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very original idea! :lol:

would you join us?

oh or for something different, How about suggestions of a nice public place we can gather at for our last meeting before daylight savings ends. Perhapes a beach outing would be an idea as the Niwa site says low tide will be mid evening.

Anyone else out there got a burning urge to have a bunch of fishy people come round and gawk at your fish???

Hey! i recognise those emoticons! :lol: Definitely worthy of the "drool", wish i could take pics like that. Or afford the camera too.

Oh that would be awesome!! I feel like i have a lot on my plate at the moment :-? We have just bought a new house (yippee!!) but have still got paper work to sort out and packing (yeah the house lot AND 17 fish tanks ) and it all has to be done A.S.A.P.

Anyone want to put their hand up for hosting the next meeting? I would offer our place as the backup as usual but i don't know where "our place" is. No hard work involved. Have an open door, a few seats and a smile on ya face!

Conch.... Have you flown at the Lake Forsyth Flyin? Mr L

I personally wouldn't touch anything apart from Futaba and JR. These are the main 2 makes. Both do entry level starting at about $300 through to $3K. Planes are planes but the radiogear is the lifeline of the plane. Come out to CMAC and I'll get him up on the club trainer to see if he likes it. www.modelaeroclub.com (the power flight section) One of the guys I fly with when in Dunners http://www.flyinggiants.com/gallery/sho ... ppuser=689 Mr L

What sort of algae have you got in your tank? I am just wondering if perhapes it is a type that BN don't like to eat?? Do you try putting other foods down for them too or just hope they will get by on the algae in your tank? another thought i had was about your water. I was told that BN are a lot more sensitive than other fish to ammonia levels (i think that was it) and with you doing lots of water changes and gravel siphons and distubances to the tank i was thinking perhapes your bio filter and cycle stc is being disrupted and thus causing ammonia spikes? Wold be keen to hear what others have to say on those ideas?

From what i have gathered about learning to fly and flight sims and stuff (and i am no expert at all) You have to get the brain trained to push a little stick in the right direction at the right time. It is a lot like learning to play a playstation very quickly and a bit more complex. This is the sim we have got but a newer version and it comes with the special transmitter which plugs to the PC and the software (can download tonnes of planes too!) My preschool girls like playing around with it even! http://www.trademe.co.nz/Toys-models/Radio-control/Planes/auction-142592318.htm I have even had a play with the sim myself and once i got the hang of turning in a circle (a controlled circle not random flying spaztically round all over) i realised that it is very difficult for me. And i have a huge respect for the fact that my hubby can throw planes round in the sky as natually as blinking as eye. He has just started advanced aerobatics. The tx (transmitter) has the sticks/controls which you manouver and it sends your instructions to the plane ie "go up", "go left",etc. The rx (reciever) picks up the instruction and unscrambles it to tell the various parts of the plane what to do to acheive your request. The servos are the things that make those parts move. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servomechanism

A quick look has shown me that a few NZ model sites have cubs for sale http://www.toprc.co.nz/piper48.htm http://www.greatplanes.com/airplanes/gpma0160.html

oh and also for a little extra $$ (sometimes just a box of beer or the like) there are folks out there who get real kicks out of building aircraft and may do it for other people too. Could be a good idea if :lol:

Perhapes you could save up for the Cub and he could have it as strictly a display and hang it from to ceiling? Means you dont need to pay out for the motor and servo/transmitter etc. And then he can gawk at it to his hearts content

OMG! cool! I had no idea there was even such a thing. But it explains what i have in a couple of my tanks. I always thought they were a early stage of pond snail developing. thanks!

First off Welcome nzlass! I am sorry you have had a bad start to keeping fishys. You will surely get lots of help and advise here so hopefully we can work out what is going on with your fish and tank. I gather you have been very disheartened by all this , probably feel like you have spent way more than you would have liked and perhapes a bit overwhelmed by all the info you will be given. I can't actually see where things may be going wrong but perhapes someone else can. *i really must learn to spell check my posts before i hit submit :roll: *

Why does he have to prove himself? Can't you just take his word for it? What would The Conch have to gain by lying to you?

Could be a water quality issue? i would think that corydoras barbels are pretty sensitive. especially when you think of what they are sifting and foraging around in all day and night

it will be just the same as everything else: has to be the right person to pull it off well. There is a team leader at work who has amazing dreads. He really suits them. Bum length, even, tidy and clean looking blonde dreads. I don't really like the dreads that are all different sizes and lengths as much.

I don't think so

The inspiration came from WildspiritWolfs Tribal betta. Very talented artist! I didn't want to steal her piccy so just used the concept of a tribal fish to draw up my own. I haven't yet found an image or drawn one yet that i 100% want to put on my skin forever. The Csection scars from when i had my 2 children are probably more significant than any picture i could find anyway

Anyone care to translate?? http://akwarium.org/galerie.php?ID_GALERIA=26&ID_ZDJECIE=620

been thinking about getting this done as a tattoo but think it is probably nicer on the wall so i can see it. Drew it for an art competition a few months ago. http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/soggy_fruit_loop/theangel.jpg

Ditto

Really?!! Hang on i will get my visa!!! :lol: