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Don't forget the majority of power companies put the price up too. It is not just what you are running, it is how much you are paying for it.

The Wellington clubs get involved in the local pet expo and the Home and Garden Show as well. This year I think they are only doing one as the dates were changes for one of them and they felt they could not do two now so close together. I can't remember, off hand, which one they decided to enter - the Pet Expo or the Home Show.

Hi and welcome to the site. That doesn't sound like many fish in a tank that size. You should add more hoplos at least

Hi and welcome. Are you sure about how many litres it holds? 360L+ is a large tank but it does not look that big in the pic. What are the dimensions? If you aim the filter bar so it is creating a ripple on the surface (without being noisy) would be good. I am not sure putting angels and discus in the same tank is a good idea. Also, Bettas are better (no pun intended) in a much smaller tank. If you want a fighter, set him up on his own in a small tank

Interesting. Not seen one like that before! We are too polite to mention the dirty glass

The golds are a lot more sensitive than commons it appears. What caused the sudden pH drop? Was it before or after you added the golds? How did you raise the pH and over what time period?

Neither guppies nor bristlenoses are that fussy about pH. When books talk about pH they generally mean what the fish lived in in the wild, or what is required for optimum breeding results. As the majority of fish are captive bred in artificial conditions, and can't read, they have no idea what pH they prefer. I would be doing the water changes daily until the readings are what they are supposed to be.

Sophia the more pixels the better. Then I can crop or whatever as required to fit and it won't compromise quality but it is not mandatory. All I require is sharp, well focused, pics; not fuzzy ones. If you took a good pic on your cell phone it will be printable as the pics added to articles are not large. You do not need a fancy, mega pixelled camera. If you look through the conference pics in the Aug mag you will note some are better than others. A lot of the head shots were cropped from group pics and in a dark room so quality varied greatly. The printer does a good job of striking a happy medium when it comes to contrast. Some of the pics printed have been around 100kb, or less, and others up to 250kb as I resize big ones.

If it was caused by poor water conditions then you can hopefully get rid of it as the water quality improves. Try just water changes for a while and see what happens.

My daughter's Birman, Denny Crane, has started losing large clumps of fur. I don't think he is pulling it out though. The other cats are fine. :dunno:

Remember we want lots of pics and an article sent for the magazine please people! :thup:

Very quiet on low settings. About the same as the fan on the gas fire. Quite loud on high but I doubt we will ever run it on that. We did yesterday to burn off the new excess paint. Had all the doors and windows open, batteries removed from the smoke alarms (as they kept going off), and it was very hot in there! The earlier models were very noisy, not just the fans but the auger as well I am told.

We had our gas fire taken out and replaced with a pellet fire. Boy does it pump out the heat! Even on lowest setting. :happy2:

If it is any consolation, I haven't got mine yet either Jim Thank you Anthony :happy2:

So where's the pic?

Having me in a bikini in your 6ft tank will not encourage members! :sick:

The temp gauges on heaters are never accurate.

64L is too small for a fantail goldfish anyway. When a fish is coping with poor water quality, it increases production of the slime coat in an effort to protect itself from the toxins. As it builds up, it sloughs off the fish causing that peeling effect. As said, stop adding chemicals (except the water ager or chlorine remover if it is needed in your area), keep up the water changes and all will settle. You will not get an instant fix as it takes some time for the surviving fish to recover and they will be susceptible to other diseases etc due to their poor health.

I thought, for a minute, the massive prize was a pool :slfg:

Welcome to the fish room Quite a few car and photography nuts in here too.

If you use Ammolock it will stuff up your test readings. There should be no reason to use it. Water changes are better, and cheaper.

Not planking again Jim? :sml1:

It will be fun to see the updates as everything grows.

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Actually, it was the best one I had of you. You would not have been happy with the others!