Caryl

Gee, some people are so easy! :lol: (not mentioning names)

I assume you have organised someone to send me a report on the Show and pics for the Aug mag??? (May is printed, bagged etc ready to post while we are away)

Oh yeah, I too have Finding Nemo and Sharks Tale :roll:

Bud the wonder budgie imitates the phone ringing but is quieter so easy to distinguish him from the real thing! We used to have a wild magpie locally that imitated a phone too. You would be out at the clothes line and think it was your phone. Luckily for me, the phone he imitated had a slightly lower pitched ring to mine so it only took me a moment to listen and realise it was not my phone.

Definitely cyano then. Pull off as much of it as you can, get as much out as you can, then do a complete blackout of the tank for at least 3 days minimum. Do not feed the fish during this time either. With a bit of luck that will be enough to kill it off. If not, you may have to resort to using E-mycin, a prescription only medication.

Any of the small barbs, rasboras, danios and tetras. Watch out for fin nipping in some of the barbs though.

Aquarian (and Grant is a Libra I think) Son and partner (who keep fish) are (wait while I look it up, I am not au fait with star signs :roll: ) both Geminis.

The only reason I have fishy decor is because people assume that I would like them - since I keep fish. As a result, I have... a collection of fine glass fishes in the lounge fish toys in the bath ceramic fish on the wall in the bedroom a very large emboidered fish from Bangkok in the lounge a fish that giggles when you hit it (a very disturbing concept) hanging in the dining room a large fish mobile in the bedroom a smaller fish mobile in the lounge some wooden fish standing on the top shelf in the kitchen a cuddly toy Dory a lovely sandstone carved fish sitting by the pond

I have nothing against David Attenborough (but wouldn't mind having something against Nick :lol: ), I was merely saying how much I was enjoying his series. I also enjoy the Attenborough programmes.

Siporax is a trade name for some of the ceramic noodle media. Another is Ehfisubstrat (or something) by Eheim. I use both and would have one layer sponge or filter wool and the others with ceramic noodles. Scouring pads, hair curlers, straws etc all work too but have nowhere near the total surface area the ceramic rings have so are less efficient.

Sex; female Age; 50 years young Married - Grant is interested in fishkeeping too and kids left home a few years ago YAY!!!

There was one - quite some time ago though.

Haven't got around to packing yet, no. Had my last day at work yesterday until our return. That was great! Picked up the tickets a couple of days ago and are just waiting for our Asian currency. Mum is very excited and has had a trial run packing her bag to make sure everything fits 8) Dad and Bud have their instructions and the ladder has been hidden. Have organised a meeting between members of another fish forum I moderateon in the UK. That will be fun.

There's lots of us girls keeping fish

Welcome.

Hi and welcome.

Welcome.

I got my 'cinder blocks' from Placemakers. They sold them as singles.

OK thanks guys. I will pass on the recommendations.

Depending on where he lives he may not need dechlorinator. I know I don't. 8)

The children do not feed the fish. The tank is in the principal's office. She feeds it and is definitely not overfeeding. I have found, from experience, that goldfish really aren't too fussed over pH. It comes out of the tap filter very acidic too, it isn't that it changes in the tank itself. We could certainly raise it but since it has been that low from the beginning I doubt it is the actual cause of the flaking.

Hi Peter and welcome. It would help if you added your location to your profile (done through the User Control Panel at the top right). You can save heaps of money by not putting additives (Cycle, Aquaplus etc) in the tank

I have never used one but this site might help. http://www.canningpantry.com/dehydration-of-food.html It has a whole lot of pdfs to download on how to prepare different foods in the dehydrator.

I remember that one! :lol: Plus they went hunting for that lizard that squirted blood. Cool!

Anyone been watching this? It is on at the stupid time of noon on Sunday's TV1. He is better looking than David Attenborough and funnier. Yesterday he was looking for hellbender salamanders. Some of them, in a particular area of the US, are dying off and they don't know why. They were suspecting a fungus, introduced by African claw toed frogs, but in the end they were still unsure. Last week he was in the bayous looking for alligator snapping turtles. At one point you saw him standing in the swamp, flicking through a reference book, trying to identify a small turtle he had caught. He grinned and confessed that that was what they spent most of their time doing - looking through indentification books working out exactly what things were so they could sound knowledgeable, but usually they edited it out. :lol: He then held the turtle up, after flicking through for ages and finding nothing that matched, and announced "This is a turtle!"