Grover65k Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 (edited) ..Here it is!! A brand new post! What crazy things is Grover up to now? A swimming pool?! What The...! Stay tuned and see the show. Cheers, Grover Edited December 17, 2014 by Grover65k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lictoga Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Hahaha cool, Can't wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3f0rg0t3n Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Don't forget to follow grover on twitter lol!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover65k Posted December 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Strewth! Am I on Twitter and I didn't know?! Must be more technologically advanced than I thought I was :-))) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover65k Posted December 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) Today - Success! Me and a giant fishhook have snagged the elusive kreepy-krawly head which fell off the pool hose after I got annoyed and slightly too vigorous with making it bounce up & down. The Billabong is now a solid GREEN colour, so finding it was a case of patience. Actually finding the GPGs is just pot luck as well at the moment. There I was sitting at the deep end of the pool (where everything ends up ... or down), with my ten-foot wooden curtain rod, with a garden-plant-hanging hook taped to the end - fishing! After much poking around in the green - found something! Bit slippery and buggered if I get the hook hook onto anything, then hook-up - my it's heavy.... Oh cr*p, I've hooked the giant piece of pipe that everyone likes to hide in! A whoosh of fish knocked my pole away, and gave me the hint to look elsewhere. Finally, round the other side a bit was something else wobbly underwater - careful juggling and me jumping in the pool ledge resulted in one K-K surfacing. Yay!! Before it goes anywhere near the water again, it's getting a lifebuoy from Whitworths Marine!!! In other news, the solid GREEN colour just can't stay! I want to see my fish, not just pretend that I'm "whale-watching" in my own backyard. "whale-watching"? Well, the GPGs after morning feeding spend the next 20 minutes gently floating to the surface, gulping air, and then gracefully sliding into the depths, just to do it all over again 2-3 minutes later. It's not a lack of oxygen, I think it's just their current feeding behaviour! Anyway, an email has gone off to AOA enquiring about a 2nd Blagdon UV Clarifier that I can gang up with the first to give me 72W of UV power to fight algae growth. When anything develops you'll all be the next to know. Cheers Grover (not using a cr*ppy little phone keyboard that nearly drove him insane) Edited December 16, 2014 by Grover65k lifebuoy added! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover65k Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Lucky it's warm weather! Got home today and thought "That looks a very short iris plant down near the deep end!" Sure enough... somebody has manage to whack a 10kilo pot plant off the teracotta trough into 5ft of water. AAArrgh... In I go for a swim, can't reach it with my head above the water, so take a deep breath and down to grab the pot, back up and land the pot back up on the pool ledge. ah...fun! Then, around to the filter box on the other side of the pool to effect my first fishy rescue. One of the tiny oscars (only 12cm long) is swimming circles in the filter box!! :bowl: I'd put a filter sock on the basket in the morning, so he wasn't going anywhere very fast. Shooed him outta there, and now I have to find one of the flappy things that goes on the front inlet of the filter box. As you may have figured out by now - it's a whole 'nuther world over here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lictoga Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Then, around to the filter box on the other side of the pool to effect my first fishy rescue. One of the tiny oscars (only 12cm long) is swimming circles in the filter box!! :bowl: I'd put a filter sock on the basket in the morning, so he wasn't going anywhere very fast. Shooed him outta there, and now I have to find one of the flappy things that goes on the front inlet of the filter box. How about fixing a piece of egg crate over the box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover65k Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 How about fixing a piece of egg crate over the box Good Thinking 99! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blocka Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Breaking news man found in pool devoured by man eating giant gourami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover65k Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 As you can see in the first post photo... I'd set up the 15ft gazebo cover on the weekend, and sure enough we had a storm today which blew one pole into the water. As it was attached to half a bessa block by rope, and it blew that in, must have been a decent bit of wind! I've now run around with rope and tied things down to the pool fence. No, I hadn't yet got around to Bunnings to buy stainless steel Dynabolts! I've got to admit that going to work is a pain - cause I need to fix stuff like this in the daylight before it happens, not in the dark after it happens. Can't wait for the holidays so I can work in the light!!! PS: I still do have giant fish in there somewhere! Water is still bright GREEN (which reminds me...) Note to AOA: any sign of accessories so I can gang-connect the Blagdon UVs yet?? Cheers, Grover (not yet eaten - thanx [MENTION=8538]blocka[/MENTION] - ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover65k Posted December 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 Whacko! Look what I found... 