Headed down to Bunarong Aquarium Frankston today to pick up NSW. I was taking the kids to the beach afterwards then on to Mentone's bargain bin BUT the gremlins are out early this year. My car went totally insane (picture that scene in Close Encounters of the Third Kind), instrument failure, car starting & stopping on its own, alarm warning light flashing, headlights, interior lights, indicators all flashing.:eek
So I nursed the car through a slow 2 hour drive to Tooradin where I finally had to stop because kids needed dunny. One of my 20 litre drums had broken at the bung and dumped all that salt water through the floor and into my electrical system. Eventually got home & I'll tackle that problem tomorrow.
The reason I didn't wait for RACV was that I picked up a couple of nice corals/frags and wanted to get them home. Also got another different macro for the sump. Gremlins again, my floating thermometer had come loose from its holder, the bottom broke off and had dropped all those little balls into the sump. Luckily the glass that came off stayed in one place and we got all the balls out (we think) using a magnet. Well fuck the gremlins,they don't realise that I'm a stubborn old fart and that was a good day for me
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One coral I picked up was a "knuckle coral", It looks like a mini lobo but is a different genus altogether and lives in a symbiotic relationship with a worm that enters through a special hole in the coral skeleton. I'll research it more tomorrow but at $15 bucks I couldn't resist buying it for Donna (wifey) as she thinks she lives in a symbiotic relationship with a worm too!
Also bought a torch frag for $10. Pics and details tomorrow.
FUCKING GREMLINS! Had to rewrite this all twice as new server booted me off and deleted it all. Time for a bourbon then I'm going to drag my wife to bed so I can have a knockback.;)
EDIT: Bunarong had NOT given me the wrong coral. I just couldn't get my head together on the night. They had given me exactly what I asked for. Next time I'll check before the bourbon...