Caryl

Two projects my kids did; 1. Which is the best food for growing white worms? Consisted of about 5 margarine pottles with potting mix and teaspoon of worms. Each container was fed a different food (cat meat, baby food, luncheon, porridge, bread). 2. Do plant fertilisers work? Had a 3ft tank divided into 3 (glass dividers, no water flowing between). Each one had one stem of baby tears and one sprite (all similar size but also measured). Left section had plant tabs, right had liquid fert and centre was control. Measured once a week and results compared. Might need longer time for the fertiliser one though :-?

Is this a school project? What age? And yes, what time frame do you have?

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It can be if you read it wrong or don't take your glasses

I'm sure he only means him to use one set at a time

They are very slow at eating it. My kids used to love dropping an earthworm into the goldfish tank. With a fish at each end it was amazing how far the poor worm could stretch! They still ate it a lot faster than the puffers :-?

I agree with Phoenix44 :lol:

At this time of year I actually get direct sun on my tank for a couple of hours in the morning, due to the angle of the sun, so need to keep one curtain closed until mid morning or I get green spot algae on the glass at one end. Sometimes you can have this problem and the blackout works and the problem does not return as the inbalance was temporary, for whatever reason.

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I just went by the colours :lol: I do not know enough about killies or gobys :roll:

I think so Jen. Must check the cheapie flights

1st pic is a killifish

So can ducks

I will have plenty of spare time as I am driving my parents down to stay with mum's sister for her birthday. We go down Friday and back Sunday. I am staying with my son and his partner again and we go to a birthday dinner on Saturday night I think. Other than that I will be free (and have mum's car and our GPS)

Grant and I will unfortunately miss the meeting (again!) as Grant is on call and I will be in ChCh (again!). Our club did a similar night walk looking for native fish in the stream at White's Bay. It was amazing how many we found and we all had great fun. Hopefully Tasman will organise another night hunt and we will be able to attend then. Along with a torch, net and suitable clothing, make sure you have spare torch batteries plus a good container in which to study your captives before releasing them again.

I remember phone numbers more by the pattern on the keypad, not the actual numbers. If you asked me someone's phone number I likely could not tell you, without stopping to think about it (and getting confused), but I could show you instantly. I can see how colour coding could work - pity the colour blind though :-? I learned piano as a child. Had trouble reading the music but could play by ear. My music teacher would play the piece first and I would just repeat it from memory. It wasn't until I made the mistake of telling my mother I was doing it that way that she told the teacher, who then stopped playing the tune before we started Needless to say, gave up music lessons soon after :roll:

Well that helped me Zev! I always wondered what you did with that bit. Mine is under a different Enhance though. More for me to play with! I can only use the very basic features of Photoshop Elements :-?

It is tannin from the wood. The fish, especially angels, love it and it does not harm them. Regular water changes and using carbon will slowly get rid of it in most cases.

This is true. So are many of us lefties. I too have discalculia (a sort of numbers version of dyslexia) and it seems to be getting worse as I age. I am starting to have more trouble telling the time on digital clocks :roll: Many learn to cope despite these problems and just learn to do things differently. Like you Nymox, I could get a maths answer right but the workings wrong. One teacher asked me to solve a problem out loud so he could see what I was doing. He couldn't figure it out though as every step I did was wrong but I always got the right answer. He was fascinated but no help when it came to improving my maths skills. I still have none :lol: I solved this problem by marrying a geek who can do maths easily in his head :bounce: I do creative stuff for him and he does calculated stuff for me.

I only have Photoshop Elements. I can lighten and darken stuff under Enhance then Adjust color/Contrast by sliding the bars to where I want them. I find the Quick Fix and Auto Levels come up with some pretty weird results often as not!

Does she get threatened with the pointy stick too?

It certainly passed through fast! I heard on the news that a boy out at Rarangi was hit by a branch blown off a tree

I walked into town and back this morning, getting very hot in a T shirt etc. Have been home a couple of hours and suddenly there is a noise outside. I look out and there is a sudden gusting of wind and it is hailing! Temperature now 16C (was in mid 20's) and dropping. The hail melted as it hit so no white grass scenes. Wind has dropped as suddenly as it started and so did the hail after about 5 minutes tops :-? It seems the weatherman got it right for once :lol: Lucky I got the washing in when I came home or I would be a bit miffed (and soggy) 8)

Keep us updated please. If anyone else has any other suggestions, please let us know.

It also keeps the vampires away I know garlic is claimed to be good for humans too. Does the "have to be fresh" rule apply to us too or just fish? I use garlic flakes and salt.