What are your other hobbies ?
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Psychobilly
🧀Muenster
I've had some pretty "interesting" pets 
When I was like 10 or so, I had a massive tank with 3 Red Belly Piranha in it. Had a Clown Knife Fish, and an African Butterfly fish.
Course those would never survive in most of my tanks now:
Hannibal Moonwiggle
The Moonwiggle part of his name is from back when he was a 2 inch baby that would swim up, belly on the front of the glass, and turn sideways, and wiggle in the current and ride it like a surf board, LOL.
He is totally OK with being petted as long as it's not feeding time; If he's hungry he'll grab whatever goes in his tank and if it's my hand he ends up going to the bottom sadly and feels bad..... Not unlike a Pit Bull that ends up feeling bad when they nip their owner, but fully capable of killing one LOL. They can get almost 6 feet long, and weigh well over 100 pounds, and normally a Catfish this size would be a risk to human life, but Red Tails get to know their owners.
He's about big enough now where I could feed him live Blue Gill, but that has to wait.... He's WAY to strong already and would likely smash the glass on the tank trying to nail it. Once his little pond is ready with it's heavy duty sides then I'll let him play with a live one since that won't break so easy LOL. He can do what the Wife calls a "One inch punch" where he puts his face up against the side of the tank and if he's hungry he will legit bite the side, and when he does this, you can feel it in the floor, and all the water starts shaking in his tank..... Crazy how strong he is already LOL.
When I was like 10 or so, I had a massive tank with 3 Red Belly Piranha in it. Had a Clown Knife Fish, and an African Butterfly fish.
Course those would never survive in most of my tanks now:
Hannibal Moonwiggle
The Moonwiggle part of his name is from back when he was a 2 inch baby that would swim up, belly on the front of the glass, and turn sideways, and wiggle in the current and ride it like a surf board, LOL.
He is totally OK with being petted as long as it's not feeding time; If he's hungry he'll grab whatever goes in his tank and if it's my hand he ends up going to the bottom sadly and feels bad..... Not unlike a Pit Bull that ends up feeling bad when they nip their owner, but fully capable of killing one LOL. They can get almost 6 feet long, and weigh well over 100 pounds, and normally a Catfish this size would be a risk to human life, but Red Tails get to know their owners.
He's about big enough now where I could feed him live Blue Gill, but that has to wait.... He's WAY to strong already and would likely smash the glass on the tank trying to nail it. Once his little pond is ready with it's heavy duty sides then I'll let him play with a live one since that won't break so easy LOL. He can do what the Wife calls a "One inch punch" where he puts his face up against the side of the tank and if he's hungry he will legit bite the side, and when he does this, you can feel it in the floor, and all the water starts shaking in his tank..... Crazy how strong he is already LOL.
Psychobilly
🧀Muenster
This year i am going to fish !
What kind of Reel and Rod ?
Ramjet159
pHeno pHisher
So he will only grow relevant to the tank size I’m guessing yeah ?I've had some pretty "interesting" pets
When I was like 10 or so, I had a massive tank with 3 Red Belly Piranha in it. Had a Clown Knife Fish, and an African Butterfly fish.
Course those would never survive in most of my tanks now:
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Hannibal Moonwiggle
The Moonwiggle part of his name is from back when he was a 2 inch baby that would swim up, belly on the front of the glass, and turn sideways, and wiggle in the current and ride it like a surf board, LOL.
He is totally OK with being petted as long as it's not feeding time; If he's hungry he'll grab whatever goes in his tank and if it's my hand he ends up going to the bottom sadly and feels bad..... Not unlike a Pit Bull that ends up feeling bad when they nip their owner, but fully capable of killing one LOL. They can get almost 6 feet long, and weigh well over 100 pounds, and normally a Catfish this size would be a risk to human life, but Red Tails get to know their owners.
He's about big enough now where I could feed him live Blue Gill, but that has to wait.... He's WAY to strong already and would likely smash the glass on the tank trying to nail it. Once his little pond is ready with it's heavy duty sides then I'll let him play with a live one since that won't break so easy LOL. He can do what the Wife calls a "One inch punch" where he puts his face up against the side of the tank and if he's hungry he will legit bite the side, and when he does this, you can feel it in the floor, and all the water starts shaking in his tank..... Crazy how strong he is already LOL.
