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nicyoungblood wrote:i think my mom would be sad if i gave her that. she kind of likes trees... :/
all though, she likes lemons too.
Yeah, you kinda have to have a morbid sense of humor (like me) to like this design I guess. My hope however is that it will appeal to more folks in general and not necessarily be something only a mom could wear.
Re: Statue of Frigg
If you guys like this, check out his new submission, the bust.
toe2254 wrote:ROFLMAO!
omnipotent32 wrote:Awesome! +1
makselarts wrote:Love the expression on the egg...too funny!
Thanks for the support!
Just out of curiosity, did anybody else do the baby egg project in school? Or sugar sack or flour sack babies?
eHalcyon wrote:Would it work without the text? And will the brown be visible on the shirt brown? Black already has problems, wouldn't another brown be even worse?
But regardless of all that, I really like the design. Those are some cuteeee acorns.
Yow... correct there... brown ink will NOT show up on brown shirts... they're really dark brown shirts. Much darker than the file Woot gives us. Please submit on another color.
Re: MOTHER EARTH
It's hard to tell, but are there gradients? If so, you're going to get rejected. If not, the illusion is very well designed.
Re: which came first?
Gradients on the egg - not allowed.
jamescho84 wrote:I don't think the guy knows we live 30 minutes from each other Eh travis?
Or that we give ourselves critiques and share some design ideas off of woot. We're NMES BRO!!
man, that's unfair. so you're both talented, both funny, AND you have someone to share design input with? C'mon guys, move away from each other and share the love around the country.
OR, you could tour in an RV and do What Not to Design, or Designers Eye for the Hack ...
Re: Moms Are Brave
I've heard some terrrrrrible stories that make this shirt less of a joke. XP
Re: Nobodys' child
very cool, and just twisted enough. the design reminds me of something, but I can't think of what it is.
Re: my mom can beat up your mom
This is kinda funny, but its an old joke. And who would honestly wear this?? It is well executed however
Re: A Face Only A Mother Could Have
She's firm... but fair... mostly.
Re: Dragonly Love
well done. Good choice of shirt color
Cute! Perfect for my gf! She has a little boy. vote++;
What do you use to draw your designs? do u have a tablet?
I like the idea of tattoo flash and such as a design for a shirt, but this looks awfully like something ripped out of one of Sailor Jerry's books... Even more so given the background you chose. Not trying to be too rude, and I know everyone loves Sailor Jerry, but if you do have time for a re-sub try to make it more 'you'.
Failoan wrote:Cute little cow is back with mum.
More resubs?... Really?
Re: MILF: Mother I'd Love Forever
This will still get rejected. No self-respecting mother would wear this. Anyone from a long distance away will just see the initials and think of the other term.
QuigglyPhD wrote:Always awesome Sokowa. One of these days I'll be able to make a shirt as clean as yours. Then - watch out ;) Til then, GMV
ha, I blame practice
Re: M.A.N.G.
glad you did it, Spryte! love the comp.
my oldest is insistent that she isn't a geek. eh, she's also the one who entered the derby and is pushing me to buy a tablet...
daedalusknight wrote:Yow... correct there... brown ink will NOT show up on brown shirts... they're really dark brown shirts. Much darker than the file Woot gives us. Please submit on another color.
I resubbed on olive if you care to vote for it ...but I still like it best on brown
I don't see this as PG-13 (able to stand through woot! filters) enough. Inappropriate. Uncalled for. No, no, no... just no.
soothedbyrainfall wrote:Yeah, you kinda have to have a morbid sense of humor (like me) to like this design I guess. My hope however is that it will appeal to more folks in general and not necessarily be something only a mom could wear.
that should be the overall goal of the derby, I'd think... yes, there's a much larger female population at woot than woot guys will normally admit to, but not all of them are mothers. I see too many entries trying to go super-feminine and mothery, and that's going to ostracize votes, not gain them.
That said, you've got my vote.
