Caryl

I may need more sleeps Just got home after a 14 hour or so flight from Vancouver then a 2 hour wait at Auckland and another 1.20 flight home. ZZZzzzzzzz We are on the ferry on Thursday heading for conference. I hear there have been large swells in the strait. Hope it is calm on the day we go! :-?

Hi and welcome. I have just returned from the UK and Canada (just got home after over 15 hours flying, my arms are tired) but only looked at fish prices, not equipment (as I have no idea what stuff costs here). It seemed to be about the same price-wise as far as I could tell in the UK but they have a wider range (I didn't see any pet shops in Canada). If you buy overseas and then have trouble within the warranty period it may be difficult getting replacements or refunds. I suggest you add your location to your profile as you may get more detailed help at times if your location is known (help setting up, filter squeezings, free or cheap fish or plants etc). You will find it in your User Control Panel.

Grant has a merino, possum fur mix jersey and it is very light but extremely warm. Makes him nice to cuddle up to as well (I am happy to cuddle up to him when he isn't weearing that jersey but he isn't as soft :lol: )

Marlborough is correct thanks.

Why?? :-?

Don't bother seeing Twilight. I realise I am not in the demographic for which it was made but it was the most boring, pointless film I have ever seen (was stuck on a plane for 10 hours at the time). Poor acting, poor plot, long boring eye contact between main characters and little else. Bolt had its amusing moments. Inkheart was a good idea and interesting special effects.

We went here today and it is amazing! We watched Beluga whales being trained, a raptor display, parrots, marmosets and insects as well as frogs and fish. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v144/ ... 0Aquarium/ Check out my other pics too in other albums. Under "Scotland" you will find Scotland's National Aquarium and under "England" you will find their National Aquarium. There are also pics taken at Wharf Aquatics.

I think you will find they will all sort out a new route if you miss a turn off. Ours certainly does.

Some depressive illnesses can be genetic and run in families. I know when my mother researched her family tree we discovered a patch where a few generations of males suicided. Of course, if one has a dad (or other close relative) who does it others may think it 'normal' and 'acceptable' and follow suit thinking it is the answer to their problems.

I hope you have stopped using the Ammolock as it will stuff up your ammonia readings and slow down the cycle. It is not necessary if you set the tank up correctly and do regular water changes.

It depends on the fish and the thickness of the frozen food. Small bits will defrost in the tank water very rapidly. A larger chunk may get eaten by one fish but if defrosted first the food can be spread more evenly through the tank with more fish getting a chance at a bit. If a fish eats a larger, frozen, chunk it might get a headache from the cold! :lol:

The only reason they would be against them is that they are not a good fish if you are getting them just because you expect them to eat all your algae. They will not. They are not too fond of algae (or mine aren't) and will eat anything else first.

Our Navman tells us how many meters (or yards and miles at the moment since we are in the UK) to go and names the streets. We have also been running it on battery as we put it into walking mode when out of the car. It has been very handy. Today we hit trouble when we wanted to see the White Scar Cave. The directions on the pamphlet (which always leave a lot to be desired!) said it was 1 1/2 miles from Ingleton on the B6255 road to Hawes. When we put in Ingleton it came up with 2 options so Grant picked the first one as he thought the county was correct (it matched the miles Google gave us when we were checking distances the night before). Well, we finally got to Ingleton but it was the wrong one! If we loaded Inglton in, it thought we were there (which, of course, we were) so we put in Hawes. We got there in the end but from the opposite direction! We ended up driving through the middle of the Yorkshire Dales and some very narrow country lanes. Never mind, we saw a lot of lovely country we would not otherwise have seen :roll: It also got confused on the way home as, even though the maps are less than 12 months old, they have been building many many roundabouts (and then put traffic lights in the middle of them as well) and it put us on a road right beside the new one then tried to make us go round in circles in a never ending loop. We quickly realised they had realigned the road and took the next exit which immediately got us back on track. :lol:

Good to see you made it. I am sure there are plenty of ChCh members who will be happy to pop in with personal computing help with the site if required.

We were lucky in the chapel as our bus lot were the only ones there and I think the bus was half, or less, full. I have started a new album with subs for the rest of our journey since we have left Scotland; http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v144/carylnz/England/ We travelled the Yorkshire Dales today (thanks to incorrect input into the GPS) and visited the White Scar cave, the longest showcave in Britain. Not much, compared to the huge caves we toured through in Borneo, but very interesting all the same and we very much enjoyed it.

Welcome. If I remember rightly most people don't use many plants in native set-ups (but don't quote me)

I bought 4 AWs with me. I meet up with the webmaster and a few members of the UK forum I moderate in tomorrow :bounce: at Wharf Aquatics so have some to offer selected people If anyone does not get their May mag, email or send me a PM etc and I will sort it out after conference.

All we are saying is give peas a chance :lol:

Good to hear they went out on time. My special little helper posted them for me in the first week of May, as requested. I am sure Scottish stamps would have been nice but the cost (not to mention my luggage allowance) made this impossible

Nice to know we aren't the only oneswho name our GPS units :lol:

I am sure you will like your Navman. Ours has been great while we are over in the UK and have relied on it entirely. The map data in both Navman and Tomtoms id identical, incuding the errors :lol: We have a female voice on our current one and we have called her Veronica. Our last Navman was Gavin. They never complain, go mad at you if you don't go where they tell you, and never give up on you either. The bigger screen is a must, especially on sunny days, but we can read it more easily in the sun here than we can in the brighter sun of NZ! Not that we have seen much sun. Even when it isn't raining it is usually a dull overcast :roll: We have ours loaded with NZ, Aussie and Western Europe, althoughwe haven't activated the Aussie maps and had to buy the WE maps as an extra. We got them all cheaper as a trade in offer as our old Navman was too old to update. When our new replacement suddenly died just before we were due to leave NZ they replaced it with a new one within 2 days of it being sent to Auckland for repair! Can't complain about the service.

Finally we have internet access!!!! The Photobucket has been updated http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v144/ ... /Scotland/ Note that some of the albums have sub albums too eg Aberdeen to Nairn has Castles as a sub album and Culloden and Loch Ness has Culloden as a separate sub album. Inverness and the floral hall has 3 subs - Dornoch Cathedral, Dunrobin Castle (with a lot of falconry pics) and John O' Groats.

With the goldfish? You could try white cloud mountain minnows as they are too fast for most goldfish to catch bu they are hard to see in a pond. We don't have much choice in NZ when it comes to cold water fish.

Belated birthday greetings from Scotland! In my 20's I was at home with 2 small children, one with a severe heart condition :roll: I am enjoying my 50's very much 8)

Good to hear you are all set again Jude. We have been staying on the island of Skye and visited a serpentarium so got to play with another python The good weather has ended and we have had torrential rain and high winds (in and out of the car :lol: ). We got snowed on yesterday! We also got rained on then sunned then rain then sun then rain then sun etc etc etc. It changed every 5 minutes or less. Whoever claimed Scotland had 4 seasons in 1 day was master of the understatement. More like 4 seasons in 1 hour! :roll: