry for repeating them. If you have a local aquarium club you may be able to get mulm from them. The club I was in did that. Mulm is depris from a healthy cycled tanks filter. Sometimes the person would just give you a dirty sponge from their filter. This in a sense helps you get your tank cycled, as it’s providing your new tank with the nitryfing bacteria that you need in your filter. These good bacteria are what break down ammonia and nitrites which are toxic to your fish. Even if you know someone who has a healthy tank maybe you can some from them, just be sure though that’s is a healthy tank and not one with any sick or diseased fish.
Also, when you clean your tank and filter in the future, I suggest never doing a 100% water change as this can shock the fish. Rather a 10-15% water change a week is what I used to do. Also never toss out your filter media as it contains the good bacteria that you need. Rather just rinse it out, in some of the dirty water that you had removed from your tank. Remember not to rinse it in chlorinated water as this may kill off the good bacteria….and that reminds me to also mention that you need to use chlorine remover in your water before adding it to your tank, if your tap water is chlorinated that is.
In my filters (I used aqua clear hang on the back style) I only ever used sponge inserts. Some people say you need charcoal inserts etc, but I never used those unless I had medicated the tank, then I would use charcoal to help remove the med once I was finished treating the tank. One every few weeks I would take the dirty sponges and squeeze them out in some tank water I was discarding to clean them, then I would put them back in the filter. In all the years I kept fish I never threw out any of my sponge inserts 🙂
OK, so that’s just a few tips from my own experience. Other fish keepers have different methods that work for them also, I’m not saying you have to do things this way, it’s just what worked for me and what I had learned from my fish club years back. There could be even better methods now that I’m not aware of 🙂
Best of luck! I’d love to hear what fish etc you decide to start out with.
Oh and one last tip, if you do get some live plants,
do watch out for snails and snail eggs on them. Some snails are very beneficial while others may eat your plants 🙂Actually I would rather my purchase be sent out after Christmas 😉 The mail volumes are so high at the moment that the amount of damaged parcels has also risen. It is just bound to happen with so many parcels trying to be processed at once, things get crushed in the congestion….
So if you can, please dont send mine out anytime soon, LOL! 😀
And I also hope your finger is on the mend, just take it easy and enjoy Christmas !
Your welcome Pam !! Im so glad it got to you safe and sound 😉 I forgot mention, those fuzzies are Fridge Fuzzies, they come equipped with a magnet so they can attach themselves to your fridge… or wherever you may wish 🙂
So I mailed out my package yesterday. I had planned on mailing it Expedited, but the postal lady hit the wrong key and she printed out an Express Post label… quite a bit more than expedited, but oh well 😉 I didnt want to trouble the postie (who was also a friend) to redo the label, since it was busy at the time with a line-up of people behind me, so I let it go Express. So, someone in the USA should be getting a box-O-Chocolate this week I assume 😀
Edit- I guess express takes longer than I thought, should be next week for certain 😉
Oh darn it, I missed this post, guess I havent been on enough lately. Handmade ornaments are always so awesome 🙂 Im looking forward to see what everyone gets, even though I cannot participate.
Got the goodies bought, just waiting awhile before shipping, was trying to make it closer to the holidays. But I think I may try and ship it out next week 😉
Also when shipping to Canada, remember to mark it as a gift , and valued as under $20, so we dont have to pay customs fees. 😉
Oh man, finding this old thread was difficult. It’s been a year and 10 days since I completed my last PYO.
This is an almost complete Sooty/Smutty Buckskin PYO Unicorn. The horn fell out, but that only made it easier to paint. Haven’t decided quite yet what color that will be… gold, copper, bronze ? Anyways, this paintjob started as an experiment with a new dappling technique. I won’t say it was an epic failure (that’s probably too hyperbolic), but it was definitely a mega HUGE failure. But I couldn’t scrap it, and basically have repainted most of it, covering the majority of the dapples. Still, I found myself loving his new paint job. Its very rich looking in person, and for some reason, my camera/lighting makes his undercoat look orangish, but it definitely isn’t.
Gorgeous ! Love those colors, so warm and natural looking. Awesome job on transitioning from lighter to darker colors 🙂