Great idea! We have a bumper sticker that reads "do not mess in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup" This shirt would go well with it! gmv
I don't really know. I am referencing the movie Rosemary's baby where Mia Farrow has the devils baby.
Re: Yet another Mom tattoo
This would be awesome if they could print it on the sleeves!
Re: Mama Bear
Kind of lazy to resubmit this.
Re: Mom- expert juggler
This is based on an idea my wife had... she seems to always be juggling several things at once, and does that ten times better than I ever could. So this one's for her.
Re: There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
The lines are the color of the shirt.
soothedbyrainfall wrote:I resubbed on olive if you care to vote for it ...but I still like it best on brown
I understand... I like the brown better too. I wish Woot would have a lighter brown so people could print in browns and blacks on it. Still... it looks just fine on green.
FINALLY!!!! I've been asking for a shirt that a GUY could wear -
eHalcyon wrote:I remember in school, there was a project where we had to take care of an egg baby (you may have had sacks of sugar or flour). Well, remember that you aren't the biological parent...
Please forgive my poor diaper-drawing abilities.
hey how do you not use gradients...or get rid of them if they exist. Im new and I dont even know what that is.
sundbe11 wrote:This is kinda funny, but its an old joke. And who would honestly wear this?? It is well executed however
My husband would.
1985starzi wrote:Hmmm... good point, but I didn't want to do any that were all caps, I find that annoying. Perhaps I should use a font without all the curved ends, more like block letters, and perhaps a bit bolder?
I think the font is fine - it matches Chuck's hair quite nicely.
Re: MAMAAA!!!
very funny. I have a (too dark?) sense of humor, and this totally tickled it. well-drawn, too.
nice to see a shirt with more than one or two offspring, as well.
outlawmoogle wrote:Kind of lazy to resubmit this.
As long as there are noticeable changes and it matches the theme, there is no problem with a resub. And sometimes the changes take as long as the original. Just depends.
bobbymon wrote:hey how do you not use gradients...or get rid of them if they exist. Im new and I dont even know what that is.
Gradients are where one color slowly changes to another color... like a fade effect.
To have your shirt printed, all areas of color need to be a single solid color. They can't start out dark blue and gradually get lighter from left to right, for example.
Re: Portuguese Mom-of-war
This image is a sketch of the rarely seen Portuguese Mom-of-war. Here she is holding the tentacle of her little one, who's holding the tentacle of her little sister, and so forth...to make sure that everyone is safe as they cross the great, wide ocean together. What a wonderful Mom(-of-war)!
mjc613 wrote:FINALLY!!!! I've been asking for a shirt that a GUY could wear -
How about some kittens on red?
Nah, didn't think so. :-)
THANK YOU! to everyone who's voted and for all the nice comments!
MIA3MOM: that bumper sticker is so funny! my mom would love it, she is a big fan of dragons (another reason for my entry this week)
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You welcome and sounds like a sweet build, are you under driving the blower 5% - 7%?
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Groove. Groovy. In the groove. The word "groove" has positive connotations. We're in the groove when we're focused and productive. When I'm finding lots of bugs in new software and simultaneously learning a lot about the system, I'm in a groove. However, being "in a rut" has negative connotations. When I'm doing the same thing over and over again, I'm no longer in the groove, I'm in a rut. So how do you know when a groove becomes a rut, and what can you do about it? It's a subtle change that slowly sneaks up on you. Comparing activities day to day reveals little difference. Yet the more we wear the groove, the deeper it gets.
Imagine you're a tester assigned to find bugs in a project. With the first build of the system into test, you're just getting started. You're not yet in the groove. By the next build into test, you've got a handle on things. You're beginning to get an idea of where the weak spots are and you're having fun exploiting them to find serious issues. A few more days into the project, somewhere around build 3, you become a bug-finding machine.
