Jhodge

So the last blog consisted of some pictures of a leaking bulkhead..........yeah a little scary. To make matters worse this bulkhead was on a closed loop system, so no overflow. Yes panic ensued.

The leak was caused by yours truly. While removing the remainder of the plumbing on the species systems I lost my balance and fell right back into the ball valve that sits underneath the tank.

I sat for a ...

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Night 1:

The Help: Dawson Hinton---I thought the tank was big

Time to Roll

Break time already---I didn't take enough ibuprofen---the headache is in full force

Progress----bye bye ozone--bye bye species tanks

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So as I start to write this I am about 20 hours away from breaking ground on this project. Honestly, the excitement is gone and the dread is beginning. I went by to feed tonight and give a quick tour and scope of the project to the hired help. The idea sounded so good in my head, but now that I actually have to do the work................................................ KK sob story over.

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There is nothing like being on a service or feeding visit to this system and having students saying "what are those things everywhere they are beautiful" or "I love how you have that stuff growing on all the rock oooh look its even walls and those swirly things", depending on my mood that day sometimes I just smile and laugh to myself, other days I crack up laughing and then have to explain how bad they are, then I have the days when I breakdown into tears and am ready to call ...

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I wanted to start this post off a little early. And open with a breakdown of the current system and reasoning for this remodel. This will be an ongoing blog so check back regularly for updates. First let me start with the fact that I am not a writer and this will be the first blog I have ever created, so I apologize for the multitude or grammatical errors, repetition, dullness, and overall piss poor writing that is bound to take place. I am also going to write this more as a journal versus a professional ...

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