50cm Giant Pink Gourami | Fish | Gumtree Australia Gold Coast City - Carrara | 1063665165 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lictoga Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 Nice boy, or girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover65k Posted December 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) Nice boy, or girl Aaaahhh... rounded top fin, so I'm guessing female? Wonder if I could beat the $ price down a bit! (at $10 per cm for a 50cm GPG) Was last updated at the start of December - would make a great Christmas present for myself & the Billabong Edited December 19, 2014 by Grover65k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cod Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 Giant gourami peacock bass | Fish | Gumtree Australia Parramatta Area - North Parramatta | 1064470798 Red tail giant gourami | Fish | Gumtree Australia Greater Dandenong - Dandenong | 1065005053 Gaint gourami | Fish | Gumtree Australia Casey Area - Cranbourne North | 1064979130 Red Tail Giant Gourami around 18-20cm | Fish | Gumtree Australia Greater Dandenong - Keysborough | 1064764301 U should go for big trip lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3f0rg0t3n Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 more mouth's to feed !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover65k Posted December 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 Another day, another trip to Bunnings for aquarium hardware... This time "ducklings" were on the shopping list. Remember the "Kreepy-Krawly" incident above? Well, the ducklings have come to the rescue. Bunnings sell a bright yellow plastic chain, and a pack of 3 cute plastic ducklings. Drill a few holes, add some stainless steel carabiners, tether duckling to chain with plastic cable zip ties. Voila! No more lost K-K!! And while we were at it - fish out the giant pipes and repeat process. In the photo below you can spot from left to right: the highly-endangered black-winged "dabbling duck"of the Falkland Islands, the common wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos), in its standard yellow colouration, as well as the rare "blue-headed mallard" from northern Saskatchewan. You can see Bunnngs has a duck for every occasion! And here they are working hard in the GPG Billabong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unheatedtank Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 Do you sell ticket and provide diving gear? [MENTION=5372]Grover65k[/MENTION] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover65k Posted December 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 Wait til I get the UV gear going, then I'll do some more YouTube videos :-) Sent from floating around in the "GPG Billabong" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny@ageofaquariums Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 You could sell that greenwater! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover65k Posted December 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 No way! It's all mine ☺ I need every last litre of all 40,000 litres! Honest! Nothing to spare, sorry ;-)))) Sent from floating around in the "GPG Billabong" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover65k Posted December 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 With apologies to Jay at Chinchilla! QLD Other Fish Trader / Classifieds Hi [MENTION=7637]yellows[/MENTION]! Sorry mate [MENTION=5372]Grover65k[/MENTION] has them all LOL no good luck finding 1 I haven't got all of the GPGs around Brissie! Honest! And remember my solemn promise of a few months ago (Sep-2014)... From Yoda's GPG sale thread...As from tomorrow, Grover65k won't be buying GPGs in Brissie. Legal bit for the legal eagles ! I do reserve the right to buy replacement GPGs in case of loss Starts tomorrow! But, I'm sure it was [MENTION=916]litigator666[/MENTION] who gave me a few loopholes... Psssttt... there's some GPGs down Nerang way that I'm going to look at tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover65k Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 “Happy Fishmas to me, Happy Christmas to me Happy Fishmas to me---eeee…. Happy Christmas to me!!” Hip hip hooray for “Toby”… Hooray! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lictoga Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 I see the acclamation went well:behindsofa: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover65k Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Yes... The acclimatization process... Acclimatization (UK also acclimatisation; US also acclimation) is the process in which an individual organism adjusts to a gradual change in its environment (such as a change in temperature, humidity, photoperiod, or pH), allowing it to maintain performance across a range of environmental conditions. happens very quickly when you accidentally drop the 150litre esky in the swimming pool :-// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover65k Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 As you can't see what's happening underneath in the green water yet, thought I'd put up some more pictures of the surface inhabitants. Another "rescue" from the filter box - still haven't got egg-crate mesh yet across the entrance have I ?? Today's Bible verse: Isaiah 11:6 "The wolf will live with the lamb; the leopard will lie down with the young goat. The calf and the lion will graze together, and a little child will lead them." Hmmm... doesn't mention alligators and ducklings... oh well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
