Moving fish from outside to inside

[Mugwump]

No PVC "T" available.  It's OK, I'm whupped.  Would you believe that I was able to fit into this tiny little place to work?  I was afraid that I'd find a way to wiggle in and not be able to wiggle out but I got good at doing both.  I had to get in and out of it 3 times.

....not much space there.....how in the world........

[LizStreithorst]

I am small.  I am limber.  I am resourceful Right leg in, followed by my head followed by the rest of my body and finally my left leg.  If I were tall I'd have been able to do it by reaching.  I've had years of experience figuring out how to do things the easiest way for me that tall people would do differently.

Just so y'all know, I'm not a midget.  I'm 5'3", 120 lbs.  Small but not minuscule.  Josie couldn't have done it, but she could afford to hire it out.  I can't.  I hire out what I need to and do what I know I can do myself.  I used to be able to do everything, but didn't we all when we were young?

Plumbing the water is the next job.  I'm not looking forward to it.  It will be more difficult than the air.  With the air I only had to drill one hole and screw in one valve and replace some pipe and fittings.  I was able to use most of the existing stuff.  With the water it will be easier to start from scratch.  Right now WC is very slow because I have to use the sump pump to fill one tank at a time.  I've got  the process down.  It's far from ideal, but it works.

I'm off to do a big as WC now.

[Mugwump]

....wow, you've grown since NADA......

[LizStreithorst]

Everyone seems to think that I'm smaller that I am

[Mugwump]

Everyone seems to think that I'm smaller that I am

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[Ron Sower]

Everyone seems to think that I'm smaller that I am

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In you pics you look small but wiry!  |^|I ain't gonna mess witchya!!!

[Mugwump]

Everyone seems to think that I'm smaller that I am

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In you pics you look small but wiry!  |^|I ain't gonna mess witchya!!!

...yup......

[LizStreithorst]

Got my air finished this afternoon.  All I got done other than that was WC and getting the RO back on.  It was too complicated doing WC for a while to mess with the RO.  I should replace water valves on the top rack.  It's an easy job.  I guess I wore myself out yesterday.  The top muscles on my thighs ache from squatting and getting back up over and over and over and over again.  My back gave me a good twinge while I was doing my first dog this morning.  That's about gone, though.  I actually had to take an hour nap when I got home from work

[Mugwump]

....well at least you're close to finishing now.....pace yourself, don't hurt yourself......

[LizStreithorst]

Well, After I get done with the fish room I have this ton of rotted lumber I need to haul  to the burn pile, some of which is in the front yard, so once again it looks like white trash lives here.  There is the shed in the pasture I just had fenced that needs cleaning out before I move the horses over there.  I really yearn to mow the fence rows and make the joint look more presentable.  It will all get done...eventually. 

[Mugwump]

Well, After I get done with the fish room I have this ton of rotted lumber I need to haul  to the burn pile, some of which is in the front yard, so once again it looks like white trash lives here.  There is the shed in the pasture I just had fenced that needs cleaning out before I move the horses over there.  I really yearn to mow the fence rows and make the joint look more presentable.  It will all get done...eventually.

.....yep, everything in it's time...

[LizStreithorst]

I didn't get much done today as I hoped but I got more tanks set up and a lot of prep work done.  I stupidly mistook some 1 1/4" MPT/slip connectors for 1"   I knew that I would have to go to Lowes anyway because my local hardware didn't have any 1" slip/slip/ FPT connectors.  I really want to get finished with this job tomorrow so I have Monday to clean tanks and fill them with water.  The water will have to age in the tanks so I won't be able to move fish until Tuesday.

[wallace]

That's the nature of plumbing. There is never just one trip to the hardware store. 

My nearest hardware store is 25 minutes drive, so I take notes, & etc...and still go back for something most of the time.

[LizStreithorst]

Considering where you live you must consider 25 miles to be just a hop, skip and jump  

Dan, it's this way with every project I take on that I know I can do but do rarely.  My projects used to take twice as long as I thought.  They take three to four times longer now that I'm old.  It's frustrating.

[waterboy]

Never saw a project yet that went as quick as originally thought.  Nice thing about being retired is there is always tomorrow to finish up if it all doesn't get done today.