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Now you're in a rut. The longer the project goes on, the more deeply entrenched you become. If subsequent releases of the software have only minor changes, you may even extend your rut from one project to the next. I know because I've done just that, only to wake up one day and realize that I haven't done anything new for months. Being in a rut is a dangerous state for a tester. Given that there are an infinite number of tests we could conceivably run on any given piece of software, we need as much creativity, originality, and energy as we can muster. Certainly, there are times when we need to rerun tests. However, even when rechecking areas of the software we've already tested, we can vary the tests. Varying tests and test data ensures that we're looking at the same functionality, just in a different way.
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Marlon Lucky has seen a lot of change during his time at Nebraska; nevertheless he has been a steadying influence on the offense. He has spent most of his career splitting carries with other backs, but the 2007 season was his time to shine. And shine he did. Lucky rushed for over 1,000 yards and reached the end zone nine times on the ground. But it is not just the ground game that makes Lucky so dangerous; he is a superb pass catcher out of the backfield. During the 2007 season, he led the team with 75 receptions. Those 75 receptions resulted in 705 yards and three trips to the end zone. There are not many 215 pound backs that can be that productive in the passing game. If his senior season goes like his junior season, Lucky will end up ranking in the top five in rushing, receptions, receiving yards and all-purpose yards in Nebraska history. One concern is the fact that Lucky is going from the main rusher in 2007 to sharing the load in 2008. It is not due to Lucky performing poorly, but there is too much talent in the Huskers backfield to leave on the sidelines. In the NFL, Lucky's versatility could make him fit in just about any offense out there. In this day and age of multiple running backs, having a wide bodied guy who can block, pick up the tough yards and catch passes out of the backfield is not a bad thing.
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Stephen O'Doherty ("Why supporters of public education can applaud the growth of faith", Herald, January 1), I believe the only way children can learn tolerance and understanding is to grow with children from different cultures, religious beliefs and value systems. It is the very simple things learnt playing together that build bridges.
The greatest Christian thinkers spent a lifetime understanding other belief systems and finding common ground. If all these parents put their efforts, time and money into the public system, we would have the best in the world. If they are worried about their children choosing God, as I understand it God chooses them. All they can do is open their hearts - and what better way than to open them to others different from themselves?
Nola Lawrence, South Coogee, January 2.
People should be free to choose the type of schooling they believe will provide a sound education for their children and reflect their values. No doubt many good, community-minded people have come from Christian schools. However, to imply that Christian schools produce people who, on the whole, possess more communal and social justice values than those from public schools is fatuous. My Presbyterian private education promoted elitism and individualism.
It may be more beneficial for parents weighing up school options to consider whether the harsh and divisive policies of some of Stephen O'Doherty's Christian-educated, federal Liberal colleagues towards asylum seekers and others have been a good outcome for Australian society.
David Norrie, Willoughby, January 1.
The way to stop the drift from public to private education is simple: increase the number of selective high schools. It's the standard of education that matters to parents, not the social cachet of a private school. The parlous state of education in Australia is due to those ideologues who imposed the theory of comprehensive (ie, non-selective) education on us. Surely it's time to listen to parents, rather than to the class warriors of the teaching profession.
Robert Darroch, Bondi, January 2.
It is no surprise that parents are increasingly sending their children to non-government schools. The superior values, pastoral care and discipline provided by Christian schools, both Protestant and Catholic, are the reason why many struggle financially so that they can give their children a solid foundation for life.
It is often reported that Federal Government funding is the reason non-government schools are increasing in number. I read figures showing the Government provided more funding to non-government than government schools. But this does not outweigh the disproportionate allocation of funding by the state. In 2000-01, total government funding per student in government schools was $7344, but only $4647 a student in non-government schools (Source: Independent Schooling in Australia - 2003: Independent Schools Council of Australia.)
The State Government can believe one of two things: that the increase in non-government schools is all the Federal Government's fault, or that many parents are concerned about the values and wellbeing of their children. What they believe will determine how they react.
Michael Horgan, Kellyville, January 1.
Last year, before deciding on the school our daughter was to attend, we approached two schools for enrolment details and application. I received a same-day response from the local Catholic primary school. The Government school was out of forms. It sent one three weeks later, with no apology. Which one would you have sent your child to? I did, too!
