Geographer

Was it pre-electricity? How was water filtered without electric pumps?

What fish were common early on in the hobby?

Hopefully it's ok to post this here. I don't do a lot of social media, so I don't really have anywhere else to vent.

On November 1st, I purchased a front door and storm door at Lowes with installation. They guessed it would be after January before the installation would happen, but couldn't guarantee anything because it would be in the hands of the subcontractor installing the work. No big deal, I wasn't in a rush, that's fine. I did have to hound Lowes come January to get hold of the subcontractor to give me an estimate on the installation date though. It finally was scheduled for January 23rd. However, For reasons that were the fault of Lowes and the subcontractor, our installation d

We have a 55 gallon that's been running for over a year with 4 Yellow Labs, 5 Rusties, and 5 Acei. We recently broke down the tank to pull everyone out to vent and remove fry. After venting we found we had 1 Lab male vs 3 females, 2 Rusty males vs 3 females, and 4 Acei males vs 1 female. We pulled out 1 of the Rusty males and all the fry, but we're not sure what to do about the Aceis. They're close to full grown, so 5-6 inches each and seem to be causing aggression issues.

Our options seem to be:

1. Remove the Aceis completely. But if we did that, we'd only have 4 Labs and 4 Rusties. I've always heard you should over stock mbunas, would that be under stocked? Should we add back in

My father-in-law has had a few sailboats over the year but is currently boat-less. He found this on craigslist and has been trying to convince me and my wife to go in half and half on the purchase and maintenance. My wife and I have talked about getting into sailing (we live near a lake) and she loved sailing with her father in the past. I'm the practical boring type though and am concerned about hidden maintenance costs and who knows what else. I have never sailed or owned a boat at all though I enjoy being on the water, kayaking, canoeing, fishing etc. My father-in-law is a very experienced sailor bu

I'm in the market for a new receiver as my ~8 year old Onkyo 7.1 unit is starting to bite the dust. I really only need a 7.1 receiver that can handle 4ish hdmi inputs and don't need anything fancy. I don't need 4k as of now and am skeptical that I'll need it in the near future.

I found this on slickdeals, seems like a good deal. I've been keeping an eye out for a [Denon AVRX1400H](https://www.accessories4less.com/make-a-store/item/denavrx1400h/denon-avr-x1400h-7.2-ch-x-80-watts-networking-a/v-receiver-w/heos/1.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwrZLdBRCmARIsAFBZllGRaYPoqgb6isKyfvvo-eSMt6hlGlxVlohU7t3ux

I posted here a little while back with a more general itinerary and got some great feedback. Now that we have the trip mostly pinned down I'd love any further suggestions or thoughts.

Oct 20: Arrive in Narita at 2:45pm, collect portable wifi, get on train to Kyoto, check into hotel near Kyoto Station

Oct 21: Train to Kibune, walk path to Kurama (or the other way around?) (also not sure what else to add into this day but we'll be tired so maybe not much)

Oct 22: Gion, Higashiyama, Jidai Matsuri, Shogunzuka Mound (the Kurama Matsuri is also this day, but we've heard mixed things on whether it's worth going to. Also, the trail between Kurama and Kibune is closed during the festival day)

My wife and I will be visiting Japan in late October and I'm trying to figure out the best way to get from the Narita airport to Kyoto.

Here's a quick itinerary of our trip for reference:

October 20th 2:45 pm - flight lands at Narita airport. Immediately take train to Akihabara before rush hour (hopefully) to get to hotel for the night.

October 21st - morning train trip to Kyoto (hotel booked for 4 nights)

October 22nd - Jidai Matsuri and Kurama Matsuri festivals this day (might be too much festival for one day, but these are the only festivals I could find the entire time we'll be there)

October 23rd - day trip to Nara

October 24th - more Kyoto

October 25th - morning train trip to Ha

If so, how recent was the practice?