Just saying Hi

Delphinus · #1 01-21-2008, 05:21 AM

Hey Doug, yikes man, glad to hear you're still with us!! Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Hey Myka, (As Doug knows..) I'm a recovering orchidaholic too. Before I really ramped up my reefing I was up to several hundred plants ... it was kinda bad

Well, not really. But my house couldn't deal with the humidity so I more or less had to pare it down. Well, that, and, I kind of got wigged out by constantly fighting mealybug, scale, etc. Nowadays I'm down to maybe about a more manageable 30 plants, mostly phrags. I just keep the ones that do well for me, luckily that happens to be phrags. Although my "crown jewel" is a largish D. spectabile ... I had about 60 flowers on it this last Christmas (sadly just finishing up though - I can't believe I didn't think to take a picture of it

). Unfortunately my hibiscus tree has dropped aphids on it

So that plant is gonna need a bath. And I'm thinking the hibiscus (aka the aphid bait), pretty as it is when it feels like growing, has to got to go.

Anyhow Doug it's great to have you back. Hang in there dude!

christyf5 · #2 01-21-2008, 06:40 PM

Hey Doug, welcome back! Sorry to hear of your health problems, I hope you're on the road to recovery now

Joe Reefer · #3 01-21-2008, 06:51 PM

Wowsers, Was the heart attack brought on by the back injury? Glad to hear your doing well enough to do water changes.

dsaundry · #4 01-21-2008, 07:31 PM

Welcome back and hope you are on the mend. Had my heart attack 2 yrs ago and feel great today. As for the Orchids, did you use to sell them out of a greenhouse there in The Ridge"? I think I may have met you a number of years back when I was still married to my not reef friendly 1st wife

Anyway I hope you are starting to feel great and look forward to seeing pics of your tank..

muck · #5 01-21-2008, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Unfortunately my hibiscus tree has dropped aphids on it

So that plant is gonna need a bath. And I'm thinking the hibiscus (aka the aphid bait), pretty as it is when it feels like growing, has to got to go.

Simple solution Tony... Every time you see a ladybug this summer bring it inside and place it on your hibicus tree..