Monday, November 26, 2007

Fusing Fine Silver Rings Post #1

Here is a mostly assembled all fused bracelet,
just before the fusing of the next set of rings.

During the fusing of the next set of rings, the almost bright
orange color of the silver just before it melts.


This image is just after fusing the ring to the left, a nice bright

orange color....it even melted correctly.



This last image is the ring being streched, something that cannot be done with soldered rings, the solder joint will crack when streched.

Fusing Fine Silver post Number 2

This is how I lay out my rings before
fusing when I am doing a large batch.

The ring heating up before it melts.
Rings during fusing and just after fusing.

More rings being fused


Here are some images of Fusing Fine Silver!




Some for fish from my tank and some from my wifes 120 gallon.....





Here are some images of a few more fish in my tank and some from my wifes 120 gallon cichlid tank.

I got a new 40 gallon Breeder Fish Tank!

Not so great front veiw of the 40 gallon tank.

I'm pretty sure this is a Red Exclamation point

(some sort of very small Rasbora) .


And my last new fish: a Bumble Bee Goby.

I'm not sure how long it'll last since I can't make my water truely brackish...

I can hope though.


Over Thanks Giving week I purchased a 40 gallon breeder tank to replace my 20 gallon tank as my main playpen for a planted tank. It pretty much has all of the fish from the 20 gallon except for the blue ram who didn't survive the transition and one wee baby Endler.

Thursday, November 01, 2007

It was Halloween......and the wee Devil dogs where let out........

Poor Thea, one of our welsh Corgies.....not a real devil dog, but she needed the horns.

The true devil dog, who thought 4.5 lbs could be full of such

a power full growl.....he should be waring this out fit all the time.

Friday, October 05, 2007

This time it's a walking stick.......

I walked out of the house and there is it was, hanging out on the shutter next to the door. Most of the time I find ones that are and inch or so long. This one was about 6 inches plus another 3 with its antenna.







Thursday, September 20, 2007

New Fish Tank....

Endler's live bearers, Male; Black Neon; Cherry Barb
Blue Ram, Replaced the two Bolivian rams, much better collors +
a much calmer fish

The two male Endlers

Just about everyone else



So far these are the fish I've been able to take pictures of:



Rubber Lip Pleco



Bolivian Ram





Little Otocinclus (Small algae eatter)






This one is a Feather Fin Synodontis (?) and just about 4 inches long.