Future scenario for the home aquarium.

"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
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NetMax wrote:

As a designer,
I'm accustomed to the majority of my ideas being bad, impractical or
otherwise unworkable. From an engineering perspective, this
'scenario' offered some unconventional solutions for some conventional
problems.

I did some computer consulting with a company that had "brainstorming"
sessions. They finally gave up because the employees were too worried
about throwing out bad ideas and looking bad. I couldn't have cared
less and several of my ideas turned out to be at least partly useful.

Of course I was also the guy who, when I made a particularly dumb
mistake (they're all dumb when you catch them) would take a listing
around and show to everyone so they wouldn't make the same dumb
mistake.

The funny thing is, I wound up with quite a good reputation :-).

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I try to leave my ego somewhere else when I sit down to lurk the
newsgroups. It was the same thing in the brainstorming sessions. One
time I got invited into a session which I had absolutely nothing to do
with (and knew nothing about). When I balked, they said that my presence
had a good effect. I guess that means they needed someone to lower the
bar on how dumb an idea could be suggested ;~).
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What you really need is a solar powered micro ground source geothermal
unit for your winddow. A little teeny tiny one.
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Nah, someone needs to invent a heat TAPE for those with bowls or tanks in a
row. The reptile folks would probably buy it as well as the fish people. I
could be sold in several lengths to suit different needs.

Well in theory you just need a piece of stuff that at the
bottom is the ssame shape as the ratcage heater tape and the
top part morphs into a shabe that acts as a base for the bowls
or whatever.

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"NetMax" wrote in message
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The aquarium heater is switching household AC voltage to that heating
tape, which was modified by removing the thermostat and will now be
submerged in water. I guess this is not for someone unfamiliar with
handling electricity then ;~).
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Electricity can KILL if you don't know what you're doing. :-( I just
need to raise the temperature of those betta tanks and bowls by a few
degrees. Some nights they drop down to 69F but the fish seem not to mind.
By afternoon they're warmed up and looking for food.
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
Aquariums: http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastada...ium-Page4.html
http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy
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"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
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Now make the tray a long low (3"?) aquarium and let a bunch of white
clouds chase each other around the bowls :-).
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I'd end up with some guppies in there, some Java moss, a few cutting from my
hanging begonias...... ;-)
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
Aquariums: http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastada...ium-Page4.html
http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy
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"NetMax" wrote in message
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I wonder if I could buy them on a small business grant, incorporate, write
them off as capital losses and then quietly go bankrupt ;~).
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ROFLMAO!!!! :-D That's one way of doing it.
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
Aquariums: http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastada...ium-Page4.html
http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy
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"NetMax" wrote in message
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Thanks Koi-Lo, that's about right. In Canada a typical new house is two
or three floors with the lower floor being the basement (often purchased
unfinished and left to the owner to decide how to arrange it, either in
bedrooms, bathrooms, rec room or den etc).

Exactly! We have the same here where solid near-surface rock doesn't
interfere with digging a basement. Some houses in my area are on slabs and
some on foundations like mine. We couldn't have a basement because of the
rock. The cost of blasting would have been prohibitive. I don't know
anyone out here with a basement. TN sits on solid limestone.

Once finished, there is
little to distinguish a basement from any other level of a house except
that it's floor is on concrete (house foundation), its windows start
higher up (above the ground level), it is on or close to the same level as
the garage, and the main utilities enter there (ie: electrical panels and
laundry room are typically in the basement). Otherwise a basement can
have bedrooms, entertainment systems, studio, workshops, etc and my fav.
fishrooms ).

The old house I lived in back east had a fantastic basement and I had loads
of tanks down there. The main room was actually a huge living room with a
sofa and chairs on one wall, and a TV and stereo on another. The rest of
the walls were mainly fish tanks. There was a bathroom, storage area,
laundry room and a small kitchen. An ideal set up for a fish addict. It
broke my heart to sell them all off when I moved to another town, then out
of state altogether. I only brought a few tanks down here with me but none
of the fish. :*( I sold what I could and gave the rest away. I sure miss
that basement.
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
Aquariums: http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastada...ium-Page4.html
http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy
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Electricity can KILL if you don't know what you're doing.

It can kill you just as dead even if you do know what you're doing.

I didn't say this. George Booth did.

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Not this again!!!!

On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:37:03 -0700, Tedd Jacobs wrote:
much the same with attic/loft, attic = storage, loft = habitable. of
course this is all from a US perspective, you guys over the big water seem
to have different words like 'lift', 'boot', and 'bobby' for 'elevator',
'trunk', and 'copper'. ;-)

Yes indeed Divided by a common language, and all that

But thanks to everyone for their answers, obviously I misunderstood
what was intended... and you guys can see why I thought you were
mad putting a fishtank in there with the mice!

btw, were you gone for a while? havent seen you around untill just these
past couple weeks. (or maybe that was just me being gone) ;-)

Yep, I got busy with work and sort of forgot to bother with news...
Sorry! Good to be back!



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Curt wrote:
Not this again!!!!

Go to your newsreader help file. Look up the "ignore thread" or "kill
thread" option. (On my newsreader, it's tied to the 'k' key.) Whenever a
thread comes up that you don't like or care about, use that key/menu
option, and you never have to look at it again.

Much faster and easier than posting a complaint.