tHEcONCH

It was hilarious! I'm glad someone got it

NAME: tHEcONCH AGE: Older than I look (and act) NICNAME: tHEcONCH OCCUPATION: Disappointing so far. FAV MUSIC: The Stone Roses, Radiohead - anything well crafted. FAV COLOUR: Black INTERESTS: Expensive and time consuming ANYTHING ELSE?: Not that I'm aware of

Apparently it was confirmed during the middle ages. Executioners would offer selected family members the 'opportunity' to keep blinking their eyes after their head was chopped off in exchange for killing their loved ones quickly, rather than them being drawn and quartered. They also used to do live disections on prisoners. Now that was cutting edge medicine! I would have thought a loss of blood pressure would cause a lack of conciousness, but I guess without your heart pumping a clean cut might keep your head sealed up for a few seconds.

Yarp - plastic Zip-tie would be a better option.

It seems that some like light, others don't, although it probably depends upon how strong your lighting is. My blues and reds do best about midway up the RSM, but green stripey do best higher. Go figure?

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It all depends on why you are slowing down - paralysis isn't necessarily the same as a lack of conciousness. The jury is still out, but research suggests that some things used to kill humans in America in the recent past may actually be very painful, not that you'd know it by the way they lie on the table motionless. On the other hand, it is known from beheadings that people can remain concious for up to 20 seconds despite their head parting company with their body. When all is said and done, death 'aint pretty, but sometimes it is the right thing to do (I'm talking about fish now).

Yea, for younger or more squeamish members the oil is probably safer and easier, but I still think wacking the head off is fastest / most humane if you are able to do it.

What embarrassing task does the loser have to do? I have some great ideas taken from Mark and Mathew's Rocky Road series...

Meat Cleaver the head off the spine - takes a matter of seconds. People with co-ordination problems should wear an armoured glove and buy health insurance.

John will have it, but its $25-$30 for a little bottle - then again you don't need much. There are some home recipes for it, but buying it premixed saves a lot of hassle and will work. I light my tanks for 13 hours a day, although the recommendation is usually 12 hours (being an Equatorial biotype 'n all).

OK - some good coraline algae (the purple stuff), but also a few pests to get rid of before you go much further. In the first picture you can see some bottle green spheres - these are Valonia - a form of green algae that can become a real problem (although they are interesting in that they are the largest single celled organism (I think)). Turn you pumps off and pluck them off like grapes - don't squeeze them too hard or they will pop and release spores. Use tweezers gently on the little ones. The fourth picture showns aptasia - those little brown anemones. They are a real curse and will cause you no end of problems if you don't eradicate them. They sting other corals and grow at plague proportions. There are a million different cures, but basically you need to kill them in situ - if you cut them, squash them, etc. then new ones will grow from whatever tissue remains. The cheapest option is to squirt them with boiling water (cook them), but that causes quite a bit of collateral damage (it will kill the good coraline algae). The best but most expensive option is 'Joe's Juice', which you feed them as per the instructions. I have a 100% kill rate using that (on all of the three aiptasia I've ever had :lol: ) Deal with these now and then you can get on with developing your tank - if you ignore them they will become a constant hassle Have fun!

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Everything seems fine, but I think I'll retrofit a couple of 26watt compacts so that I can get some Actinic light in there - unless you want to buy my set-up as is and do it how you want to do it? It would be ideal for you Otago flat... PM me if you do...

Are frog fish still available?

Regardless of what you do, she'll do it for a month or two and then stop - even if you leave the door open. Its really is just a phase. I know this because I am married to a mad cat women. :-?

Its a phase - they grow out of it.

I have - looks pretty cool, eh?

Post up pics featuring the fish you like and we can identify them for you

How muchy for that setup? PM me if that is more appropriate.

Note the accent of the camera woman

A very good point - stability is often more important than a particular pH / hardness value. Plants and fish do adapt gradually so if you do make changes, make them gradual.

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