Vendetta1 said:

Will you be my Org husband and have Org children with me?

Did you know you are one of my favorite people?

You know I will, and you know I won't.

And you know I loves you too.

Cerebus said:

paintedlady said:

How many fish have you killed? What type of fish do you have in your tank? Which one is your fave?

What's growing in your garden?

Oi! More questions that require long answers. I'll see if I can rock it out before the banana bread timer goes off.

I've killed a good number of fish, unfortunately. But in general the goal of my tanks is to create a calm peaceful habitat where all the fish get along stress free, outside of any food chain. However, I also return a good number of them to the pet store that end up becomming feeders because I'm fond of live breeders, but don't bother to seperate them.

In the tank now is a Clown Plecostomus - lovely variety of this species as it stays quite small.

A Red Whiptail Catfish - actually looks much more red than the one in this pic, it looks a bit like a red/orange dragonfly with a whip on the end of it's tail.

Three Siamese Algae Eaters

Two Corydoras - aka Cory's

Three Bala Sharks - they school around the tank together

A male/female pair of Dwarf Gourami - you can't see it's feelers very well in this pic, but they have them. And when you put your finger on the tank they try to feel it through the glass.

A constantly growing and cycled herd of Blue Tuxedo Guppies that I've worked very hard to keep blue. I still sometimes end up with some that aren't blue, because mother nature is weird that way.

Right now I have two Clown Loaches because I got some plants from somebody that unexpectedly came from snails. These guys will rid your talk of most snails without using chemicals.

And this guy, who I've had for a couple years now. He's molted twice, which is crazy because he leaves a transluscent shell on the bottom of the tank that perfectly matches his body. He's a Bamboo Shrimp, and he's actually quite large. A little over three inches I would say. He sits in the current of the water returning from the filter and eats micro organisms with fans on the end of his frontal appendages.

I am jealous of the shrimp! Nice mix.

I have killed many fish myself.. I also have a freshwater tank.

frogs ((kids made me) Hillside Loach, Kohli loaches, Ember tetras and a mean Pigmy puffer that behaves.

I used to have two Lace catfish that grew to 8 inches each... they ate everything in the tank. I am rebuilding my community now. I love loaches too! Damn snails

Cerebus said:

ZombieKitten said:

all this time I thought you were a lady

Really? I'm sorry. I thought the stuff I said made it pretty clear I have a paynus. Are you all embarrassed we were talking about your bikini now?

I don't remember you ever mentioning a penis

I was looking forwards to some girl on girl orgnotes

ZombieKitten said:

Cerebus said:

Really? I'm sorry. I thought the stuff I said made it pretty clear I have a paynus. Are you all embarrassed we were talking about your bikini now?

I don't remember you ever mentioning a penis

I was looking forwards to some girl on girl orgnotes

ZombieKitten said:

Cerebus said:

Really? I'm sorry. I thought the stuff I said made it pretty clear I have a paynus. Are you all embarrassed we were talking about your bikini now?

I don't remember you ever mentioning a penis

I was looking forwards to some girl on girl orgnotes

Well don't let this little setback stop you. We can just pretend.

tinaz said:

ZombieKitten said:

I don't remember you ever mentioning a penis

I was looking forwards to some girl on girl orgnotes

orgnote me something saucy Tina, make me feel better

(it better not be a photo of a bottle of ketchup )

Cerebus said:

ZombieKitten said:

I don't remember you ever mentioning a penis

I was looking forwards to some girl on girl orgnotes

Well don't let this little setback stop you. We can just pretend.

orgnote me your pic and I will think about it

ZombieKitten said:

Cerebus said:

Well don't let this little setback stop you. We can just pretend.

orgnote me your pic and I will think about it

Trust me. He is a hot piece of ass.

Hey my friend

One of your favorite songs is Jeff Buckley's Last Goodbye so you've already earned a permanent spot in my "I must try to watch his posts more often" file.

And believe you me, that file is really important in grand scheme of life.

Oh yeah - sorry I'm supposed to ask a question.

You mentioned you're still a massive tool, I mean, fan of the NBA and you're about 40 years old. I grew up in Boston and lived on the Celtics Lakers rivarly. You still think the NBA has a lot to offer today?

In this day of free agency my interest in sports becomes lower and lower each year and the NBA in particular has more things worng with it than right. Please explain how you could possibly subscribe to the NBA package after all this time?

Vendetta1 said:

ZombieKitten said:

orgnote me your pic and I will think about it

Trust me. He is a hot piece of ass.

will I find out for myself do you think?

ZombieKitten said:

Vendetta1 said:

Trust me. He is a hot piece of ass.

will I find out for myself do you think?

