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Kubus and Schoogie are the cats, got a 55 gallon freshwater tank too but I consider that a hobby more than them being pets haha. The Gar is pretty cool though, he lets me pet him and its cool to feed him.
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just got this guy last week; my new bird dog named Blue. a golden wasn't my first choice for a breed but the wife overruled and i'm glad she did because he is showing great progress with training. he has a strong drive and a really birdy instinct.
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Found this runt and 6 of his siblings under a cement stair near a busy street, they were all about a week maybe 2 weeks old at the time. Bottle fed them for a few weeks and found homes for most, kept him and eventually got his sister when her caretaker passed away. I wouldn't spare any expense to keep these guys around, Sonny (in picture) swallowed a magnet when he was young which cost $1300 to get out, got attacked by a bat during the day and was under quarantine for rabies concern, and most recently developed a kidney issue where he lost 50% of his weight. Through much effort he is about as healthy as before and gained 75% of his weight back. Fluids every 3rd day for the past 2 years and 4 different types of RX food have him happy and playing like a 2 year old....these guys are at least 10 now.
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That awesome Joe. I had a Westie for 15.5 years. She was such a good companion. Still miss her.
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Our two trouble-makers.
On the left - Nilla, a rescue. One of her litter-mates was DNA tested by a family that rescued it that we have kept in touch with. She's part Great Pyrenees, part American Eskimo, part Newfoundland, part Chow. We have started to think she has dwarfism, honestly. Lol. She should be huge. Her Mom was 85lbs. She's 40lbs and will be two in March, so she's done growing. Dunno how else to explain her small size. Unless she got her size entirely from the chow and AE, and her looks from the Newfy and GP. Even for an AE or Chow, she seems like she would be small, though, IMO.
On the right - Hawk. He's a Belgian Malinois that we got from some friends whose malis had pups, and is about 90lbs.(very big for a mali, actually) They wanted to keep this one, but he's an alpha like his Dad, and him and his Dad just did not get along. So we took him in 3 years ago when we bought our house. He'll be 4 in May.
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My fiance(she said yes on Xmas Eve!) has a canary named Squeaks, and I have a 36 gallon saltwater reef tank with assorted critters and corals, with the highlight being a pair of clownfish.
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On the left - Nilla, a rescue. One of her litter-mates was DNA tested by a family that rescued it that we have kept in touch with. She's part Great Pyrenees, part American Eskimo, part Newfoundland, part Chow. We have started to think she has dwarfism, honestly. Lol. She should be huge. Her Mom was 85lbs. She's 40lbs and will be two in March, so she's done growing. Dunno how else to explain her small size. Unless she got her size entirely from the chow and AE, and her looks from the Newfy and GP. Even for an AE or Chow, she seems like she would be small, though, IMO.
On the right - Hawk. He's a Belgian Malinois that we got from some friends whose malis had pups, and is about 90lbs.(very big for a mali, actually) They wanted to keep this one, but he's an alpha like his Dad, and him and his Dad just did not get along. So we took him in 3 years ago when we bought our house. He'll be 4 in May.
My fiance(she said yes on Xmas Eve!) has a canary named Squeaks, and I have a 36 gallon saltwater reef tank with assorted critters and corals, with the highlight being a pair of clownfish.
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ah yes the salt tank aka money pit aka tank full of manual labor. i had a 120 back in highschool. had fun doing daily work on it until it wasnt fun anymore. they are spectacular to look at though.
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I don't have any actually Phil. I have 10 Blue leg hermits, 5 astraea snails, 3 bumble bee snails, two nassarius snails, two cerith snails, lots of bristleworms, a black ocellaris clown, and an orange ocellaris clown. Had a purple firefish, but he died. And like 20 assorted corals.
They're not too bad once they're established urban. Mine has been up for 4 years this coming May. Only thing I have to do to it now is a 5 gallon water change twice a month, and daily water topoffs. It has turned into its own little self-managing ecosystem at this point.
120g is quite a bit different than my 36g though. A lot more involved. More room for error though.
They're not too bad once they're established urban. Mine has been up for 4 years this coming May. Only thing I have to do to it now is a 5 gallon water change twice a month, and daily water topoffs. It has turned into its own little self-managing ecosystem at this point.
120g is quite a bit different than my 36g though. A lot more involved. More room for error though.
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Possibly the most useless animal in existence. Will have nothing to do with water, boats, the outdoor elements or anything else relative to my lifestyle. In spite of what RonG says( 
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Riley was brought home as an xmas present for my dad in 2006. I inherited her after he passed in 2009. In her younger years, she was an excellent frisbee dog& have clocked her as fast as 38mph. Nowadays, curling up under a blanket on the couch is more her speed.
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Even though she's a major cramp in my style as far as planning my daily life, it'd be hard to imagine life without her.
), if an intruder got in the house, they would be warmly greeted like a long lost friend as she has no idea what a stranger is. This is my 12yr old whippet, Riley.
Riley was brought home as an xmas present for my dad in 2006. I inherited her after he passed in 2009. In her younger years, she was an excellent frisbee dog& have clocked her as fast as 38mph. Nowadays, curling up under a blanket on the couch is more her speed.
Even though she's a major cramp in my style as far as planning my daily life, it'd be hard to imagine life without her.
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Really nice dogs guys. What a bunch of killer cats too!
Can't find any dog pics at the moment, but here's one of the cat.
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Can't find any dog pics at the moment, but here's one of the cat.
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Our two sweet pitties! Dionne (adopted at 9-10 years of age) and Otis (adopted at .75-1.5 years of age)
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Mine is the same, I'm starting my 3rd year with this tank and its come to the point I only gotta top off the water once a week or so. I check my levels and everything is right where it needs to be. Pull out the filter media, wring it out, and its good to go another 2 weeks. I haven't done a water change since I went from gravel to sand in June and the only fish I've had die on me are fish the damn gar eats lol.SmalliesNEyes said:
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Saltwater is a little different. You have to replenish nutrients and such using the salt, or your stony corals will die, not grow, etc. They use calcium to build their skeletons. Calcium is in the salt we do water changes with. They're a must in a saltwater reef tank. If your tank is FOWLR(fish only, with live rock) then they're not quite as important, but if you're keeping corals, like I do, then a water change every two weeks is mandatory. Don't feel like losing all that money invested in my corals. If you only keep soft corals(ones that don't build stony skeletons) like mushrooms and things like that, then they're also not quite as important.Woohoodude11 said:
Oh, and nice looking pets all! Not surprising that a board full of avid outdoorsmen have a ton of different pets.
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LOL. A dog shitting photo bomb on the cat is epic.Aux Pleins said:
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Funny enough, i use salt in my fresh tank. Its good for gill function and helps with fish coloration and is the most natural low impact way to get rid of ich. Albeit, it only calls for 1 heaping tablespoon per 5 gallons. I use the big orange Home Depot bucket for my tank stuff, so that whole thing takes 1 scoop of salt.SmalliesNEyes said:
I thought of starting a 13 gallon saltwater nano. The startup cost very quickly changed my mind. Then getting into the price of nice looking frags and whatnot made it easy to forget about it!
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