Philip Dowling, Turramurra, January 1.
So, Mr O'Doherty, if it's a school's job to teach discipline and values to my children, what exactly is my job as their parent?
Terrey Solomon, Marrickville, January 1.
The release of the 1973 Cabinet paper, and the breathless chatter that this has spawned, demonstrates not only that the left has retained its taste for revisionist history but that its taste remains undiminished.
In the scramble to rewrite the events of 1973, Gough Whitlam has filled the role of chief revisionist. Under the glare of the television lights, Whitlam, assisted by his former colleague Ken Wriedt, and the ABC's 7.30 Report, endeavoured to rewrite the history of financial system mayhem that characterised 1973.
If you believed that those economically troubled times resulted principally from alarming increases in the rates of cost-price inflation and unemployment, you now can be assured that it was the fault of the previous Liberal government's 1972 budget policies, aided and abetted by the Treasury.
Nowhere was there even the slightest mention that the Whitlam government engineered such an outcome by permitting the issue of government debt to fund deficit spending.
Think upon such issues when you vote at the next federal elections. Reflect on how the bill for climbing up aspirational ladders might have to be met.
Mark J. Cohen, Sydney, January 2.
Dear Gough, In those short few years in the 1970s you changed my life. And my mum's life too. She was working as a domestic and the 17 per cent loading your government introduced allowed her, for the first time, to catch the train to Bathurst and stay with my sister for her holidays. To my mum this was the best thing that had happened to her in her whole life.
I went to university in 1975, 20 years after I had left school aged 15. I won scholarships and did well. But I would never have done it without you, Gough. I will never forget that your government did this - opened up higher education to women and men who could never have dreamed of such things because they did not have the means.
It was the most wonderful gift. Thank you.
Dr Noeline J. Kyle, Mullumbimby, January 2.
Lucy Turnbull, inner-city residents and councillors of the City of Sydney can all rejoice over the refusal of greedy developments at St John's Church, Darlinghurst, and Potts Point post office by the Land and Environment Court (Letters, January 1). These were hard-fought battles.
It seems improper, however, for the Lord Mayor to use the court's judgements upholding sustainable planning and heritage to justify the council's expensive and unnecessary developments in Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross and Oxford Street in Darlinghurst.
It also is wrong to appropriate the Glebe Foreshore Walk, an idea formulated by the Glebe Society in the late 1970s and implemented piece-by-piece by Leichhardt Council, as the Lord Mayor's handiwork.
We residents in eastern Sydney appreciate the support we have received from Sydney City Council. But many people and community groups also deserve credit for important wins in conserving our urban environment.
Norman Thompson, Darlinghurst, January 2.
The City of Sydney and the RTA would be far better spending our dollars on cleaning the toxic air which will pour out of the chimney at Darling Harbour rather than tarting it up to look like a "work of art".
The RTA's spokesman states (wrongly) that there is "no commercially proven filtration system available" so how could they have made provision for installing an as yet uninvented filter of unknown dimensions? Something smells and it's not just the emissions from the M5E stack.
Berice Dudley, Pyrmont, January 2.
The proposed smokestack really needs advertising to: 1) brighten things up; 2) celebrate freedom of expression; and 3) annoy the heck out out of lefties like Doug Anderson. What a trifecta!
Peter Ness, Bardwell Valley, January 2.
Your story that Buckingham Palace was interfering in my official biography of the Queen Mother ("Queen Mother's biography remains closed book", Herald, December 29) is incorrect. These allegations were first published in the London Times without any attempt to check their veracity with me.
There has been no "bitter dispute" over the book between publishers and palace. The negotiations have, quite properly, been conducted between publishers and my literary agent. They have been very courteous and I am happy that my book will be published by Macmillan.
The Times' claim that the palace has demanded "total and ultimate control" over my book is unfounded. No one from the palace has sought to direct my researches in any way and no one has asked to have approval of my manuscript.
William Shawcross, London, January 1.
Your December 31 editorial cites an Anglicare official saying people can usually manage on social security payments but that unexpected expenses can create serious problems.
