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Grant's preferences would be (not in any particular order) Samsung, Panasonic or Sony. Depending where you are, if Freeview is available via UHF, get one with an integrated tuner to get good high definition reception. If you don't have Free view vbia VHF save some money and buy one without the integrated tuner as you won't get high defiiition for some years yet. He prefers LCD due to lower power consumption and less heat generated than plasma. Plasma can also cause intereference on some radios. Plasma is arguably a better picture but you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference. LCDs are geneally lighter so easier to hang off a bracket or wall etc if required. All HD TVs have HDMI inputs, even cheap ones and lots of other inputs and outputs for easy connection of other gear. If you are in to HD movie playback see if you can do a deal on a blue ray player or maybe, with Sony, a PS3 which will also play back blue ray and it's often a very cheap way to go.

applesnail.net has pictures and everything

If you tell us where you are perhaps someone can help you with some cycled filter media.

My work day is now over (if you don't count having to come home, cook dinner, clean up etc etc etc). We had fun reading through some reports of patients who ended up at the hospital over the Christmas break. One man injured himself "falling off an inflatable object". This had us speculating Another fell twice and knocked himself out after consuming 2 bottles of homebrew whiskey in 1 day :roll: The day was worse since we hit over 28C today 8) It is reading 30.1C here at home at 5.38pm

Not too busy to be surfing the forum though I see :lol:

Unfortunately he often forgets the punch lines :-? :roll:

...so Dr and I are listening to Matinee Idle on National Radio :lol: In between stuff he tells me jokes :roll:

"Everything shuts at 3pm" So the only things worth doing anywhere are retail type outfits? There are a lot of great walks with spectacular views from Picton, the foreshore to lounge on and the beach to play on - all free and open 24/7

He might be using it to make a fashion statement

There's a bed for you here in Blenheim Wilson, just 20 minutes from Picton. Picton has the seahorse aquarium (haven't seen it for a few years so can't say what it's like with different owners). Omaka Air Museum (all the displays done by Weta Workshops - brilliant! Might cost moer than you're willing to pay though) Pollard Park - dangle your feet in the water while feeding ducks I would suggest a wine tour but you'er underage :lol:

It's 3 out of 3 now :roll: Only a very slight leak so may wait a day or 2 to see what happens. It was dry for several hours before it started on this latest leak. lmsmith - we own a computer company but Grant works as a contractor to Downer EDI Engineering. As such, he fixes Telecom payphones. Many faults are to phone boxes where someone has got their card stuck, or tried to put coins in a card phone, or used the wrong card :roll: He also does building and engineering services which means he looks after the aircon units, batteries, deisel generators, lightbulbs and other maintenance on all Telecom buildings. If the aircon fails, or batteries, an alarm goes off and he is called out to fix it before the building overheats and destroys the sensitive equipment. He does the same for the courts. He does all Vodaphone's faults and maintenance and anything else they can think of for him to do. He also does radio/telephone basework for Teamtalk, the major operator in NZ. He has just done some installation work for JDA who look after the Radio Works radio stations and TV3 stuff. He does lighthouse faults and other miscellaneous work like telephone system installations and broadband installation for parliamentary services (means he hooks the MPs into the Net). He installs and maintains broadband via satellite for ICONZ as well. Luckily all that is only part time (he has been averaging 66 hours per week lately) as he then comes home to do computer sales and repairs :roll:

It was the image stabilisation he was interested in.

Just set up the pools. Two out of 3 leak so back to the shop for replacements :roll: We have bought several of these pools and never had a problem with them before. Neighbour's dog came over for a look. Had a quick sniff then kept going round to the fish pond, had a drink there, then wandered back home again :lol: My husband came to pick me up from the shop after I rang him to ask him to come and get me after I had purchased them (I had walked into town, 4km, and had no backpack to carry them in, plus they are remarkably heavy for little plastic pools and get heavier as you walk back home :roll: ) He then helped set the pools up and hold them in place until the water level was high enough to keep the sides up. He has also just put together the outdoor table and chair set I bought (well, he just got his new camera) and we have been sitting at out table, under our new umbrella, while he surfs the Net for some camera lenses. It is a hard life :lol: It is rare to go so long (4 days now) without him being called out. He is on call all next week and over New Year :-?

You say you found a dead platy in there. How long had it been there? That would cause an ammonia spike as it fouled the water. The extra water changes are always the first defense against high ammonia readings. What sort of Aqua One filters are they? If they are the small internal type these clog very quickly (my Shark ones certainly do) and I only use them as spares or back-ups.

Nothing. We are boring old farts now :lol: No :roll:

What sort of macro lens? Grant has just bought a Canon EOS 450D and it came with a 75-300mm lens. He is looking at getting the 55-250 stabilised lens and has found some Chinese ones for half the price of Canon but doesn't know if they are any good.

I get my driftwood from the mouth of the Hokitika river. It washes down the river then gets stuck in the sand where it gets washed by the sea. The wood doesn't absorb salt so as long as you give it a good rinse before adding it to the tank it will be fine.

Have you checked the temperature? Sudden changes can trigger fungus like that.

You obviously married the wrong guy :lol:

Any possibility of something toxic having got into the tank? Seems to me they have been poisoned by something. Anyone spray anything?

Oops, she did name her husband didn't she? :oops: Sorry Kim and welcome!

Welcome Nora and husband. You should consider joining one of the ChCh fish clubs. This site is not a "club" itself as such but is run by the FNZAS to which many clubs belong.

The original castle might have had a moat! :lol:

False advertising then. I watched the whole thing waiting to see how they did the aquarium Very interesting, though I think it would have been cheaper to build the castle from scratch :roll:

No idea, I just glanced up when I heard the words "fish tank" :lol: