Re: NANFA-- (3)Pictures from reefbuilder

Tom Watson (onefish2fish_at_comcast.net)
Wed, 3 Sep 2003 19:18:34 -0700

Woops! Wrong reply too. I'll try again.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Watson" <onefish2fish_at_comcast.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- (3)Pictures from reefbuilder

> Kahley.
>
> Everyone on the NANFA list is wondering what happened to you and your
reef?
>
> Are you OK? Please let me know what's happening and I'll pass it on if
> appropriate (or not).
>
> Tom
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kahley7" <kahseven_at_ptd.net>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 4:24 AM
> Subject: RE: NANFA-- (3)Pictures from reefbuilder
>
>
> > At 08:42 PM 1/15/03 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Uh. I need to go put my jaw back together. I now know what my dream
> tank
> > >would look like... These are amazing Kahley, thanks so much for
sharing
> > >them :)
> >
> > Yeah, but a big tank means big work. If you saw the topside picture of
> > Nugee on the beach, everything
> > that is 'beach' was dug out of the reef area over the last 5 years. All
> > that beach was just water with a couple bushes. There has been as much
as
> > 1 1/2 foot of sand, gravel and silt built up throughout the reef when
> there
> > are bad floods. Plus, the river level drops as they collapse the
> fabridam
> > in Oct, and then if the river freezes and ice forms around the uppermost
> > structure, if there is a rain and the ice breaks up rather than melts,
the
> > ice will carry away the logs and rocks. And if the logs are exposed,
and
> > dry out, they tend to float away before the dam is again inflated to
raise
> > the water level. Big logs
> > that are soggy enough to sink into place are hard to come by.
> >
> > This time of year, as the ice gets thick, I wonder how much of the reef
> > will be there when I go back.
> > Last year, there were no rocks missing because there was little ice in
our
> > mild winter, but a June
> > flood carried away some good logs. So I tried wiring the logs to big
> rocks
> > to hold them there.
> > With my luck, the logs will drag the rocks away <sigh>
> >
> > We are having a cold snap now and the ice is building, which is what
> > brought the reef to mind.
> > No bad storms yet so i have hope that I will only have to dig out the
sand
> > this season.
> >
> > But, there is rumor that a new highway will be built in the area. It
> looks
> > like it is going in just
> > south of my reef but nothing is sure yet. There is a chance that they
> > could build it on the
> > exact spot of the reef, using the islands to build the piers on. This
is
> > the location of one of the
> > first bridges across the Susquehanna and it is the timbers that they
used
> > to build the foundation
> > of that bridge that I've dug out of the bottom and hauled to use on the
> reef.
> >
> > I'm getting antsy for spring. I hope Moey lays eggs again and I can
maybe
> > get a couple pictures
> > of the nest. and this year, I will make sure I always have enough film
on
> > hand. It always seems
> > the best stuff happened as soon as I ran out of film. And of course, I
> > have learned my lesson
> > about stowing the camera on the pontoon. I lost the only hope I had at
> > actual pictures of the
> > walleyes by doing that.
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