So-called unexpected expenses can, however, be expected to hit many. Major possessions need to be repaired or replaced periodically. Sickness will predictably generate additional costs. Furthermore, even when things go smoothly, lower income people should have a life which involves more than just "managing" financially.
More help for those seeking to overcome addictions or who have difficulty budgeting is needed; but since you accept that government action is required, why not call for the pension to be gradually raised from 25 to 30 per cent of male average earnings by 2010, with corresponding increases for students and the unemployed?
Brent Howard, Rydalmere, January 2.
I am surprised that there has not been a flurry of correspondence from readers following the report in the Herald on December 31 that growth hormones for use in cattle in Australia have been given the all-clear, despite EU opposition.
I am appalled by this decision and would be interested to hear the opinions of other readers and experts in the field on the addition of unnatural substances to our food.
Liina Meiusi, Wollstonecraft, January 2.
Lock up your babies, it's election year and the Prime Minister is forgoing his wanderlust for foreign lands. No walking track around Australia will be safe from our newly energised dynamo and his minders. No hand left unshaken. No photo opportunity ignored. No shortage of promises of extra funding for health and education. No let-up on warnings of terrorist threats and illegal boat people. No end to wedge politics. No hope for a more inclusive society and no chance of getting my vote.
Max Fischer, Scarborough, January 1.
S. Suchet (Letters, January 2) asks what happened to our Governor-General's new year message?
His role has been assumed by our de facto president, John Howard, whose stock in trade is scare-mongering about terrorists and vilifying refugees for political purposes. He models himself on his hero, George Bush. That's why he offers no words of comfort to us on peace, goodwill and friendship.
Robert Piper, Miranda, January 2.
Gregory Hywood ("New optimism not so good for Howard's team", Herald, January 1) rightly points out the lugubrious Ruddock and the rhetoric of security are unlikely to win any more votes for the Howard Government. But if mine had not gone already, the PM's aggravating ability to pop up puppet-like at every opportunity would be the final straw.
Switch on the radio or TV and there he is. No activity or facet of life escapes his relentless presence. Post-Olympics I'd hoped he would stick to cricket. But no, he has progressed from AFL to the Rugby World Cup. I've considered croquet but I expect he plays on the Buckingham Palace lawns. I've put up the "gone fishing" sign. The mind boggles at him posing in waders.
Steve McPherson, Mooloolah (Qld), January 2.
The practices of using Aboriginal names and of dual naming (Letters, December 30) have a long history in Australia.
The proposal to restore (but not replace) existing names to harbour landmarks allows non-indigenous people an opportunity to strengthen our links with this land and to further secure our identity, while Aboriginal people - the oldest surviving culture on the planet - will be recognised as the traditional custodians.
To taste of the depth of this connection, book an Aboriginal-guided tour of the Botanic Gardens Aboriginal Walk, Cadi Jam Ora, or a guided harbour cruise on the Tribal Warrior's Deerubbun.
Jan Boukabou, Berowra, January 1.
Whoever decided not to put a message on the Harbour Bridge owes us an apology.
For some a simple "Sorry" will suffice.
Laurie Warner, Georges Hall, January 2.
Could someone please explain why we pay more to wear clothes displaying a brand name?
Seems to me they should be paying us for advertising. I take great pleasure in unpicking the label where possible.
Liz Maher, Bangor, January 2.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a great achievement but Tolkien's greatest line was excluded. In the house of Tom Bombadil, Frodo asks if Tom owns the forest. He's told "No indeed! ... That would indeed be a burden ... The trees and the grasses and all things growing or living in the land belong each to themselves."
If the extinction of humanity is to be avoided, we must renounce our presumption of planetary ownership and live under the environmental taboos that would follow from truly regarding the earth as sacred.
Barry Davies, Manly, January 2.
Vegetarian Chris McKimm (Letters, January 1) claims not to eat "things with heads". But do not plants have flowers and flowers have heads?
