Caryl

Bits of it aren't looking so good at the moment :-? http://www.stuff.co.nz/4119384/Slip-clo ... f-Kaikoura

...to Aakash (Phoenix44) I believe 8)

FX5 box says filtration volume 20L so I assume it means how much water it holds. It will also tale 5.9L of media. The time my wet/dry stayed boxed had nothing to do with why it broke 6 months after use. It just meant we could not claim a replacement under warranty. I guess I will have the same problem with this filter as I have no proof I bought it a long time before it was actually used.

Ours lived happily on flake food.

The colour surprises me too sa I would have thought it would revert back to more 'natural' colouring.

If anyone wants a break from the shaking, we have spare room at our place. You would be welcome.

If you want to drool over a real live FX5 Joe I have one here. I bought it ages ago when it was on sale for half price but it is still in the box

In that case, I don't use it so can't give you an opinion on it 8)

Yeah, only 7 quakes after 9pm :roll:

Those who get the AW magazine will recognise this picture from Peter Cottle...

The showcase we were to attend has been cancelled so it looks like we will not be down after all. Not sure whether I am happy or not! :-?

I will bring as much water as I can - assuming we are stil coming. We are supposed to be attending a computer show in the convention centre but if the aftershocks continue they might cancel it.

We are supposed to be coming down to ChCh on Monday and I wondered if a few barrels of water for water changes might be helpful? I think I have 4 or 5 30L containers.

Have you got a water supply to do changes in the turtle tanks Donna? I am at work today checking all the sites almost continually to see what is happening. Haven't heard back from Gareth since he said they had just had another big one. May have lost power now. I am sure he and Dena are fine but they are certainly sick of the shaking!

I keep leaning forward to read the fine print

Why would they not be safe for frogs to eat?

There's a hole in my bucket dear Henry dear Henry :lol:

Looks like it does not like too much light then in this case :lol:

So what have you been up to?

Both sewage and water mains have broken in some areas Deepsound so water changes are not possible. Donna is having major problems with all her turtle tanks. There is no spare water to put into containers for water changes. I hear the first of the gastrointestinal bugs have hit too

Welcome

The board too or did the tank slide off the board?

Thanks bdspider. I think the type of ground houses were on had a big effect too as those with liquefaction had more problems.

As a result of the weekend quake in ChCh, I have been reading up on info regarding how to quake proof your tank. Many suggest bolting or strapping the tank and stand to a wall or floor but a structural engineer said he didn't recommend anchoring them to the wall or floor... let them move with everything else. Worst thing is that you will have some water slosh around if the quake is of reasonable size. The higher up you are in a building - the more movement you can expect - e.g. a person living on the 3rd floor will experience greater movement during the same quake than someone living a few floors down. The dynamics of an earthquake are so varying, strapping anything to a wall isn't going to make a difference. It was also suggesting attaching them to a wall would tend to cause more structural damage than actually save the tank and/or stand from toppling. Would those who have pics of their damaged tanks, or water mess, please email them to me for use in an article I hope to write for the next AW? If your tank fell over... Why? (I don't mean you to reply "because of the earthquake" either :roll: ). Was it higher than it was wide? How big was it? Was it a tank and stand combo or a tank sitting on a dresser or something? Did some of your tanks break but not others? Do you know why? What direction were they facing (the quake ran west to east)? Anything else you can think of that would increase our knowledge of what happens in a large quake.

I will start another thread for this