Caryl

I often hear people claim UGF's are no good for plants but this is not so. As long as you have a decent thickness of substrate they are fine. The filters today are much more efficient than of old plus the media is really high tech in the surface area they have compared to the basic stuff they used to use.

I have a lot of plants and not so many fish. I did a water change the other day - the first it has had since February. In ye olde days there was little in the way of filtration often as not and if they did have filters, they were most likely to be under gravel or box filters.

Well if you are going to ruin a perfectly good cupcake, with caramel sauce, by slathering butter on it then you don't deserve one!

I fear something would go wrong with it! I have to bake one soon anyway as it is Grant's birthday next Thursday. I suggest you don't hold your breath waiting Anthony! :slfg:

We will be passing through Naseby on Monday 1st Oct as part of our South Island Tiki Tour. I have a friend with a holiday home there and they love the area. When I Googled it the only results were the shops in Dunedin so I would say that is your closest option.

I find it funny that, as I type this, the song Bad Day by Daniel Powter is playing on the radio. I biked into town to get some groceries. On the way home I realised I had run over this... As I got off my bike to look, I realised my 2L of milk was dribbling out and I had lost over half of it! Turns out one of the wires on the carry basket had come loose and must have been wriggling away making a hole very near the base of the container :facepalm: At least I was able to lie the container on its side so preserved almost half of the contents as I walked the rest of the way home. I thought I had done well as I had also picked up a $12 pack of chicken drums, and I can get 7 meals out of the pack. We also have no email as Xtra business is broke Took Grant 2 hours and 3 different "help" people this morning to convince the help desk that there was, indeed, a problem. Still not fixed. Oh well, it is a lovely sunny day here with the slightest of breezes so I think I shall go sit in the sun and read a book.

I have never found white clouds particularly voracious when it came to their fry but they do eat them if they are in the wrong place at the wrong time. If you want to raise them it might pay to separate them. If the tank is well planted with plenty of places for the fry to hide then I would leave them.

Have a look at the various rainbowfish.

Caveat emptor! I love that sign LA. Bet a lot of people thought they were getting a bargain too! Genius advertising

Our club started by meeting on Sunday afternoons. This was in the days when shops closed at the weekends and only people like nurses, police, etc had to work so everyone was free to attend. These days it is hard to find a time that suits everyone with businesses running 7 days a week and many doing shift work - that also changes from week to week! Wednesdays seem to suit most as nobody wants to go out on a Monday (if they are a Monday - Friday worker). We found there were already many meetings being held on Thursdays and Fridays and Saturdays were social nights for some. Tuesdays only suited half our members so Wednesdays became club night by default.

No, but the BNs are good at it.

I would disagree with that strongly!

I don't think we had anything with it as we didn't have anything else to go with it. It is nice on its own with the syrup stuff poured over. It was way nicer than I expected with a lot more flavour than I thought it would have. I know how excited you are to finally be seeing your mum after all these years. I guess we won't see you in here for a while after her arrival :lol: How long is she able to be here? I am sure we will soon be seeing lots of happy family shots in Facebook :happy1: :happy2: :bounce:

No, different stuff but the other will be around somewhere.

Thanks for that. Mine does not work like that but I did find out how to do it in the end.

Joe I have a 10kg bag of black, fine substrate that has a sparkle to it. It came with a tank I bought once.

Not on my Google! :dunno:

How do you create a Google map with multiple destinations on it, without the blue line you get if you click on 'directions'?

I am stable at the weight that is the top of my weight/height range but hopefully it will drop eventually back to what it was before surgery - if I stop eating so many treats! Mcrudd that Malva pudding was delicious!

I got to meet camtang today :thup: He now has an aircon unit for his fish room. :happy2:

Oohh that looks nice. I finally got around to making the Malva pudding recipe that Mcrudd mentioned elsewhere in the forums. It was very delicious and I recommend it to all!!!! !drool:

welcome

You will have to come and search Joe. Everything has been moved for painters, builders etc. I know there is a bucket of some sort of gravel in the garage as I saw it this morning. The stuff that was in the 3ft is here somewhere (and it was fine and dark) plus I have some like in the 4ft (I think) plus some fruit salad somewhere that someone gave me.

Pepper was a maroon belly and made a lot more mess when bathing than Rocket appears to! Pepper bathed in the sink and would get under the tap so the water would cascade everywhere. You can see pics of him here. He is sadly missed &c:ry

How much do you need? I have various substrates here and some sand as well (somewhere)