Kevin Orr, Blakehurst, January 1.
Drought? Nothing! March the kids onto the lawn, hand out the soap, hose them down. Saves power, helps greenhouse, uses water twice. The lawn may even pick up a little incidental nutrient.
Barrie Smillie, Duffy (ACT), January 2.
The plot thickens in the royal palace whodunit ("Corgi killer has taste for staff now", Herald, January 1).
Is Florence the corgi-killer or is she taking the rap for Dotty? Is this why she attacked the maid at Sandringham?
Or is the maid also covering for Dotty? I can't wait for the next episode.
Mary Shelley Clark, East Lindfield, January 1.
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Gomer's return to planted tanks, tank: fast growers need not apply
Background: A few years back (2003?) I dove headfirst into planted tanks and over the years put together a few scapes. Loved it, but but interupted too many times with sequential job moves, after graduation.
A few months ago, the wife more or less said "I want you to start up a planted tank. I miss them"...who am I to say no?!
The idea : Longevity. Current trends in competition are for the moment of the photo. Most tanks aren't designed for the time before or after the photo (this could be a huge rant/debate thread, so maybe I'll bring that up elsewhere). I'm after a tank for my house and for me, not for a photo. This means planting a tank that will last, and not require constant pruning/replanting to keep it looking like a jungle. So, I'm staying away from very high light. Staying away from stems. Staying away from super fast growers. I'm also employing MTS for substrate. First time using it, and sounds like a good idea for the eventual heavy root feeding crypts.
hardware: I'm re-purposing my old Elos 70 for this tank. The elos sump isn't good for FW, so that is being replaced with a Proflex Model 1. Still working out CO2, but it will be there. Return will probably use the Eheim 1250 instead of 1260 (too much flow?). ATO will be with the original elos osmocontroller and an external tank of water (US Plastics). For lighting, I have available, a pair of Kessil Amazon Sun, but I'm going to see how a single will do. This will be med to med-low on light levels. There will be some extra shadowing with a single point source, but I'm ok with that. I had a pair of 14K kessils over the same tank before when it was a reef.
hardscape materials: Rock, sand and gravel were all collected locally. It took a good amount of rinsing to get rid of most of the organics/silt. I was first thinking of using more contrasting sand-rock, but this is truer to reality since the sand/gravel was originally the rock before weathering/time took hold. The wood is 3 pieces of manzanita, glued to a base rock with IC-Gel.
plants: I don't have any yet :P I'm currently sourcing some and should have it sorted this week. On the list are things like...
Foreground: marselia minuta, parva, petite nana,??
For-mid: wendtii green gecko, petchii, willisii (nervelii?), lucens, ??
Mid: mid-back: affinis, nurii, ??
Back: retro spiralis, spiralis, crispatula, ??
All of this is dependent on what I can come across and what I get inspired by.
(I live in NM, and if I only added a few sparse plants, and a few tumble weeds, then we have ourself a local NA style tank :P)
(1) clean out most of the old reef junk (note, parts of overlow are removed. There won't be a big hole for fish to get sucked into!). Single Kessil mounted. Wire needs routing and painting for SAF. (Note to others making their own kessil mount... the Kessil Goosneck has M10x1 threading). I could have attached the kessel+gooseneck directly to the tank, but I wanted more height. The back alcove (I forget what it is actually called) will probably have other plants that don't need a lot of attention.
(2) Sand/gravel perimeter, with dolomite/murate of potash base in center
(3) Add MTS and cover with sand/gravel. The MTS was higher in organics than I like and didn't hold the clay (the red in the liquid on top) super well. We'll see how it goes. I personally think the soil is only half way through the mineralization process. Probably just means more water changes at first, but not as bad as if I went the classic Walstad topsoil method.
(4) Here is the joining of the wood on a rock base (which sits on the rock shown in the earlier photos). The rock is to also keep things from floating up.
(5) Dump in base sand/gravel to fully cover MTS
(6) figure out what rocks I want to use (I collected way more than I needed. Better to have options. This is not a rockscape, so I wanted to use rocks that add to the overall feel and not overly dominate.
