Try running a planted aquarium. To do it successfully takes a bit of effort, but once you get it set up it's well worth it. I have a beautiful 55gallon tank filled with live plants and fish in my office at home. It's a great stress reliever and brainstorming tool in addition to just making the room look nice.
I've retro-fitted my aquarium hood with 110Watts of compact fluorescent lighting (up from 30 watts of cheap lighting), and I've built a do-it-yourself Co2 system with a 2 liter bottle, yeast, and sugar. I can now see my plants producing oxygen because all of the elements are in place for some good photosynthesis to go on in there. The fish love it too since the plants act as another filter to eat their waste. You might not want the extra lighting and Co2 if you don't feel like digging in there every week to trim around, the plants will grow without that - just slower, and you probably won't see the oxygen bubbles I was talking about. One benefit in doing this is you're forced to pick up some chemistry/biology - but it's not like school, you actually have a purpose in learning the stuff. If it sounds interesting - this is the cf-talk of planted aquaria: http://fins.actwin.com/aquatic-plants/ Adam. > -----Original Message----- > From: Timothy Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 12:09 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Hobbies > > > 28 year old non-drinking or drugging married male seeks hobbies. > > I am spending way too much time in front of this damned > screen. I need something to relax. Any suggestions? I > don't have much in the way of play money, I figure I will > just have to get back into America's Army in a serious way. > > Very tense lately. Starting to snap at co-workers and stuff. > I wish I could just go get really really drunk, but I can't do that. > > > Any way any ideas would be appreciated. > > Tim > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
