2010 Vacation in Panama City Beach, FL

I returned from my yearly trek to the shores of Panama City Beach a few days ago.  Each year, I see a lot of wild life in the ocean, both on the beach out in front of the condo, and out around Shell Island, where we rent pontoon boat with a few other families and have a day at sea and on the island.

This year I bought an underwater camera and a mask and snorkel before heading down.  I chose the Pentax W90 from Amazon after a lot of reading.  Below are the pictures and video I took on the trip…

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The Terrible Fish

I had a chance to visit the Tellus Museum in Georgia this weekend with my oldest son for cub scouts.  There were a number of very interesting fossil displays.  Including on named “The Terrible Fish”, pictured here:

It’s hard to get a perspective of how big this thing is, so I took a . . . → Read More: The Terrible Fish

Converting My Tank From Gravel To Sand

As I mentioned in my 55G disaster post, I decided to convert the aquarium in my family room from a community tank to African cichlids.  The ph of my water is somewhat low (~6), and African cichlids like higher ph, in the 7 to 8 range.  A good way to do this is with . . . → Read More: Converting My Tank From Gravel To Sand

Bottle Feeding Koi

This is a very cool video of someone who has trained some large koi to eat from a modified bottle:

It’s subtle, but I think the person with the bottle is mostly squeezing the food out into the fish’s mouths. . . . → Read More: Bottle Feeding Koi