(7) rocks/rubble added.
(8) this is it for now. I'll post more when I have plants :-D
Gorgeous hardscape, what kind of wood is that?
Thanks. It's from here
I like what you did with the driftwood.
Got the sump plumbed. Angry at Aqueon. The 3' drain hose that came with the Proflex Model 1 was metric (just over 1" diameter fitting) and the sump fitting was exactly 1"....coupler wouldn't work. Chopped off the end fitting, and just welded the spa flex over the aqueon fitting with PVC cement. The other fun side was the elos drain which I knew was metric (just over 1.25"). Using a non-traditional implementation of a PVC fitting and some 3M structural plastic 2-part adhesive (and while the adhesive foamed out, sealed over with a big fat heatshrink), I made a section of original metric tubing work with imperial :P This thing isn't leaking anytime soon and passed the 24 leak test with flying colors.
Tank has had water for a few days to start the tanning leach and any residual ammonia from the MTS since I may not have let it fully mineralize.
Trying to get plants here next week. To work with, I'm hopefully going to get:
Petite nana
Taiwan moss
Marsilea Quad/minutea (not sure what it really is. Stays ~1")
C. petchii
C. albida
C. undulata
C. crispatula
C. lucens
C. parva
C. wilissi
C. wendtii hybrid
Still trying to figure out what fish will eventually go in here.
Still cleaning up the wiring of the sump and CO2 stuff will be here next week.
Water level is a little lower than I'd like by ~ 1/2", but that's because I opted for using the Eheim 1250 that was originally on the skimmer rather than the 1260. I think the 1260 might be too much flow. I might do a little modding to effectively raise the overflow drain level.
(don't mind the cell phone photo quality :P)
Just planted
C. parva
C. lucens
C. wilissi
C. petchi
C. crispatula
C. undulata
C. wendtii x hybrid
C. wendtii green gecko
C. Albida
marsilea (not sure which, but small like minutea)...token non crypt
skipped on the moss but have another use for it.
skipped on submersed anubias petite nana, and stuck it emersed on the tops of the exposed wood.
animals come next week
cory habrosus
Danio margaritatus
otos (not sure what species yet)
cherry shrimp
Looks awesome man! I'm getting pumped up for my own crypt only tank I'm gonna make!!!
Some C. Balansae and Spiralis would add some nice tall background plants too if you are looking to go that route. C. Parva is gonna look really cool in the front! I would suggest adding several more pots right now at the beginning because it is a painfully slow grower and won't "fill in" for a good long time haha. So looking forward to seeing this tank evolve! Nice DW/ rocks by the way looks sick!
Thanks. I have about 30 or so plantlets of parva out there. I dont' want a full carpet of it. Right now, they sort of group with the rocks. The marsilea will fill in the foreground.
I have C. crispatula var Balansae (emersed so not tall) in there now. Ordered a pot hoping it would have a few (3-4) plantlets to divide, but only had one large one with some potential runners. I'll likely have to get some more.
Looking good man, I just got some nice Balansae from Gordon Richards. :thumbsup:
I got a lot of nice plants from him too :)
I guess it is about time for an update. Slowly it grows and fills in. Another 6 months and it should be about there :P Dosing sporadically and not much (when deficiencies show up). Water changes about once a month, and top off with DI/DI water. Dealing with a bit of clado, but that's about it, besides the normal film on the glass. A little more balansae wouldn't hurt,, but otherwise happy with where this is going.
What're the dimensions on that tank and how far above the water is your pendant?
Phil, the Elos is (~30Wx22Dx20H). Early in the thread, you can see how high I had the pendent. I have since dropped it a couple inches. This basically dropped the primary cone of light completely to the water level and I have very little room spill now due to ~total internal reflection.. Let me take a photo tonight and you can see what I mean.
I just checked out the light on youtube and am impressed with it. It looks like they give great light near the top for all the stems. My only real concern is getting enough spread and intensity at the substrate to sustain a good foreground.
