Caryl

I would have made it tonight except for a lack of apricot jam (and ice cream) :facepalm: I can drive short distances so a trip to the supermarket is on tomorrow :happy2:

Our trifle is non-alcoholic. Just use orange juice Sounds like we might be BBQing this year.

Not a fan of turkey myself. We usually have chicken, sometimes ham, and veg/salads followed by pavlova, jelly, ice cream and trifle. I hate Christmas pudd. That malva looks tasty!

I meant other things wobbled, not just bits of me

I finds it a bit ironic to have been several days in ChCh with only feeling a couple of very small quakes (I wasn't even sure I felt them since nobody else seemed to notice. Locals are probably immune to anything smaller than a 5) to come home to experience a 5.7 this evening. Luckily it was 60km deep so things wobbled but that's all.

So sorry to hear that. There are certainly some rotten people in this world &c:ry :an!gry

I have come out of surgery and am enjoying slowly walking about (gotta avoid blood clots) the camping ground while waiting until I am able to travel so I can go home.

They were on the other side of the road Joe. They will get sick of it if they don't get a reaction. Ignore them as holidays start shortly and they may find someone else to pick on next year :roll: I know it is annoying but resorting to violence will not help the situation (and you will get suspended or expelled - not that it would worry you but it would upset mum). Any chance of going to Nelson Boys instead next year and living with dad during the week while he is over there too? They have a much better rep than here.

She has posted in other threads so I guess she is coping. I am at work today, excited but nervous about surgery tomorrow. Also very happy as ACC have finally agreed to pay for it!! :bounce: :nilly: :happy1: :happy2: :love:

You did a great job. What a pity you had to make your own cake though

Hmmm not sure I have ever seen coffee ice cream The chocolate cake I made as one of the foods the hungry caterpillar made his way through had mocha icing which used a Tbs of coffee granules

Good to see you have stopped that lurking :happy2: I am still a fan of the UGF in a small tank. What sized aquarium do you have and what do you keep?

The fish should eat some of them. My pond is right outside bedroom windows but we never have a problem with them in the house. I don't think you can prevent them. This is how I was told to sex goldfish - look down on the fish from above. Males are slimmer and dead straight through the body right to the end of the tail. Females will bulge slightly more on one side than the other and this makes their tails look like they are slightly off centre.

I would love to buy a sausage but we go home the day before &c:ry Good luck with the sausage sizzle and I am sure the meeting will be interesting too.

I would have said the same Alanmin except he also said the fish's behaviour had changed. Keep a close eye on it and see if it improves without intervention or meds. I suspect it is a female too

I would not have even used liquifry on platies. They are fine starting with finely crushed flake.

I suspect damage from spawning and he is hiding under the waterfall to rest. It does not look like any fungal infection I have ever seen, or fin rot.

Cycling and aging are two different things. If you are going to have 2 tanks running then you should have the new filter running on the old tank now, along with the one it has, to cycle it that way.

Not worth the money. Platy fry are perfectly happy with crushed flake. I would expect "Sea Monkeys" (which, as said, are the same thing) to be a lot more expensive.

How have you been cycling the 3ft?

Very odd, especially as they die whether in quarantine or the main tank. Because of this, I doubt stress from isolation is the cause. It is good to see someone actually quarantining their new purchases. If your main tank is only 2ft, why do you have 2 bala sharks? These fish prefer to be in a group of 5 or more and a 4ft is minimum for a few juveniles. I have a friend whose bala outgrew a 6ft tank! How are you testing the water? Liquid tests are best and ammonia and nitrites should be 0 and nitrates below 25 (although this may not be possible if your tap water has higher nitrates),

Since Ira is himself an American, I am sure he knows exactly what he can say to have them believe him

Is that the infra red ones or the bigger ranged variety?

Buenos Aires strip plants though (or the ones I have seen do). Hengelis or male cherry barbs. (neither tetra I know)

I think the author is American so perhaps he thinks their moths and butterflies are different? Actually made a gluten free and gluten full cake last year and the kids all preferred the gluten free. It was very tasty!