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He might not post but he does read, and comment, over my shoulder 58 today. Here is the present I bought him (no comments on the model thank you, it was what he wanted and it is his birthday) He picks it up on Tuesday. :bounce:

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Hey they are on their honeymoon! :lol:

Cyanobacter is the slimey algae that covers substrate, plants, and everything else, in a dark green sheet.

Depends on the size of the envelope Ask around as it varies a lot.

When a fish is bloated its stomach swells. This causes the scales on the tummy area to stick out as they try to fit around the extra gut underneath. If a fish has dropsy, the pine cone effect of the scales is all over the fish, not just the tummy area. Hard to tell on some species though.

If you crop an image, you are just removing some of the picture around one or more of the edges. It will be a fraction smaller merely because there are less pixels as you cropped some off but not much different Mb or kb size to the original. Cropping does not reduce the quality. You can then resize the picture to 640 x 480 pixels (max). This will reduce the kb size. You can then reduce the quality of the image which will drastically reduce the kb size, depending on how much you reduce it. eg. My original photo would be approx 3.5Mb. If I just resized it to 640 x 480 then saved it as full quality it would be about 250 - 300kb If I then reduced the quality to medium (or 5 on my scale) for emailing, it would be 80 - 100kb. For those who get the AW, the cover photos are full quality but resized to 640 x 480 so are approx 250kb. The pics on the inside, being so small, are done at medium quality so are about 100kb each. Makes the file size of the document smaller and prints faster. If a pic is just for online then 100kb is fine. If you want to print it out the same size as a normal photo then 250+ is enough. If you want to print it out A5 or larger then keep it full size.

LUNCH!! :lol:

Do not confuse cropping with resizing.

There should be a law against clear glass in shower stalls! :lol: So Stella, has the potato trick worked?

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There used to be someone posting here who made big acrylic tanks. He used to post pics. Can't remember his nick :roll: Tanksman? :-?

I haven't seen the pond myself but doubt it could accumulate that much algae in 4 months. Good thinking though.

It sounds like he has been damaged by something. Perhaps another fish has whacked into him or he has been frightened and hit a sharp object.

Bud wanted to post this himself but he has forgotten his password He and Grant have been exercising the neighbour's cat... :lol:

Hang on the back filters don't come big enough to create a problem unless it was a lrge one on a very small tank. It is the big external filters that have forceful water return through spray bars and tubes.

Not using aquarium test kits no but there must be places that can test for contaminants etc.

Is it the smallest? The runt can get bullied. Are its gills red? Could have an infection.

You may also have spray residue or something else on the roof (tank)contaminating the rain water.

I too am wondering what the flowers are made of as they are most interesting! Congratulations to you both.

You can also point the spray bar towards the glass.

A guy I know was breeding Africans at New Brighton. He was breeding them at 7pH as he said that is what the water was and he wasn't going to muck about with pH changes.

Nice pics!

Got this reply from a vet.... The organism that causes white spot (Ichthyophthirius multifiliis) is an obligate parasite. It can not live without a fish host. Without a fish host the free floating stage of the life cycle will die in 48 hours. It will not live on a snail as far as I could find. The organism is a ciliated protozoan. It doesnt form spores like a fungus. It attaches to the fish and reproduces inside a cyst like structure. When the cyst is full and mature it ruptures and releases the free floating tomite form are just immature organisms. The tomites are not a dormant spore but are rather a living protozoal orgamisn that swims around in the water looking for a host. If she removes the fish she can treat them in a smaller area. Water temp is definatly a factor. Higher temps will speed up the life cycle and help the treatment go faster. 5-7 days f no fish in the pond should kill them off as long as she can ensure that there are no fry in there that she cant see.

The pond freezes over in winter Caper but goldfish don't mind that. They semi hibernate over winter months. The barbs can only go outside over summer otherwise it is waaay too cold