COLD DARK ROOM

[Ben02]

Maybe you can harvest the dandelion leaves before they get crispy. Soak and rinse them, then put the leaves on a paper towel and put the entire thing (greens and wet paper towel) in a plastic zipper bag... and put the bag in the refrigerator. That should keep for several days, a couple weeks. At least that worked when I tried it several weeks ago.

I managed to pick a couple but there were not very many. That sounds like a good method.

 

[Ben02]

I've got 7 tanks running lol

1) 125gallon
1) 38 gal bowfront
1) 15 gallon
4) 5 gallon

In the 125 I have 4 angelfish, a school of tiger barbs, a school of giant dannios, and a 21" pleco .
(Considering changing this)

The 38 has 3 goldfish and a bn plecostomus. (May add one more goldfish if I see one I just love)

15 gal right now has Glowlight tetras, shrimp and snails.
(Thinking of either getting a new betta, sparkling gourami or a small cichlid such as a ram cichlid of some kind.)

5 gal #1 has a betta and a few cherry barbs (may move the cherry barbs as 5 gal is a bit small for them to be happy)

5 gal #2 has a betta and white cloud mountain minnows.

5 gal #3 has a betta by his self.

5 gal #4 has just shrimp.



I will be setting up another tank it's 35 gallon but like 2 meters long. Thinking of moving the tiger barbs and cherry shrimp into it.

I also have a bowl in the bathroom that hangs on the wall but it just has plants and a snail. Lol

Have you got any pictures of the shrimp tank?

 

[Maro2Bear]

I've got 7 tanks running lol

1) 125gallon
1) 38 gal bowfront
1) 15 gallon
4) 5 gallon

In the 125 I have 4 angelfish, a school of tiger barbs, a school of giant dannios, and a 21" pleco .
(Considering changing this)

The 38 has 3 goldfish and a bn plecostomus. (May add one more goldfish if I see one I just love)

15 gal right now has Glowlight tetras, shrimp and snails.
(Thinking of either getting a new betta, sparkling gourami or a small cichlid such as a ram cichlid of some kind.)

5 gal #1 has a betta and a few cherry barbs (may move the cherry barbs as 5 gal is a bit small for them to be happy)

5 gal #2 has a betta and white cloud mountain minnows.

5 gal #3 has a betta by his self.

5 gal #4 has just shrimp.



I will be setting up another tank it's 35 gallon but like 2 meters long. Thinking of moving the tiger barbs and cherry shrimp into it.

I also have a bowl in the bathroom that hangs on the wall but it just has plants and a snail. Lol

Wow. Thats a whole lot of tanks and fish to take care of daily, weekly. Nice work

 

[Maro2Bear]

I managed to pick a couple but there were not very many. That sounds like a good method.

I actually purchase a few pounds of dandelion every week that are bundled with rubber bands. To keep them fresh, as soon as i get them home i take them out of the plastic bags,and remove the rubber bands. I take them and lay them inside our refrigerator in the veg crisper drawer, layering in some water absorbing paper towels. Ive found that the wet dandies in plastic bags quickly get mushy, whereas the ones that are dried off and in the veg drawer loose, stay quite fresh. /reminds me, i think today is shopping day/

 

[Ben02]

I actually purchase a few pounds of dandelion every week that are bundled with rubber bands. To keep them fresh, as soon as i get them home i take them out of the plastic bags,and remove the rubber bands. I take them and lay them inside our refrigerator in the veg crisper drawer, layering in some water absorbing paper towels. Ive found that the wet dandies in plastic bags quickly get mushy, whereas the ones that are dried off and in the veg drawer loose, stay quite fresh. /reminds me, i think today is shopping day/

I’ll try that aswell, unfortunately I don’t think we have any dandelion sellers near by

 

[Maro2Bear]

Happy Friday all! Europe is melting! Stay cool and hydrated too. Our temps normalized over the last few days and we are no longer sweltering.

Heres a pix I snapped yesterday in downtown Annapolis of my kayaking partner as we checked out “city center”. Lots going on, visitors of ducks and people too.

