Caryl

Without a child in it one assumes? :lol:

I think this thread has been done twice before in the past but there are always new people 8) A freiend of mine says Ladyhawk is her favourite movie of all time (I think it was 'cos of Rutger Hauer though). I enjoyed it but wouldn't go that far. My username is my name. I have never had a nickname and couldn't think of one. I also figured I would foget whatever I had come up with so better to stick with my own name, odd spelling and all. It came about when mum and dad argued over what to call me. Dad wanted Meryl and mum wanted Carol so Caryl was a compromise :roll:

Good to meet you. If you add your location to your profile it may help in future when asking questions.

Welcome. It is only for the first few posts and then you can upload pics. To get technical, joining this site does not make you a member of the federation. Once you have paid subs to an affiliated club (like the Auckland one) then you will be an official member of the FNZAS

I have never bred them myself but I understand a good lid is necessary as the fry are very prone to infections from cold air at the surface.

Gareth says they have structural damage to their house and garage now that did not appear in the initial quake. The house has sunk quite noticeably in one corner and cracks have appeared on the walls and some doors are not closing properly. All minor compared to some. He hasn't been home to check for water damage yet this time. May be a mess when he gets home tonight. No need to apologise Barrie, I am sure we all need to laugh during times of stress. I doubt any of them are so traumatised that they would shift to Auckland yet :lol:

At 11.32am, 5.0, 9km deep, 10km SW of ChCh.

I gather you have just had another big shake. My aunt has lost power. Son reports a big shake but they are OK. How is everyone else? Last quake on Geonet shows a 4.0 at 10.54 so it hasn't updated yet.

I didn't count the empty ones! They are all over the place, all small. Largest is a 3ft. :roll:

Hi and welcome. Also, what sort of filtration do you have? Goldfish are very messy and, along with surface area, need a lot of filtration. Ich, or whitespot as it is commonly known, looks like the fish has been sprinkled with salt. Have you done any water tests? Do you know the ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels?

At our worst we had 18 but I cut that back to 1 for a number of years. I am very self disciplined 8) Hmm, looking around my lounge, how come I see 4 tanks up and running? I am sure there were only 3 before we went away for the weekend

They are already in it - by accident :roll: Simian gave me a bag full of orange swordtails (I had admired the swords and lyre tails in his main tank). I had been floating them over the day, slowly mixing the waters as there was a big difference in pH between the bag and the tank (also brought back from Hamilton :roll: ) but last time I came to see how they were, and mix a little more, it was to find the bag had fallen over on its side and all the fishes had escaped into the wide clear tank yonder :lol: Here's hoping they are fine. The tank has no filter on it but it is almost 100 litres and the fry are all about 1cm or so long so there will not be a big bio load on it any time soon

Look what Jude made for me. Didn't she do a great job???? :bounce:

Thanks A-town, yes it does look like the Google images for that model. I will plug it in and if it goes, it will run on my tnak nicely. :bounce:

I have an internal filter here. On the label is the following; EHEIM Typ 2010 54 0 Serie 08081 l/h 500 I am assuming 08081 is the model number but I can't find anything on them. I assume the l/h is litres per hour. I can't remember what the supposed best turnover rate is for a community tank. I have set up my new 100L (approx, actually less than that as not full and has large log in it too) and wondering if this filter will be a good size for it. I will also have to check and see if it goes! :lol:

The Fabulous Fantastic (or was it Fantastic Fabulous?) Foreigners was robbed!! :lol: I found it interesting how each group came up with such totally different constructions! I will post pics as soon as possible.

Done. Sorry to hear about the fighter gagaforfish.

Grant and I thoroughly enjoyed our weekend. Thanks to the Waikato club for making it so interesting and special thanks to Owen, Rochelle and Shannon who, I think, did the bulk of the organising. Rochelle especially outdid herself with the quiz night and we appreciated our accommodation. As zev said, the results of the last challenge were highly suspect. I think because we were winning ("we" being a group of out-of-towners showing up the locals) they deducted extra points on mere technicalities - they even tried to disqualify us!!!! Even after 2 independent judges said our construction fitted within the rules they still halved our points so we came third :lol: All the tanks on show were stunning and a credit to their owners. It was fun to meet up with previously met people and to put faces to names in here eg myfishybusiness, Malcolm, Tom_Shannon (the Shannon half as we had already met Richard - don't know where "Tom" comes into it!), BettaSplendens. Not sure if we met Nymox :-? Had a delicious lunch from one the local bakeries and the evening buffet was also very tasty and plentiful. Many commented on the cheap prices for drinks from the bar too so all were very happy We got to meet Phoenix44 and Rusty on the way home too :bounce:

All heaters are pretty much 100% efficient. If you put 2 in a tank and the tank is up to temp you will probably find only 1 will ever turn on as their thermostats will be slightly different. It is quite possible that some heaters rated at 300W are not actually 300W. We must assume they all are so it won't matter what brand you buy as it won't matter what the brand, they will still heat the water the same amount.

Oh yes! You will be able to spot us easily enough :lol: :roll:

We will be busy looking after the kids' bedroom, we will have no time to look after the kids as well Not many people ask me to look after their kids :lol:

All packed and ready to go. Grant on callout at the moment. Will have to out again about 1am then again about 7am :roll: Good thing we are in the Kia as we will need it.

Siphon a bit out first and see how far it goes. I use an eyedropper or turkey baster, suck them up then squirt them onto a hankie (same way Jennifer does). If the funnel the hankie is in is propped in a jar or similar you can then tip the water back into the hatchery.

I know an answer to this but it refers to men's ears in general, not Eskimos in particular, and it is too risque for this forum :lol:

Since we are staying with him it should be me who does the greasing! I don't think I smell too bad but as to old.... at least Grant is lots older so I appear younger in comparison 8)