I'd consider a single A150W over my tank, to be asking for a lot. It's a pretty hefty footprint and about the largest I'd want to push that light. It is a solid medium-light intensity, and definitely not high light in my configuration. Not bad though, for only 32 watts over a ~50 gallon tank. If you are looking for the big glorious red stem tanks with only a couple kessils, I'd skip this light. Many people have used kessils in planted tanks, so I'd probably poll the lighting forum to see what people have successfully grown as foregrounds, and their tank configurations (a single A150W over a 18" cube for example, I'd consider high light). If you like to look at this from a PAR perspective, here you go :-D
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In early September 2012, Reuters reported that Bulgaria had "abandoned plans to adopt the single currency in response to deteriorating economic conditions and rising uncertainty over the prospects of the European Union. Finance Minister Simeon Djankov was quoted as saying as much. Bulgaria was at the time the poorest state in the E.U. (similar perhaps to Mississippi in the U.S.). It is significant that Bulgaria was one of the least indebted states and was "trying to stick to tight fiscal discipline to avoid risks to the lev currency, which [was at the time] pegged to the euro." In this regard, Bulgaria was like Finland and Germany in that it faced the prospect of paying for other states' profligacy and lack of self-discipline. From this vantage point, it makes perfect sense for Bulgaria to demur. However, the perspective may be short-sighted in another respect. Specifically, Bulgaria risked missing the boat on the E.U.
Djankov's comment on the rising uncertainty on the European Union itself is too broad; even if the euro currency fails, it would be a long shot to say that the E.U. itself would follow suit. After all, the E.U. existed before the euro went into circulation. To be sure, irrational reactions to the demise of the euro could prompt a self-fulfilling prophesy concerning the E.U. itself, but such a self-inflicted suicide would not necessarily follow from the loss of the euro. In fact, the increased integration among the states using the euro could leave the E.U. in a strengthened position for those states. In focusing on its own particular fiscal interests, the Bulgarian state government risked missing out on that E.U.
"Right now, I don't see any benefits of entering the euro zone, only costs," Djankov said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. "It's too risky for us and it's also not certain what the rules are and what are they likely to be in one year or two." Such a focus on rules evinces a micro perspective. Alternatively, Djankov could have assessed whether a shift of more governmental sovereignty from the states to the union would be a good or bad thing for the E.U. (i.e., not just for Bulgaria). Looking beyond likely rules, in other words, would itself have been in Bulgaria's interest. Looking above particular rules to the viability of the federal system is what I am getting at here. Part of the reason why more sovereignty needed to be shifted to the E.U. during the debt crisis is precisely because of the narrow strategic perspectives of state officials such as Djankov.
A union is more than the sum of the parts, and definitely more than the strategic interests of the stronger states, such as Germany. In opting out of the euro, Bulgaria unwittingly was placing itself on the periphery, yet again, as well as on the side of the states outside the euro that oppose additional shifts of sovereignty in the federal system (those states, such as Britain, even deny the federal system itself, supposing the E.U. to be some kind of network). It makes sense in a narrow fiscal sense for a responsible state such as Bulgaria to beg off having to rescue states that had been much less responsible fiscally. However, the state's interest belies a lack of responsibility in the larger sense—in what one might call statesmanship. The hypertrophy of state power in the E.U. makes this kind of responsibly rare indeed (which is why the U.S. went early to shift relatively more sovereignty to the federal level—albeit not to consolidate).
Reuters, "Bulgaria Abandoning Eurozone Push on Concerns over Debt Crisis, EU Economy," The Huffington Post, September 3, 2012. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/04/bulgaria-eurozone_n_1852995.html?utm_hp_ref=business


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(New York, NY -- Kathleen Horan, WNYC) New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday he remains optimistic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will sign a bill that would put $1 billion in the city's coffers and allow street hails of some livery cabs in residential areas.
Bloomberg said on his weekly WOR Radio appearance Friday that he'd spoken to Cuomo the day before. He didn't disclose the details.
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