Psychobilly
🧀Muenster
Nah he's a monster, but in captivity they don't seem to normally go passed 4 feet long (so far from what I've seen from other monster fish keepers at least) but it's worth it; Red Tail Catfish are incredibly fun pets as long as you don't have any small critters or kids running around. I know some dudes who keep Goonch and Piraiba which I can't even imagine cause Piraiba and Goonch have been known to grow a lot bigger! when Jeremy Wade was in India the people there said they had personally seen Goonch over 10 feet long, and a Piraiba in South America was weighed at 676 pounds (I guess there's no pictures but a book I have said a commercially caught specimen was 676 pounds, which is more than enough to swallow a grown man, and that has happened at least twice) I can only imagine trying to clean the tank on a fish that may very well attack someone in the tank LOL.
With Hannibal it's different though; He doesn't grab hands the way some other monster fish can, and he is more like a huge Flathead in terms of girth as you can see his head is REALLY wide. Personally I think he's adorable; he does hilarious shit too, much like a regular house cat would; He does head stands sometimes, and even plays with his "bio-ball" like popping it up on his head and swimming with it like he's playing a game LOL it's funny as shit watching him. He gets hand fed most of the time (Not like he's scared of humans LOL) and he swallows whole shrimp and big chunks of Tilapia which makes up most of his diet.
The raw strength of him is impressive though; He's legit figured out how to knock the lid off his tank with a single whack if he wants too and I've seen people catching these on the Amazon River where they're using Salt Water Reels and still almost get spooled! Totally awesome fish.
Psychobilly
🧀Muenster
Oh yeah; Even though Catfish shouldn't really eat mammals, they do anyway. Hannibal ate a 3 pack of mice literally one gulp after another LOL.
I have a picture of one that has his coloration, but they also have Platinum Red Tails that are basically whiter than the Albino ones, but those are a few thousand dollars, where my normal Red Tail was only $35.00.
When he's bigger he'd be fully capable of nailing a Caiman too LOL.
HBZ
❄️🔥💎 FORAGER of FIRE 💎🔥❄️
Super cool !!!
Skunky Dunk Farms
Cannabinoid Receptor
Losing my mind!
Seems to be a hobby lately.
Seems to be a hobby lately.
HBZ
❄️🔥💎 FORAGER of FIRE 💎🔥❄️
Scrolling thru I see we all have quite a few common interests..Maybe that's why this group works so well..I absolutely love fishing.. Living near Lake Erie has been a complete blessing in my life my whole life..Everyone is Killing the walleye as we speak ..great time of year for big wally burgers..I'm a heavy equipment operator and spend alot of time on a barge dredging..My down time is spent with my wife..20 yrs younger than I..keeps me busy to say the least..The time spent before sleep almost every night is doing research online..My wife is always laughing that I have yrs of worthless knowledge stored away in my mind..My main focus tho is cannabis study and everything related..I study breeders..the strains they make..I head in deep to any strain that catches my eye...I buy seeds based on days and days of research sometimes to just never even get to them..I check out other states laws and cannabis politics.. Mentoring some of the younger generation thru "plant problems" has always been very satisfying to me..My dream is to be legally financially stable from the cannabis plant in one way shape or form.. Breeding..chucking.. crossing plants is something that never seems to leave my mind..My mind lofts away while I work (I get in a zone ..operating equipment is second nature) I think of the possibility and results of crossing this and that and the time it would take to stabilize..So on and so fourth..Time just drifts by...The only thing I haven't figured out is how to take the step away from the equipment and into the cannabis world..Maybe one day..
Lester Moor
bloodeye
Building and flying R/C gliders. Something peaceful about hiking up a hill and riding the wind like waves. Recently got back into trout fishing. My buddy gave me some jigs that are like cheating. So fun to catch fish after fish and hearing others on the water " holy shit he caught another one!" Hahahhaa ..they ask, what are you using and I say, with a grin " velveeta' hahahhaa
Ramjet159
pHeno pHisher
Model RCs so cool . I used to watch my brother and his mates build aircraft as a kid .
