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Finally got around to taking some pics of my "new" 29g Saltwater fish tank thanks to a snow day off work. It currently houses a Yellow Tail Blue Damselfish, a Flame Angelfish, and a Royal Gramma. The Gramma hasn't figured out my connection to the food yet, so he spends most of his time hiding...

I got this as a mis-labelled Maxillaria a few years back and wonder if anyone knows what species it is. Maxillaria crassifolia is the closest one I've found, but have never seen that species in person to compare them. It is almost constantly in bloom and the flowers last about two weeks with no...

A nice little species you don't see too often. I waited a few days to see if the flower would open more, but this seems to be as good as it's gonna get on this first bloom. It's a very grey day outside, so hard to get good pics...

Just curious if anyone has any favorite mixed drink recipes to share, I'll start: My favorite from a local place, the Rumple G 1/2oz Razzmatazz 1/2oz Creme de Cocoa 1/4oz RumpleMinze peppermint schnapps 4oz milk or half & half Shake with ice, served in a rocks glass Tastes a lot like mint...

The newest member of the family, she is a "rescue" from a friend who's mom was ready to drop her off on a corner after getting her in a recent divorce. She's a Savannah Cat, which is half Serval and half Bengal cat, but she's a 3rd generation so not quite as crazy as some of them can be. She is...

My sister in law was supposed to pick me a Patchouli plant up at the Renaissance Festival but apparently that vendor isn't there this year :( If anyone is growing it I'd love to get a cutting!

I've posted pics of this tank on here before, but figured it deserved it's own thread since it's a work in progress. Iwagumi is an aquatic landscaping style focusing on simplicity and balance, and gives a nice "clean" look I always liked. I originally tried doing the carpeting in Java Moss...

Well last Saturday I left my home in Ohio to come help out down here in Houston, Texas and the day after we left the 80 mph winds from Ike made it up to Ohio and knocked out power for about a week. I showed my mom the basic things she needed to do to maintain the tank before I left but was in no...

I've been down in Houston since Sunday to do some clean up work after Ike's destruction. Houston itself isn't too horrible, mostly broken windows, flooding, and widespread power outages. The island off Houston named Galveston got the worst of it. Most of the pics below are from the drive to...

Another great Mid America was this weekend and I think it turned out well. Our society co-hosted it with the Greater Cincinnati Orchid Society. There were many great vendors and exhibits, I just wish I would have remembered my camera on the first day instead of the last. I ended up buying a...

Another plant that should finish blooming right before our local Mid America:mad: This is the first blooming with two spikes, and I didn't realize how scented these were! It smells just like Tuberolabium kotoense which is one of my favorite orchid fragrances since it reminds me of a toy or...

As I mentioned in another thread, I bought this plant as a fresh out of compot seedling in June of 1997. There's another 10 or so plants from this compot floating around our local society, and as far as I know this is the first one to bloom. It just opened today and is still a little green, but...

Another newer addition to the family, there's now three Shelties running around the house. The Black one is Josh, the Blue Merle is Spice, and the sable is Callie. Spice and Josh are about 1 1/2 years old now and came from a great breeder, Callie just turned 1 and was a rescue. My brother...

Ogonmaru is in bloom again. Wish all the spikes would have bloomed at the same time:mad: It has had over 6 spikes so far, but timed them out so that only 2 were open at a time. Jon

Got this one looooong ago from a dear friend who got the original plant as a seedling from Rands back in the late 70's. It's definitely not the best one I've seen, but it's full of sentimental value and a faithful bloomer. Jon

UPDATE TIME!! Since it's been roughly ten years since I've posted pics of the tank...or at least feels that way, I thought I'd share some pics of how the tank is now. I currently have two reef tanks running, this one as a display tank, and another tank as a propagation tank that houses all my...

This is my favorite non-multifloral species...and in the running for favorite of the genus. I got it from Heather a while back and after being in sheath for what seems like years it is finally in bloom. It's growing in my usual mix of half Hydroton and half Growdan GrowCubes in an aircone pot...

This has been big news over on the reef forums, not sure if any of you guys were aware of the extent of the damage. I've got a good number of corals from the Solomon's, hopefully they aren't all gone in the wild. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070407/sc_afp/solomonsquakeisland Jon

Well, as some of you have noticed, I am not able to be around much anymore with work, the reef tank, and all the other stuff going on and I think it's time I just take a long and much needed break from the hobby. I am also planning on selling/giving away a good portion of my collection and...

Happy St. Patty's Day everyone!! This has got to be one of my favorite holidays! They might as well rename it Get Drunk and Kiss a Redhead Day, which as a redhead I completely condone:p I'm also not sure when St. Patty's Day and Mardi Gras started trading traditions...but God Bless Green...