Cricketman
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unable to pass disgust...?
it's a song by TOOL.
i like it because it's kinda scary looking and weird. i like looking "scary", i dress in black, wear leather studded wristbands, cannibal corpse t shirts, i have dreadlocks... it's all an image with the intent to deceive - you see, i am actually a really nice guy, polite and pleasant. but i don't want that to be obvious. because for one, since i don't look like the timid sucker that i am, i don't get taken advantage of. i don't get walked all over. i also like surprising people. when i'm out with my gorgeous blond daughter and she's all dressed in pretty pink dresses, people stare. old folk in need of assistance get worried looks when i approach them, but when i give them a big smile and offer my help they seem pleasantly surprised.
i'm funny like that.
HAH! had the same thing when I had a massive Mohawk (~40cm tall, which doesn't sound much, but when it hair sticking off your head, it looks HUGE). Add that to the fact I'm not exactly a small bloke, and it had older people crossing the street... but, like you, I'm probably one of the nicer people around (at least, I like to think so...)
Anyway, I used to play Reps for Gauteng, South Africa. Not that I'm chirpy... well... that too... but yea, Cricket the sport more than the Insect...
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progress report?
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Spam has to be cooked proper...
I like it "minced up" (you chop it up in the pan while your cooking this way), cooked in a pan with chutney, you have to leave it to caramelise, then chip it off the bottom with the spatula and let it cook/caramelise again.
Stir through rice. (fried rice is nicer)
Serve with more chutney.
V.Good "bush-food" Can weighs near nothing, heaps of protein, and carbos from the rice, quick as to cook up too :thup:
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I have eaten rediculous amounts of various southern african game bucks, usually as biltong, but some in stews/roasted.
Warthog, giraffe, both as stew.
Guinea fowl, roasted on a fire like chicken, tasted very much like chicken. Hippopotamus done the same way, though was quite young and didn't appreciate it as much as i probably would have if i was older.
Various insects, termites, Mupane worms. Etc...
Yeah, used to make a habit of trying as many odd foods as possible, have slowed down lately, but I still won't say no to damn near anything...
There's probably more that I've forgotten...
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Go W/C's, go!
yea, angels can be little pains when it gets to "that time" of the season... just make sure that you have plenty of plants and hiding spaces, anything that will partially block "line of sight" will help ease aggression.
Which is why I have a man-cave, same concept works with SWMBO :rotf:
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Compressed air. Internal combustion adds a lot of complication to it, there aren't any glow plugs, spark plugs, timing devices etc. Something that can run off compressed air is most of the way to an internal combustion engine though.
Yea, I didn't think I saw any of that go in... But i couldn't read the writing, and had this fella in my head from ages ago...
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The workmanship in that is amazing!
However, I wish I could speak/read Spanish? is it? or Portugese? lol
can't tell if its just running on compressed air or if it is actually an internal combustion? I'm leaning toward compressed air, but still, amazing!
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Reason behind the inverted bottle is the conical shape means that you dont get "dead-spots".
Light isn't neccessary, but! put a light to the side/bottom/wherever you want em, and the Artemia will follow it, leaving the rest of teh bottle unpopulated, and egg-casing removal a sinch...
Easiest way that I found, cut holes slightly smaller than diameter of the bottle in some core-flute (real-estate signs), fold to a box shape, give yourself room underneath to play around with, also means that you can drip-feed through your air-line when you are not using it for air...
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I would say swim bladder too, but lets get test results first...
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Went to the new cupcake shop this afternoon...
!drool: I think we need a dedicated "Food thread"... lol
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They taste alright,can be a bit "muddy", but the flesh is delicate, and tastes pretty damn good on the BBQ flapping around in some butter...
god dammit, I'm hungry... :slfg:
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3V "battery" airpump...
What voltage are the little solar garden light units? could hack a couple of those up....
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Thank guys
I just picked up a free 700*600*400 tank so that is already 3 times the water volume that I was thinking of and should give real scene of depth to the look, even if it is an odd size.