I hope so.

Vendetta1 said:

ZombieKitten said:

will I find out for myself do you think?

I hope so.

he must be in his bathroom right now, doing myspace angles!

Cerebus said:

Oh, I also had Mollies and Platies in the tank that I had to return to the pet store. Evidently my talk is really healthy and I was being completely overrun by the live breaders fry.

My son has a 10 freshwater tank. Currently, it contains one platy fry and two adult platies females who are not the mother(She died in birth). I wonder if the fry gets enought to eat, because he/she stays clear of the adults. I fed the ladies first, then give the baby finely slivered blood worm and crushed goldfish flakes. Any suggestions?

paintedlady said:

I am jealous of the shrimp! Nice mix.

I have killed many fish myself.. I also have a freshwater tank.

frogs ((kids made me) Hillside Loach, Kohli loaches, Ember tetras and a mean Pigmy puffer that behaves.

I used to have two Lace catfish that grew to 8 inches each... they ate everything in the tank. I am rebuilding my community now. I love loaches too! Damn snails

Thanks for the kind words! I love my shramp! I usually pick up a few ghost shrimp on any trip to the fish/pet store, too. The females naturally die after they lay their eggs and the males don't last a whole hell of a lot longer unless they have great hiding spaces (I have one right now whose made it a couple months). But while they're in the tank they're GREAT cleaners. I've wanted to get some different large size shrimp for a long time but I'm afraid to upset the balance of Mr Bamboo's world. They're normally very temperamental and he seems quite happy.

Had African Dwarf Jumpers - they're one of my all time favorite fresh water critters. But I have a tall tank right now and the fish were eating their worms before they got to the bottom. The frogs weren't eating enough and then one day one of them wasn't swimming anymore. I returned the other one.

I forgot I also have a Dojo Loach (also know as Weather Loach)! Star of the tank that guy. Looks more like an eel than a regular loach. And he's got this awsome habbit of stopping his mad swimming sessions high up in the middle of a plant. So there's this six inch long whiskered eel looking thing just hangin' out two feet off the rocks, watching the sharks swim by. I also love Kohli's, but everytime I've had them they disappear under things and I never see them.

I've always wanted Pigmy Puffer! It may be the fish I most want to give a try. Unfortunately they aren't always nice, so I can't risk it. Had three Bumblebee Gobies that were AWESOME! They looked so tiny in my tank, but they'd still swim around in their jerky little motion with their buttom lip stuck out, land on a rock or piece of wood and just dare the other fish to swim by. You could even see their eyes following the other fish. Unfortunately after about six months all three of them got the weirdest hairy algae looking growth on their faces and died after just a couple days. None of the other fish were affected at all. *shrug*

Had to look up Lace Catfish. Those things are cool. Seen them at the fish store but never brought any home because of the size issue. I try to be concious of not getting fish that will outgrow my tank. I'm probably going to have to take the Balas back at some point, but thankfully they're slow growers.

ZombieKitten said:

Vendetta1 said:

I hope so.

he must be in his bathroom right now, doing myspace angles!

I was geeking out and writing about fish. Don't let Miss V get you too excited. I don't think I'm anything more than barely average. And I swear to you I have no current pics available and no pics online at all. But I have some saved on my PC, so I may get adventerous and upload them later just so I can send you an orgnote. I'll try to get a friend to take some current pics sometime soon. If I do I'll send 'em to you and V.

littlemissG said:

Cerebus said:

Oh, I also had Mollies and Platies in the tank that I had to return to the pet store. Evidently my talk is really healthy and I was being completely overrun by the live breaders fry.

My son has a 10 freshwater tank. Currently, it contains one platy fry and two adult platies females who are not the mother(She died in birth). I wonder if the fry gets enought to eat, because he/she stays clear of the adults. I fed the ladies first, then give the baby finely slivered blood worm and crushed goldfish flakes. Any suggestions?

So long as the fry eats some fish flakes that have been crushed to a fine powder they'll be fine. It would be better if they were tropical fish flakes, but I'm sure it will make it by on just goldfish flakes. That group of live breaders (guppies, platies, mollies) are pretty dang hardy. Does it have anything near the surface of the water it can hide in? If not, do you have any plastic plants that pull apart? If you do, yank a piece off and let it float on the top of the water so the fry can hide.

Cerebus said:

ZombieKitten said:

he must be in his bathroom right now, doing myspace angles!

