GrahamC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilia_%28building%29 said to be the world's most expensive home ... probably has a few aquaria in it

I guess that's why some people find mermaids attractive ..a wife/partner who is also part fish!

What does one get these days for premeditated murder? 5 years?

I've only paid superficial attention to this .. hard to avoid. But if the graffiti were directed at the wife ( the one who is always in tears ), why wasn't she the one who was shot?

More likely the relationship was impaired already, and this is just a tipping point.

I read that you need a small tank to constrain the fish movement if you want really decent close up photos.

Fin rot is due to bacterial infection with death (infarction) of the end of the fin. You see streaks in the fins. Your video doesn't look like that at all.

Most log fires can barely do 74% efficiency, and the clean air regulations now require combustion to be at least 65% efficient. I've come across something called a rocket mass heater which uses small amounts of wood, and is very efficient .. probably similar to a pellet stove. The emissions are said to be only CO2 and water. You can choose to use them for heating, or cooking. Not really both as the design is slightly different. The rocket mass heater achieves its efficiency using a tall chimney, and hotter temperatures so that all the gases are combusted as well. All the gas is then passed horizontally thru a large thermal mass which then continues to radiate heat many hours after the fire has extinguished. So, similar to a Kang except the Kang takes the exhausts directly from the furnace rather after a secondary combustion chamber. Not sure if one built one here whether one could get the rocket mass heater permitted. There's a video from the local permaculture guys showing how to built a rocket heater ( for cooking ) using 5 cinder blocks. Probably not suitable as cinder blocks would likely crumble eventually under the heat. And there's a video on youtube showing how to build one using 16 (I think) chimney bricks. I removed my chimney in my renovations, and now wonder if I should have left it there, and converted the fireplace to a rocket heater!

Got a microscope off TM. Now where does one buy slides, cover slips and dyes? Only can find internet sites .. no bricks and mortar shops.

I would have the urge to install a pelmet to reduce heat losses from the room

How clear is the legislation on this regarding the growing of trout for personal consumption? The brief scan I've done of the legislation bans commerce in trout, and trout parts ie. where you possess trout/trout parts for the purchase of selling. Does it anywhere specifically prohibit the home aquaculture of trout for personal consumption? I guess you'd have to catch the trout somewhere and spawn them yourself. http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/5 ... tasaNo.pdf

I suspect I am work when Sesame Street is showing ...

What happens when you get an outbreak of BBA in a tank that size?

The advert is promoting Symbicort which is an inhaled steroid for asthma, so that the user is able to get a breath of fresh air. Sadly the advertising company is poorly informed by using a pond fish in a fish bowl, and perpetuating the myth that a fish bowl is an appropriate environment for the fish. I offered this observation to see if I were being a little too politically correct.

Just noticed this on TV1 at 17:54 ... shows a small fish bowl, no filtration, and a comet Perhaps someone should let them know? That comet ain't getting fresh oxygen in that bowl!

You mean LD50, but perhaps LCt50 with a time value is more appropriate.

My impression was that plants that are found in acidic environments can do well in alkaline water, but reverse is not true.

Quick google suggests that dropping the temperature and supersaturating the water with O2 can help ameliorate chlorine toxicity.

Wouldn't the presence of organics in the tank favour the production of chloramines? And how many ppm of chlorine will kill fish so rapidly like that? Anyway I was just wondering what one could do when faced with a similar situation with no water conditioner immediately on hand.

if you had some activated charcoal, you could have used that in your filters while you were going to purchase the water conditioner. Is your tank going to have a mini cycle now?

I recall that chloride ions protect the fish from the nitrites too ie. less of an issue in a marine tank.

Sounds like your Betta is sick now. I'd put him into a hospital tank, with a bit of aquarium salt, and do the frequent PWCs. Have a look to see if you can see any fungi on the shredded fin.

Perhaps you're feeding too much food causing a bacterial bloom?

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/01/ ... nd-others/ Interesting. I use Calibre to convert PDF to ePUB but didn't realise it was able to strip DRM off.

Yes, Partial Water Changes