 

[Maro2Bear]

I’ll try that aswell, unfortunately I don’t think we have any dandelion sellers near by

Works well for all greens

 

[Pastel Tortie]

I actually purchase a few pounds of dandelion every week that are bundled with rubber bands. To keep them fresh, as soon as i get them home i take them out of the plastic bags,and remove the rubber bands. I take them and lay them inside our refrigerator in the veg crisper drawer, layering in some water absorbing paper towels. Ive found that the wet dandies in plastic bags quickly get mushy, whereas the ones that are dried off and in the veg drawer loose, stay quite fresh. /reminds me, i think today is shopping day/

I agree, I think they get mushy and/or slimy if they aren't stored with the paper towel to absorb excess water.

 

[Ben02]

From one extreme to the other, the torts were very excitable and crazy outside yesterday but today they have all been stretched out napping. What a life

 

[EllieMay]

Ducks on the way!!! I ordered a nice farm mix of fertile duck eggs to help with insects in the yard and improve the view on the lake they arrived yesterday and I have 12 in the incubator. I guess hatching the little turkeys has give me baby fever, but I won’t be sending these guys to new homes[emoji12]. I am expecting some beautiful harlequins, black n blue Swedish, and khaki Cambell’s...

 

[EllieMay]

 

[charlygal123]

Hello there!!! From the uk

 

[Yvonne G]

Hello there!!! From the uk

Ah. . . new blood to torment!

I copy/pasted the following from a post made by JoesMum because I'm too lazy to type it all out myself:

Hello and welcome to the CDR. I am Linda and I live in Kent in the South East of England.

We’re an international bunch of idiots /friends here who sometimes talk tortoise and fairly regularly talk puns and nonsense.

Pull up an armadillo and the one-legged pirate will be along shortly to bring you your beverage of choice. The big armadillo is called Montgomery and is a very obliging coffee table, especially if you dust him or tickle him under the chin.

It’s rather gloomy in here, but the flying jellyfish glow a little brighter when you polish them. The blueberry ones seem to be glowing brightest at the moment.

Watch your step; it’s easy to stub your toe on the hedgehogs in the gloom. The wool spider, if she exists, seems to be in a better mood since we locked the leprechaun in a jellyfish tank. The snow leopard is very friendly and eats carrots

But in MY case, I'm Yvonne from Central California!!

 

[JoesMum]

Especially since much of Europe was built without air conditioning.

We never needed it in the past. Climate change is real!

 

[JoesMum]

One of the employees at petsmart told me that it sounds like I have a betta that's fun. Another told me she doesn't like bettas because you can't tell when they are dead because they will just lay on the bottom and don't be alarmed.. Not once have I ever seen him laying. He sits like an animal on his tail and evidently enjoys a fan...he's so cute.

Clown loaches sleep anyway up. They frequently look dead. They quite like to sleep in a pile

 

[JoesMum]

Ah. . . new blood to torment!

I copy/pasted the following from a post made by JoesMum because I'm too lazy to type it all out myself:

Hello and welcome to the CDR. I am Linda and I live in Kent in the South East of England.

We’re an international bunch of idiots /friends here who sometimes talk tortoise and fairly regularly talk puns and nonsense.

Pull up an armadillo and the one-legged pirate will be along shortly to bring you your beverage of choice. The big armadillo is called Montgomery and is a very obliging coffee table, especially if you dust him or tickle him under the chin.

It’s rather gloomy in here, but the flying jellyfish glow a little brighter when you polish them. The blueberry ones seem to be glowing brightest at the moment.

Watch your step; it’s easy to stub your toe on the hedgehogs in the gloom. The wool spider, if she exists, seems to be in a better mood since we locked the leprechaun in a jellyfish tank. The snow leopard is very friendly and eats carrots

But in MY case, I'm Yvonne from Central California!!

I’m Linda! Hello and welcome to the CDR @charlygal123

 

[JoesMum]

Good afternooning all . I have been off at the rescue this morning. We’re inundated with swallows and house martins at the moment.

They’re both cute. The house martins catch on to hand feeding much quicker than the swallows. Today I have learned how to get a swallow’s beak open so I can get some food in it [emoji4]

 

[DE42]

Have you got any pictures of the shrimp tank?

I'll have to get some

 

[Maro2Bear]

Hello there!!! From the uk

Hey! Hello back.

 

[Maro2Bear]

We never needed it in the past. Climate change is real!

Two or three years back I went to Budapest for a month. I had rented a fully furnished flat, close to where I would be working. I arrived, located the key (hidden under flower pot), and with that a heat wave hit! And no a/c. I sweltered and almost died. The owner finally brought me a large fan - insisting that it never gets THAT hot in Europe!