Barrie

the cost of repair is very large To give you an indication, if you can feel the scratch with your finger nail, its too deep to remove. How ever there is a grinding systen that woukld do it but could well take an hour or 2 after you have dissasembled your tank (thats if the scratches are on the inside).Rough cost would be $200 plus Simply not worth it? The way forward is to work out how your tank was scratched and make sure it wont happen again

the for sales If your living at home, save your money and buy

from the Bird Barn?

Im in Auckland but more than happy to help just ask away

thanks

I normally keep Micros going all the time for exact that reason. I normally have 3 to 5 going at any time and they are ready to use(must redo some this weekend) I try to have 4 Grindles going as well but WW just are not firing for me at the moment

what size do they grow when compared to say Californian Quails?

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just found out that bloodworms are not actually worms... T.T possible to create a culture? have a look at the Hollywood special prices as although they arnt live, for the price, its hardly worth the effort in growing the small numbers that you would produce

you need life to start life Im afraid where in Auckland are you? Im in the west

luncheon for both Grindles and white worms make gathering them really easy as well

Now Caryl Theres only a few I would advise that to

you will find that you need to raise the temp when on dehumidifing but at night your in bed so just let it do its thing and either snuggle up or put another blanket on the bed. The amount of moisture in your house will supprise you and even when your breathing, its putting more moisture in the air. As I mentioned, if your not home for the day, dehumidify through the day as well With ours (Fugistsu{sp?}) every start of winter, we have to dehumidify for a few weeks then by now its only 1 or 2 nights per week

This is my field First question is have you got alloy or timber windows? Next is how much do you want to spend? How double glazing works is how oeminx has mentioned The basic DG unit is 4mm glass/ 6mm AIR space/ 5mm glass with the thicker glass to the inside As Ryan mentioned, you can gas fill the units with Argon. Argon gas has insulation values in itself and the cost is about $20 to $30 per square meter. All the units should be the same makeup so that that have the same values as far as insulating or if one is more efficent than another, you will still get "crying windows" Next thing is you should get every window in the house done as the dampness will be in every room. You will need to change your window frames to cope with the thicker units. There is a system called "Retro Fitting" but the frame that the units are glazed into look as ugly as sin and being made from alloy, they create a path for heat to escape and cool to come in around the edges as well as possibly defaluing your home.. After you have mainly solved your window condensation problems, you have to ask yourself where has all that moisture gone that was inside the air in your home? the answer of course is that its still air bourne or has found another place to sellte/gather. This is normally under the furniture or beds. If you were to be doing renovations I would recomend double glazing withour any hesitation at all but if your heat pump isnt doing the job, its either too small (or you need a 2nd unit) or your not setting it correctly In winter, we have our aircon unit set on heat through the day and on dehumidify at night, if theres no-one home through the day, set it to dehumidify through the day as well. As you know, it only takes a couple of minutes to heat the home when you arrive back after work. The thing to remember is that the only reason your getting crying windows is because of the moisture in the air so you should be aiming to reduce the moisture rather than hide the problem

simply NO why even think about making them out of glass that thin? I wont make large tanks as I have seen too many people get cut by pushing the limits. The worst was a very young child.

Both Warren and the Glass Merchants assoc are very similar in their workings. I havnt checked your workings out (I assume you have rechecked it?) but to be honest, if you ignore the workings that have been based on load, your asking for trouble. Yes, you may never have a problem but if you do, it could well cause problems to yourself

in 40 odd years (41 now), I have never had a stitch although I should have had a few and remember I am a glass merchant. Marks right though, glass cuts so cleanly that it heals really quickly

thats the way use a stiff back rasor blade as they are thinner see your local glass company as they will stock them

BTW fading is caused by UV light 40%, heat 40%, and other factors including visible light Films are easy to scratch and become harder to see through but are still a great product that I often recomend. They also work on a reflective coating that needs light to preform at its best Tinted films are different to reflective films

12 hours then straight to Goat Island for a Dive or maybe the Poor knights? Ive your still keen on your diving and handy to West Auckland, I suggest joining the Western Underwater club

reflective glass works on reflected light so you need more light on your tank side and less on your side. the best is a product called Mirror Pain but there is no such thing as off cuts so you should maybe ask your local glass company if they have any other reflective glass Another idea may be to scratch some of the back of a mirror off big enough to let your camera lens see through? do this with a stiff back razor

do you want to start a list of those that dont live long as well or should we both be selective. I fail to even see why your taking part in this as I have put it in the Killi area and you dont have killis and dont seem to have much interest in them or you would understand exactly what I am saying. Ill-informed people with very little knowledge in Killis make stupid statements about things they know very little about... That was the thrust of my thread

yes and an equal amount that dont so I too quote the thread topic

there is not a lot of fish that live past the 3 year old