This size of tank will give a lot more room for wavemakers as well.
I was thinking of maybe using the 2ft that I was thinking of doing this in as a sump of using one or cube bins as the sump, thoughts?
Polystyrene background? or will the salt affect it?
Pumice for live rocks or will I need some coral?
Now to start saving for a sump, skimmer and lights...
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you should be asking the right question
"How do i insure my fish dont get sick"
Get extra filtration, double it. or if its a huge tank, ad 50% more bio media capacity.
that will prevent spikes that generally cause disease.
add an extr heater, double your heater wattage, this ensures temperature is optimal always, uses little to no extra power, in fact might even save you power.
temp flux causes disease
+ regular W/C's...
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Anything that you need a 12g to fight off can have the fish.
Where's the dedication, Ira! :slfg:
As above, Water-changes are the best thing ever for most problems, and frequent small changes are the best thing you can do for your tank to prevent disease and keep healthiest fish... though not always practical...
And tonic salt, a natural solution to most mild infections, and some parasites...
Scrubbing a tank with a salt paste is a good way to sanitise without "chemicals"... :thup:
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Good point. Last year I lost both pairs of Apistogramma trifasciata that I bought from the original import, but the rest of my fish were fine. I had other Apistos and tetras in with them and usually if there was a disease it would affect them too, but it was just the tri's that died.
That, and they could be in-bred till the cows come home... :dunno:
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lol you can find the larvae of these in the pigs ears at animates lol just saying
feed the dog and the fish... lol
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must just be weak fish... :dunno:
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Why these flights of fantasy?
Foam: be careful that some foams are not aquarium safe, they are all petroleum based compunds, and you'd have no idea if they leech into the water...
Powerhead: Graham, that link you posted shows how to use with a power-head. Also, I'm interested as to how much experience you have with these things to be suggesting them to newbies...
Seriously...
Water changes, + other filter, save for a bigger unit...
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I don't have those tests and I thought water quality would effect all fish equally not one at a time?
Some fish are more sensitive than others to specific things and Depends on what it is that is doing the damage... like I said before, you want a broad spectrum range of tests to try find what exactly is going on...
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People please! The language being used recently is unacceptable for a family friendly forum (even if it is sometimes children using it).
Joe, you could have said "Sorry for the poor quality photos" and Godly3vil could have replied "Poor quality? Rubbish!" There is no need for the casual use of profanity that is creeping into posts. :evil:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crapper
Section 3...
Maybe if we had a defined set of things that are un-acceptable. From the community that is, not just what the Mods want...
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No.
If the tank spikes after you clean the filter, and is otherwise fine, then aviod cleaningthe filter until you have to, and do some extra waterchanges for a couple weeks after the clean to combat the "spikes" until your levels even out.
A bigger filter will not reduce spikes. The filter will help remove free-floating food and bits (mechanical filtration, which is where the turnover/hour comes in), provide extra surface area for your bacteria (biological filtration) though they will grow everywhere and anywhere...
You could slap a FX5 on there and it would still have to cycle, with associated spikes, after a clean-out.
Minimising disturbance will help, so cleaning a tray at a time like Graham suggests might help MINIMISE the spike, but will not cancel it out completely.
Seriously, get a good water change regime, and do extras after you change the setup/stocking of your tank.
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It will cope fine, the bacteria grow everywhere in the tank, no just in the filter. like I said, you are on the bottom end of the scale, but I wouldn't stress about it just right now, do what you can with what you have...
Add that extra filter, get some more plants, keep up the waterchanges, do some extra ones when you can remember, and just don't add any more fish till you get it all into balance again.
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Weather outside is bloody crap...
Nice hot chicken Tikka would go a treat right now...
We have eggs too.......
in Freshwater
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Nice, healthy and strong coloured parents!
Offspring hopefully will have that strong colouration too. But like said before, don't be disappointed if they don't make it, you just keep at it and they will get better at looking after them hopefully...