Caryl

Like bedazzled, I haven't done it myself but know others who have and who found it an excellent, and helpful, experience. Not only for public speaking but for enabling them to speak up for themselves when required, dealing with annoying salespeople, asking for a pay rise etc etc etc Really boosts the self confidence. :bounce:

Have you got a cat? He may be inside it. :roll: Welcome to the forum.

My pics aren't gif they are jpg

There is a sticky at the top of the freshwater section. Basically you need to have your photo in an online image sharing album (like Photobucket) then click on the link there to copy and paste it here. Read the guidelines to see the size limits.

Daylight saving ends that weekend so you will have an extra hour to enjoy your weekend

We have a lot of dragonflies around the ponds Zach. I believe their larvae attack and eat either the goldfish eggs, or newly hatched fry. At least the dragonflies are silent :roll:

My section is not fenced (well it is - but no gates). Luckily I am up a back section and no young children live near (until the 6 month old next door starts moving but they have gates at their place). I would be devastated if a child drowned in one of my ponds but am also against the fencing law. Seems stupid to me when we have 3 unfenced rivers (in which at least 3 children that I can think of have drowned) running through the middle of town. :roll: We almost lost my son when he fell into my dad's goldfish pond (I thought he was with Grant and Grant thought he was with me - you know how it goes :-? ). The sides were slippery with algae and, at 18 months, he couldn't get his footing and was struggling face down in the water. We were lucky my mum saw him fall in and we hauled him out non the worse for wear but it was a close thing. I shook for hours afterwards! Didn't then fence the pond, just made sure we knew where he was at all times. RochelleMay is your pond fenced with the dogs or separate from the dogs? Are they likely to go leaping into it? Not only might they break your fountain but they will scare the fish (and maybe eat one by accident)

Rozski he is still learning how to alter the depth of field etc. He made the same comment about the 1st pic :roll:

Grant is playing with his new Canon...

When I rang our council they told me a fish pond didn't need to be fenced as we weren't swimming in it (presumably :lol: )

Sorry nobody has been able to come up with any suggestions as to what it might be kathiej

I have never had my stuff checked when travelling within NZ I once travelled from Blenheim to Wellington with an ice cream container with an axoltl in it. That created interest when the air hostess (remember when all flights had them?) wanted to know why I was carrying an ice cream container so I lifted the lid :lol:

Welcome. We will do all we can to help with your addiction. There is no cure to MTS (multiple tank syndrome) but we have ways of easing the pain

As far as I know, MYOB was popular because it was cheap and easy to use, very basic. We have a copy of it here but never actually used it :roll: I suspect, for your job, useage would be very basic and a matter of inputting data in the right places. No setting up of stuff or anything required.

If you really love your frogs I wouldn't risk it. Think how bad you would feel if you got up one morning to only find half a frog

When I put tadpoles (a good size and already with back legs) in with small goldfish they were eaten

Generally speaking it is suggested you do not keep them togther. Comets are coldwater and guppies (despoite often being sold as "cold water guppies") are tropical. Depending on their size the comets will also view the guppies as food so they may not last long enough to feed to the axolotls. Not sure an axolotl can catch a guppy :-?

I agree with Brad, you can't trust most solo angels (although you do get the occasional one that is no problem at all) :roll:

Makes perfect sense and I doubt there would be much splashing from a fountain of that design. Lilies have bulbs. Just before winter they are lifted from the pond (supposedly, I have not done so with mine yet) to winter out of water. It is at this point the bulbs are divided up into separate plants. They do not grow from cuttings. Look for someone locally who has lilies and ask for some in autumn when it is time to split them up.

Most fountains have adjustable sprays. Or, if only small it may not splash much so you can still have the lilies. Other plants aren't a problem I just know my dad said liles don't like having water splashing on them all the time.

A nicely sized bumper sticker over it? :roll:

I've had a BN or 2 go down the plughole too when emptying a filter