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i had hornby dublo 3 rail stuff and marklin 3 rail and stud contact - for those of you that dont know the rails are made with a tinplate with rails attached, there is a third rail in the middle .these were common before the widespread use of plastics as insulators .the third rail was a conductor and the engine had a pick up on the underside to complete the circuit , later developments meant the axle of the wheelsets could be insulated so both rails could be used at once with out the need for a third rail. in 1952 marklin changed their 3 rail system to stud contact where the third rail ran under the track and a stud popped up through the tinplate ballast every 5mm much more realistic than the third rail(marklin is also unusual because its locos operate on 21v ac rather than the normal 12v dc) fortunatly like fish keeping there has been some amazing advances in technology. livingart i had a 4'x8' layout when i was 10 sadly as i grew older it fell into disrepair and was sold. again like the fishkeeping i think the major attraction i had to it was the technical side, the diy and modifications rather than the trains themselves. i have a box of old model railway magazines that i have to put on trademe at some stage. unfortunatly i cant help much with ballast and the like as so much has changed since i was in the hobby that there is probably a way 10 times easier than the methods i know of

and a eat my 7.5kg cats food and leave messes on his placemat but still cute

i recently sold vintage model railway sets to finance my fish keeping id need to be rich and retired to have both hobbies. are you going to add ballast to the tracks?

frogs dont mind the light the conditions can be ideal for them depending on your set up the main problem is frogs especially larger ones dont share the same attitude about plants and quickly trample them so the plants need to be tough i wouldnt put a venus fly trap into that catergory ive kept sarcemia pitcher plants in with frogs they went ok its just half of the flys i put in flew directly into the plant and were killed before the frogs got them

you might find a big difference in excess

i agree with ira aqua one are just way less fiddly (im still impressed with a fx5 but when aqua1 make a filter that costs that much i expect it will be a lot better )

i kept axies with large southern bell frogs but frogs will require more than just a fish tank

its pretty random how that happens ive had it happen too i only got a facebook account to play vampire wars but its been good to catch up with heaps of old mates never really enjoyed it till i changed the langauage to pirate english

k dont mind the best things is to see them in real life l dont mind if you want too jst pm me im happy to help

i cant say from experience but when you see them breeding you will know there is always the cross- dresser in the fish world same goes for a lot of types of fish

its a relative of yours isnt it?

thats a good idea a lot of use buy frozen bloodworms which come in a similar packet of about 1cmx1cm squares these are handy to re use for things like this . once they are frozen i pop them into a ziplock bag to prevent freezer burn and then make more using the tray. ps mate i can see why you gave up the upper streets of lyttleton for work as was working on ther tracks between there and summit road my god its steep

messed this one up some how my bad :evil:

mh and blue tubes (bare in mind in my eye it looks a lot brighter than in the photos these are the ones with out flash and in a dark room. also bare in mind the blue tubes are shop fitting tubes not marine blues, the signifigant difference being no UV output. but a similar colour. 14000k mh only no blue tubes, you can see the difference in the blue colour on the fish it stands out more in the first photo this photo is blue tubes going only it appears to be a lot darker than what it is in real life , to me these tubes in this wattage on this tank would be overkill for just a moonlight effect. the red part is a reflection. as for the light ripple effect of the metal halides its hard to capyure with a photo could try a short video if somebody wants to see it just let me know oh and p.s. im pretty sure the plant is a sagiteria of some sort but i dont want to be corrected if its not

i was working planting plants near a disused basalt quarry i wish i had of waited till after that to build my background as nature is the best inspiration . perhaps go for a walk near some cliffs on a beach take a few photos for reference while carving

theres also an animates store to look at right next to the train station while you wait

yes petmart sell livestock at there richmond store im not sure if they ship them though, also from what i remember their fish were no cheaper than an ordinary lfs. i guess its fairer to think of them as an lfs and an online store but when something is half the price for an identical item(postage included) its a no brainer

my flatmate is diabetic sometimes i watch him eat a packet of chips and 2l of softdrink then inject himself with insulin i think he is type 2 though he is definatly insulin dependant

yep got a cheap wavemaker , the MH is a 14000K 150w and im running two 28w blue tubes i will get around to taking photos without flash in next few days. the fry are some aulonocara marlieri that i brought: light coloured ones are male, the darker ones are female bigger males soon to colour up

my red shoulder my big boy(from lynnie) syno catfish im thinking synodontis ocellifer any ideas

pm romeo about his jelly method he told me about it one day it sounds like a good idea

pm navarre i think he has bred them

perhaps to make it more natural you could change the gravel to match the colour of the background as if the gravel that is there has been gradually eroded from the rock bank

maybe a petition organised locally by clubs for a reform of the import laws and more sensible ideas submitted to members of local parliment haha we should invite clayton cosgrove to a TT meeting and feed him up with home baking then he will have to listen