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MarkLB

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  1. Kree is the Goa'uld word for 'Attention'.
  2. Ba'al - Jewish Anubis - Egyptian Kree - Fictional Loki - Norse Thor - Norse
  3. I would have done a water change too but you certainly did all the right things, well done on saving your fish
  4. :bounce: I got a green sticker today :bounce:
  5. Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones
  6. Lust for Life- Iggy Pop/David Bowie
  7. I've been using unboiled water to do small water changes too, no problems so far. But I did hear on the radio today that they are thinkng of chlorinating the supply.
  8. Do you have any hollow ornaments or wood with nooks and crannys? They can get themselves in some tight spaces and be impossible to see sometimes.
  9. I drove past there today and water was running from under the front door. It doesn't look good I'm afraid. I shifted all the tanks and lifted the carpet today. In the process I discovered my house has dropped in the corners, the floors are warped and I have some cracked roof timbers and concrete footing
  10. Hi all and thanks for the kind words, we Cantabs need as many as we can get and appreciate them all This shake was truly hellish but I consider myself one of the lucky ones. I was at work in Sockburn so a wee bit away from the epicentre and the building held up O.K. After we all sorted who was where and that we were all safe everyone shot home. A journey that takes 15 minutes took me an hour, and a horribly anxious hour too. The street that I live in is a mess, up and down with piles of sand and sink holes. I walked in to find water dripping out the front door and when I got to the lounge I saw that 5 of the 6 tanks had lost 25% of their water and my 160 litre planted community tank had rocked off it's stand and smashed, glass, gravel and mud all over the place. I frantically picked up fish and was happy to find some survivors, a few Corydora, most of the BNs, a Wild Krib and a couple of Chain Loaches. I lost a school of Cardinals, two large SAEs, some BNs, Corys, Chain Loaches and Guppies. I estimate a total amount of water on the floor to be 300+ litres. I had no power so I ran around and grabbed all the blankets and thick towels and some bits and pieces of poly and covered the tanks as best I could. The water came back on yesterday so I could do some water changes on the smaller tanks and the power came on at 4pm today, hallelujah, I love that stuff, the filters and heaters are back on at last I'm not sure how the house has faired yet. I have liquefaction front and rear of the property and likely under the house too. There's cracks in the cladding and of course the carpet has to come up. Like I said, I feel lucky. I feel terrible for all the people who lost lives and for those that have lost loved ones. I have friends who had some lucky escapes and I'm dreading the day I find out someone I know has lost their life. I hope that day never arrives. I want to say a huge thank you to the people who got in touch with offers of homes for my fish and plants. In the end I got by but knowing that help was just a couple of text messages away was a massive relief. Thank you so much, you know who you are
  11. :bounce: :bounce: Most excellent
  12. I use this one..... http://search.dse.co.nz/search?w=PH+met ... a87f3b070f
  13. Hi. They are lovely alright. I have the their tank next to the TV and I spend more time watching the fish.
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