Absolutely beautiful scale model Spitfires , Zeros , DC10 and a heap more .
As you’d know sometimes they’d spend hours and hours building them only to crash them within minutes .
Such is the nature of the hobby ??♂️
BigPretzel
In Bloom
I got a buddy who has a catty as big as a baby pool almost he keeps it in a real pool and get it out and puts it in a baby pool for the kids to see and pet it for a few seconds then he puts the big bastard back into his pool lmao talk about some back wood hillbilly shit. It’s one of those cheap vinyl above grounds too. I always wondered if anyone was drunk and just jumped in before and got the shot scared out of them but he said it never happened. I swear that thing could swallow a baby whole. It’s gotta be 5ft+ it bends around the baby pool and can barely move that’s why he keeps it a 30ft round pool ?
You ever keep any exotic fish? I got a buddy that has a 100gal saltwater tank that is just gorgeous. I’d fuck that up but he is a fish whisperer I swear
BigPretzel
In Bloom
Bro this right here hit home… my wife’s father has been retired since he was 34yr old… I envy him so much I’m 32 and have maybe worked 300hrs on the books in my life.. trying to be Scarface the first half of my life really fucked me for the future ? but live and learn. I’ve been having him show me how to play the investment game. But to this minute I have no long clue how ppl retire before they are 60
And the answer you looking for… all the above ?
pwnytailjoe
Come As You Are
Hope you had a time! I just revisited the activity last October after a 22 year hiatus. Whew!
I always forget about this because it's more of a general interest than a hobby. I've been into astrophotography for just about ever but it's never been a hobby.
Right now my current favorite astrophotographer is Richard Tatti, who brings two of my favorite subjects together, light painting AND astrophotography.
I don't have a DSLR or star tracker but I do like pushing the limits of my cell phone.
My favorite subject since I met my wife. Her brothers 1966 Chrysler 300 he left rotting in my F-I-L's backyard for the past 30 years.
^^^This was 8 shots, astrophotography mode, hand-stitched and processed in Gimp.
Some rando stuff
And the basics:
Diablo Range, full moon, 2:42AM. You can see the flashlights of the fishermen under the bridge.
Nothing great but I really enjoy hitting the "dark spots", setting everything up, firing up a joint and enjoying the crisp night air.
Until the lockdown, then things got weird.
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p.s. I golf too but I hold the club wrong and it triggers the older dudes so I usually end up embarrassing their asses on the course after they repeatedly tell me that's not how I'm supposed to hold a club. I shoot par or a few under depending on how high I am.
VAHomegrown
In Bloom
Those are absolutely beautiful pictures. I've never seen so much clarity + color pop, especially the car pic shot from the top.
pwnytailjoe
Come As You Are
Thanks mang! The one thing I've learned from photography is if you want one good shot, take 1,000.
Buckeyetoker
In Bloom
Aint that the truth. Beautiful man!
HBZ
❄️🔥💎 FORAGER of FIRE 💎🔥❄️
Haha so true..I spent my late 20s and thru my 30s as a dog breeder..My daughter is a full time dog trainer and also a Presa Canario breeder .Taking shots of dogs are painful. Take 1000 keep one..Hard to capture what you want ..What my daughter has been doing is just run videos and cut frames from the vid...tech has changed ...almost like cheating ?
OldG
Elite Hobbyist
And rods man....Ugly Stick muskie rods, bass rods, trout rods and 5 or 6 reels...ice fishing gear (which is not in use right now)....
But...taking pictures of outside sounds like more fun. I am going to take the nikkon on the dog walk starting today and see what happens. New batteries were purchased so i can take a lot of pics.
And...apprantly you can take pics of NOT weed plants...WTF...its not in the instructions or nothing !
But...taking pictures of outside sounds like more fun. I am going to take the nikkon on the dog walk starting today and see what happens. New batteries were purchased so i can take a lot of pics.
And...apprantly you can take pics of NOT weed plants...WTF...its not in the instructions or nothing !