I was geeking out and writing about fish. Don't let Miss V get you too excited. I don't think I'm anything more than barely average. And I swear to you I have no current pics available and no pics online at all. But I have some saved on my PC, so I may get adventerous and upload them later just so I can send you an orgnote. I'll try to get a friend to take some current pics sometime soon. If I do I'll send 'em to you and V.

well all right then sounds like a plan

make it happen - I'll be holding you to that promise!

Cerebus said:

ZombieKitten said:

he must be in his bathroom right now, doing myspace angles!

I was geeking out and writing about fish. Don't let Miss V get you too excited. I don't think I'm anything more than barely average. And I swear to you I have no current pics available and no pics online at all. But I have some saved on my PC, so I may get adventerous and upload them later just so I can send you an orgnote. I'll try to get a friend to take some current pics sometime soon. If I do I'll send 'em to you and V.

Well I think you are a hot piece of ass.

Vendetta1 said:

Cerebus said:

I was geeking out and writing about fish. Don't let Miss V get you too excited. I don't think I'm anything more than barely average. And I swear to you I have no current pics available and no pics online at all. But I have some saved on my PC, so I may get adventerous and upload them later just so I can send you an orgnote. I'll try to get a friend to take some current pics sometime soon. If I do I'll send 'em to you and V.

Well I think you are a hot piece of ass.

and I usually agree with you - you and I have similar taste I think

ZombieKitten said:

Vendetta1 said:

Well I think you are a hot piece of ass.

and I usually agree with you - you and I have similar taste I think

I think so too.

Vendetta1 said:

ZombieKitten said:

and I usually agree with you - you and I have similar taste I think

I think so too.

Fenwick said:

Hey my friend

One of your favorite songs is Jeff Buckley's Last Goodbye so you've already earned a permanent spot in my "I must try to watch his posts more often" file.

And believe you me, that file is really important in grand scheme of life.

Oh yeah - sorry I'm supposed to ask a question.

You mentioned you're still a massive tool, I mean, fan of the NBA and you're about 40 years old. I grew up in Boston and lived on the Celtics Lakers rivarly. You still think the NBA has a lot to offer today?

In this day of free agency my interest in sports becomes lower and lower each year and the NBA in particular has more things worng with it than right. Please explain how you could possibly subscribe to the NBA package after all this time?

Jeff Buckley is definitely a friend tester for me, as well. I'm a fan of everything the guy ever recorded. It's not all great, but it's all we've got.

I believe wholeheartedly that the NBA is actually stronger than it's ever been right now as far as talent goes. I can't remember a time when there were so many highly skilled players spread out amongst so many teams. Yes, there are still eternal bottom dwellers, my Warriors are one of them. And it's still, seemingly, the same few teams at or near the top. But the middle ground is much more solid than it has been at any time in my basketball watching life (which started the year Jordan entered the league). I also believe there is more talent from team to team than there used to be as well. A lot of people don't seem to remember that in the past most teams only had one or two good players and may not have any great ones. These days most teams have a bench player or two that could be a starter if they were needed.

Are there things wrong with the league? Yes. The players are spoiled, overpayed brats. They complain WAY too much about fouls. And a few of them don't play as hard as they should all the time. But hey, it's a long season. And if they can't see the difference in the results of the teams who play hard all the time and the teams who don't then they deserve to be on losing teams (and most of them are). I will say, though, that if there is a lockout next season I'll have some serious problems coming back to the league. The only reason any teams are losing money right now is because of the way the collective bargaining agreement currently structures contracts (particularly max contracts). The players and the players union are going to have to acquiesce to the owners and the leagues needs to restructure that portion of the CBA. If they can through that without a work stoppage, cool. If they can't, I'm going to be most put out.

How can I get the Legue Pass package after all this time? I freakin' LOVE basketball. I will happilly watch the worst two teams in the league play any time. During the season I watch pieces of every game each night as they move across from the East to West Coast. If the Warriors or Lakers are playing I may end up watching those complete games. But sometimes I record them and watch them after all the other good games have ended. I just love basketball, man. I love knowing what players are on each team and what kind of season they're having. And if I miss something special it bums me out.

Somewhat in my own defense, though, basketball is my only sport. I follow football a little (die-hard 49ers fan). But I'm not passionate about it like I am basketball. Other than that I pretty much ignore sports. ...oh.. I like golf, too.

To recap: This is the guy who gets oogly googly nerves discussing things in an open forum.

littlemissG said:

To recap: This is the guy who gets oogly googly nerves discussing things in an open forum.

littlemissG said:

To recap: This is the guy who gets oogly googly nerves discussing things in an open forum.

