Caryl

It would have been Douglas Adams' 61st birthday - RIP to a frood who always knew where his towel was :thup:

No, he was the son of Clyde and Mary Morrison

That was too easy!

I actually did get a choccy fish today - after being on the winning tug of war team :thup:

Nancy Wake was an amazing woman. More so since the majority of people had never heard of her until she died :roll:

I dunno - he could probably do with the exercise :rolfl:

I hope it wasn't Denny she was chasing!

My Anubias is planted - not deeply though. It does just as well like that or attached to driftwood.

:thup: :cophot:

http://www.berrysmith.org/projects/aqua ... ydroponics

Les Quizerables came 3rd tonight :dnc1: :thup: :happy1: :happy2: More added to our bar tab 8)

Dunedin seem to be having the same problem :an!gry

Implied (not insinuated) swearing is the use of other characters instead of some letters in a swear word - eg if "brick" was a swear word we would not allow you to put "b#@ck". I am off to quiz night tonight with my team Les Quizerables :dnc1:

Those were the days I could fill the motorbike's fuel tank for about 50c :thup: Mind you, my wages were $7 - $8 per week.

If they are being fed bottom feeding pellets containing lignin (I think that is the vital ingredient) then they should be fine without driftwood. I just found this which is interesting.

Context is everything. I have just made some sushi, a quiche and some bran muffins (aka as poo pellets or fluffin muffins by my kids). Just waiting for our visitor to arrive. I think he must be lost! He said he thought he was about 20km away but that was over 45 minutes ago. I do hope your birchirs are eating pellets and not pallets

A packet was $2.50 when I smoked :bggrn:

I do not use them but a lot would depend on how well covered your tanks are too. I spray, when I have to, everywhere but the end of the room where the tank is. My tank has a solid wood lid though so I would probably be able to spray over it with no problems. Personally I found Mortein useless and prefer Raid

Whether a fish becomes a "good community fish" depends on a number of factors; number of fish - as fish loving being in a group the more of them you have the better behaved they ought to be towards others. size of tank - bigger means more room for territories for individual species order they were added - some fish will decide the whole tank is their territory if they are added first type of other inhabitants - some cope with more boisterous fish than others We have all had similar experiences I am sure and it does make you wonder sometimes why you keep fish! Sometimes this relaxing hobby :dnc1: is anything but :-?

Hi and Good to hear they put a qualifier on the "coldwater" :thup: I hope someone with natives answers your question! Perhaps if you posted it in the native section it would get a quicker reply PS. I love your user name :bggrn:

Pics of the tank once it is up and running disgustipated. I myself would not consider the word whore to be swearing, except in direct name calling.

Thank you LA. I was confused until you posted that :roll: Sorry guys, no brown bottles sitting in the treetops, just tuis of the feathered kind. Although, I must admit, I didn't actually see a tui. I heard some, and bellbirds, and saw wekas, wood pigeons and kakariki but no tuis.

Grant and I spent an enjoyable day on Saturday visiting the Tui Nature Reserve. It is an over 2hr boat trip down Pelorus Sound then a very steep 25 minute walk uphill (45 for some). Luckily the day was warm but overcast so our climb was not too exhausting. http://tuinaturereserve.co.nz/ We were taken on a walk through regenerating native forest and black birches while they talked about the project that started 10 years ago. We met the rodent sniffing dogs, native geckos and red fronted kakariki while being shown the various traps used to catch rats, stoats, possums, cats etc. They are building a predator fence too and raising money for this as it costs about $30 per metre. Here are some photos I took throughout the day... http://smg.beta.photobucket.com/user/ca ... rch%202013

Stumbled across this and thought it may be of help and/or interest to some... http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/ebook.html