Barrie

as its too late now, wait for a few days then use (not the caps and italic) a new STIFF BACK RAZOR blade

wednesday nights use to be the observatory open night if the rugbys on, my place for a beer... and you can see the fish sky tower survive the motor ways at peak time is a fun game Waiheke Island Coromandel (you can use my place down there if you want)

people need to think of it as you would paint If you were painting you windows would you simply throw a bucket of paint at the side of the house? You should have masked up the inside at the very least and carefully removed it straight after you have made the tank, before it starts setting. A NEW stiff backed RAZOR blade is the best. The surface of the glass is full of small indentations and the silicone will/has set in those so a 100% clean is next to impossible but the stiff back razor will remove 90% Best thing is to remember next time

I swallowed a cat to catch the rat, I swallowed the rat to catch the spider etc etc

I will try that Thanks Ive been starving mine thinking that the worms will suffer but cant escape but the bugs can escape so will go elsewhere for their tucker

Zev is the main breeder of these here in NZ

Dont know about him Deepsound but Im keen

I am a total supporter of safety glass (Toughened not laminated) The problem with using it in tanks is that when they break, the whole panel of glass breaks like an old fashioned windscreen, into thousands of small pieces. What can make it break? When the glass is toughened, the heating and cooling process (tempering) shrinks the outside surfaces making the inner part of the glass under presure and creating tensile strength through the process. When the glass is scratched (not a surface buff but a scratch you can feel as a grove with you finger nail) it gives a point that the presurised inner part of the glass can escape which in turn means that at any stage in the future the glass can give way. It may never happen but can. If you have been to the National Aquarium in Napier, the glass there is all annealed (standard glass). It is 35mm thick and something of beauty in its self. I have a piece that was given to me by a good friend and I have it mounted like a trophy in my factory as an interest point. Simple answer is that I would not use safety glass but would make sure that I used the minimum thickness as exactly that, a minimum

according to an Orstralian site, Black worms will swim whereas Tubiflex dont Either way, I would try feeding them to the fish but they fact that they are there makes me wonder why the fish dont eat them? Hope that will help? See the Hydra on the glass?

often bowling clubs have nice rooms to hire out especially if its not at a weekend (that includes friday) and if you use their bar, guests buy their own and no pressies, its often less expensive

Things like wedding dresses and bridesmaid dresses can be very expensive and you can get beautiful dresses for $200 to $250 Spit roast company is a lot cheaper than meals apply to the council to use a park/beach for a venue.

one of the TM rules says you must have the item in your possesion Did the auction mention that they were selling elsewhere? If they didnt, they have broken the TM rules and a complaint should be made to TM so that they keep clean in the future

For instance I had no idea there was a lake in Auckland :oops: (several) similar to Huntly Not the nicest little town to drive through but the lake out the back is great To me, I love Shannon yet a lot dont even hesitate Hom many people drive past the Pancake rock on the WestCoast without looking? Stay inside on the booze while traveling through the sounds on the way to Picton or even looking at a map/chart of the area to see how complex the area is Monganui in the north with the volcanic chimneys and huge valleys We could go on for ages

its is correct Caryl As an Aucklander, it also amazes me how visitors from NZ to Auckland only talk about the traffic here I guess that we all only compare life somewhere else with what we concieve to be normal where we live Personally, I have been to every part of the South Island except Dunedin to Christchurch and every part of the North Island including the Three Kings I have never been to Stuart Island or the Chathams but have had 2 trips to Mana cancelled due to weather I love Auckland and enjoy Coromandel as well as the rest of NZ

I have no idea why you think that Shelias car breaking down is funny? If she dosnt have a car, she will need to get up earlier to catch the buss and making her husbands breakfast possibly an hour earlier meaning that he is likely to miss sleep. Please explain as to why you find this funny?

there seems to be a lot of hard systems out there KISS

san fran is far better hatch rates than the other I keep even the unopened tins in the fridge I use a resealabe plastic bag and put the eggs in it and seal the tin back up Even my Annulatus fry can eat them from day 1 and those fry can swim through a pin hole without touching the sides

Thats the way I do it

Keep the killis in darker surroundings as this seems to bring out brighter colours. A week before the show, move them to lighter conditions so that they get used to bright surroundings and movement by people moving past often. This way when they are in the show tanks, they tend to sulk less and will show off nicely

there are 3 types of fish people breeders (most dont even care if the tanks dont look pretty) Lookers that want their tanks to also look great and dont care if they breed but hope that they may and Killers that get the tank, slap some fish in and thats it, they all end up karking it through loss of interest and maintence

There is a natural product that we use to get from a chemist up here in a blue bottle that was great!!! The important thing with it was to wrap her hair up in glad wrap for a while so the gunk could do its thing. We use to do her hair every 2 to 3 weeks and never had a problem after that. I use to cost about $12 a bottle My sis in law had a very basic way of killing them off She would spray her daughters hair with fly spray and after it was quite damp would also wrap her hair up in glad wrap. I think the bugs were too scared to reinfest

that sounds positive

I never realised that you had far greater experiance them I do as I am definatly a beginner

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