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Should be a good one to grumble about.
chrisstie
Premium Member
Awesome site, totally bookmarked!
And I wanted to add a little sidestory-
I used to live on Don Pedro Island (just north of Boca Grande) in Florida. I've sinced moved to orlando.
When Living on the island I painted boat bottoms for income- it took a lot of work and special paint to keep algae and barnacles from growing on the bottom of the boat. Barnacles were *BAD* for a boats movement and fuel economy, so using special paint would prevent them from growing on the boats, and thus preventing harsh removal of them also.
While I would do this I would be under a boat on davits (a lift) with some diving flippers, gloves, and a wetsuit. I'd also have a thethered floating tray for my paint and would be able to work all around the boat.
If a boat came in that was messy and needed to be cleaned, however, I would use a power sprayer to spray all the "gunk" off the bottom of the boat - pretty sure it was nothing you'd really want living in your tanks, most of it was algae.
But THIS
would come off the boat and try to burrow into my arms and legs and wherever it could find a little niche in my wet suit.
After work I'd immediately have to run upstairs and hose off and go take a shower. They were GROSS.
Seeing the pic just brings back so many memories of weekends where I'd be doing the heebeeejeebee dance to get rid of those things from me! Luckily none would be on too long as i'd swim away from them hehe
Good times, good times.
And I wanted to add a little sidestory-
I used to live on Don Pedro Island (just north of Boca Grande) in Florida. I've sinced moved to orlando.
When Living on the island I painted boat bottoms for income- it took a lot of work and special paint to keep algae and barnacles from growing on the bottom of the boat. Barnacles were *BAD* for a boats movement and fuel economy, so using special paint would prevent them from growing on the boats, and thus preventing harsh removal of them also.
While I would do this I would be under a boat on davits (a lift) with some diving flippers, gloves, and a wetsuit. I'd also have a thethered floating tray for my paint and would be able to work all around the boat.
If a boat came in that was messy and needed to be cleaned, however, I would use a power sprayer to spray all the "gunk" off the bottom of the boat - pretty sure it was nothing you'd really want living in your tanks, most of it was algae.
But THIS
would come off the boat and try to burrow into my arms and legs and wherever it could find a little niche in my wet suit.
After work I'd immediately have to run upstairs and hose off and go take a shower. They were GROSS.
Seeing the pic just brings back so many memories of weekends where I'd be doing the heebeeejeebee dance to get rid of those things from me! Luckily none would be on too long as i'd swim away from them hehe
Good times, good times.
melev
Well-known member
Thanks for sharing that story! I know that a public aquarium on the East Coast is 14' from the front to the back, and the caretaker uses a dive suit to work in the tank all day. He told us a story at MACNA last fall about these things attacking him in the tank, similar to your story. :eek2:
So how did you paint a boat that is in the water? Where you working only to the water line to get some of it done before it it went to the drydocks?
So how did you paint a boat that is in the water? Where you working only to the water line to get some of it done before it it went to the drydocks?
chrisstie
Premium Member
The boat would rest just above the water level hung up by davits.. or you could say hoists or lifts.. Not sure how common a davitt is to people who don't live very very very near the water. Sometimes words get lost in translation just from state to state in the US- ironic 
Haha poor guy working in a tank all day, at least I know i'm not the only one to be attacked by "Sea fleas" i called them... It was so creepy having them get stuck in your arm hair and what not.. always felt good taking a good shower hehehe
If you PM me i can find a pic or two maybe that my folks may have shot (my dad would help me get the boat up out of the water first) to bettere xplain what i did
Haha poor guy working in a tank all day, at least I know i'm not the only one to be attacked by "Sea fleas" i called them... It was so creepy having them get stuck in your arm hair and what not.. always felt good taking a good shower hehehe
If you PM me i can find a pic or two maybe that my folks may have shot (my dad would help me get the boat up out of the water first) to bettere xplain what i did
Criminal_Colt
New member
Great thread!
Colt
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christine cohen
New member
form a very new member, THANK YOU
melev
Well-known member
7 new items have been added, and I have a few more to add soon. The Red Bugs page has been updated with a great super-macro image that was provided by gho!
Flasher Wrasse
Encrusting Montipora
Scarlet Hermit Crab
Byropsis
Montipora digitata
Lettuce Nudibranch
Cup Corals
That makes it a total of 168 items.
Flasher Wrasse
Encrusting Montipora
Scarlet Hermit Crab
Byropsis
Montipora digitata
Lettuce Nudibranch
Cup Corals
That makes it a total of 168 items.