No, no. I get oogly googly nerves... well... it's hard to explain. I'm incognito. DL. I have a real name, but I'm Cerebus. So, I don't know. I LOVE discussing all kinds of stuff. Makes me quite happy, actually. But I'm usually doing it in other peoples threads. I just got a bit of the oogly googlies because my name is all up in the thread title n' stuff.

I did actually say I LIKED discussing things in an open forum before.

Cerebus said:

paintedlady said:

I am jealous of the shrimp! Nice mix.

I have killed many fish myself.. I also have a freshwater tank.

frogs ((kids made me) Hillside Loach, Kohli loaches, Ember tetras and a mean Pigmy puffer that behaves.

I used to have two Lace catfish that grew to 8 inches each... they ate everything in the tank. I am rebuilding my community now. I love loaches too! Damn snails

Thanks for the kind words! I love my shramp! I usually pick up a few ghost shrimp on any trip to the fish/pet store, too. The females naturally die after they lay their eggs and the males don't last a whole hell of a lot longer unless they have great hiding spaces (I have one right now whose made it a couple months). But while they're in the tank they're GREAT cleaners. I've wanted to get some different large size shrimp for a long time but I'm afraid to upset the balance of Mr Bamboo's world. They're normally very temperamental and he seems quite happy.

Had African Dwarf Jumpers - they're one of my all time favorite fresh water critters. But I have a tall tank right now and the fish were eating their worms before they got to the bottom. The frogs weren't eating enough and then one day one of them wasn't swimming anymore. I returned the other one.

I forgot I also have a Dojo Loach (also know as Weather Loach)! Star of the tank that guy. Looks more like an eel than a regular loach. And he's got this awsome habbit of stopping his mad swimming sessions high up in the middle of a plant. So there's this six inch long whiskered eel looking thing just hangin' out two feet off the rocks, watching the sharks swim by. I also love Kohli's, but everytime I've had them they disappear under things and I never see them.

I've always wanted Pigmy Puffer! It may be the fish I most want to give a try. Unfortunately they aren't always nice, so I can't risk it. Had three Bumblebee Gobies that were AWESOME! They looked so tiny in my tank, but they'd still swim around in their jerky little motion with their buttom lip stuck out, land on a rock or piece of wood and just dare the other fish to swim by. You could even see their eyes following the other fish. Unfortunately after about six months all three of them got the weirdest hairy algae looking growth on their faces and died after just a couple days. None of the other fish were affected at all. *shrug*

Had to look up Lace Catfish. Those things are cool. Seen them at the fish store but never brought any home because of the size issue. I try to be concious of not getting fish that will outgrow my tank. I'm probably going to have to take the Balas back at some point, but thankfully they're slow growers.

I loved my lace catfish until they ate one of the puffers.

Everything I read online said what the petstore employees told me... "Lace catfish only grow to 3" .... yeah right. I woke up one morning, rushed out the house... forgot to feed them and came home to find 4 half eaten fish.

lace catfish are also called "Upsidedown" catfish. Very similar in breed to the catfish you already own. Love yours!

Pea puffers follow you around, they are like gobies, but they will not do well Gourami at all. Puffers are too agressive. Puffers are my favorite, I have one now and it seems calm.I had three and they would fight eachother too much.

next to the two betas that were a breeding couple. They slept side by side every night. Never got another pair like those two again, so I stopped keeping betas.

Oh and my kohlis are fat! Greedy butches! They lay on the java ferns on the tank and peek there heads up like meerkats... then scoot outta sight if you get too close to the tank.

Just for that I'm going to go make dinner before I tell you whats in my garden.

Cerebus said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I see some of my best friends going on about you and I have no idea who you even are

I'm just a regular guy, really. Been a passionate Prince fan since 1983. Been to a lot of Prince shows at a lot of venues. Been around online for a long time, too, I guess. But online I'm Cerebus, which many of my "real world" friends call me as well. I used to talk about the comic book A LOT and certain aspects of my personality match that character pretty closely (not the drunkard part!). I was Cerebus online prior to the NPGMC, Cerebus at the NPGMC, Cerebus at the NPGUnderground and Cerebus at that... uhh.. other place that shall remain unnamed because it didn't have a dang chat or forum. I've been Cerebus here since 2003, but I never really made an effort to be part of the community until a couple months ago when I realized most of my other online hangouts no longer exist.

I'm also occasionally PurpleAsparagus and Ambient Mindspace online, because Cerebus is sometimes taken.

That's what I meant.

I assumed you had to be an old Org member since you seem to be so well-known (and well-regarded) around here.

Hi.

I'm Erin. I looove to cook, and I aspire to have a kitchen garden!

I think you're a cool Orger.

That's not a question.

Oh well.