watching americas cup match and fleet racing replay and getting ready for a week at the mountain. Fresh snow is calling.

Decided to downsize my fish collection to one small tank. Now i'm cleaning out the breeding trap in small tank because it contains about 40-50 platy fry. :roll:

And they're my favourite fish and yellow with black spots and all super healthy! So I guess it's time for a grow out tank. :facepalm:

I shall drive back to Palmy this evening. Was good to have Monday off work.

Spent the 'long weekend' in New Plymouth. This place is amazing and the view from my parent's house is awesome - Mount Taranaki from one window and the ocean from the other. I think I shall spend more and more time in the Naki now.

are you finished your study now or do you just mean 'in between'?

and is this really a cover for 'oh look, here is another house I can make new aquascapes at'? :slfg:

... cause if it is... :spop: in advance

Went and got some new rocks for my tank, cleaned 'em and put them in my tank.

Tank up date:

http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=54747

Went for my CT scan guided nerve root injection today but the radiologist said the scans were not clear enough and recommended I say no the injection as there was only a 50% chance it would work. He said I should have had an MRI scan first so now I have to wait a week to go back to the orthopaedic surgeon to get his referral for one. I will have to go to Nelson or ChCh for it as we do not have one here. Surgeon only sees people 2 days per week, hence the wait.

I will go over tomorrow and ask why I have to see him again and why can't he just do the damned referral!! :an!gry

I figure the radiologist is the one to listen to, especially as this orthopaedic surgeon does not do backs (saw him though as he had the shortest waiting list).

I thought, at the original appt with him, he told me I had to have an MRI and was confused when I got an appt for a CT. When I queried it I was told I had to have the CT first.

Apparently if I lived just about anywhere else there would have been no question that I would have the MRI first. :roll:

One of the disadvantages of living in a small town with limited medical facilities. :evil:

Ah well, Joe will have to empty my spare tank himself if he wants to use it

Small tank, next to sink, 5 minute job at most 8)

I've been off school today because I am sick again :an!gry For some annoying reason I keep catching colds. This happens every year around winter/spring.

Chow! Last exam tomorrow!!! :happy1: :happy2:

Set up my new tank todayyyy :happy1: Thread/Pictures to come :thup:

(wanna see thoses pictures !)

One of my cactus produced a big flower and I started to settle up a "desertscape" :smln:

Learnt how to embed youtube videos on forums

Collected another 40kg of black sand from Muriwai. Should have the big tank ready to add fish by this time next week.

Today I got a new shirt for my husband to 95% finished state and then realised I'd sewn the buttonholes too far over and I may not be able to fix it, a terminal error. I am not very pleased with myself ....... need to stop being mad so I can think of solutions

Today I got a new shirt for my husband to 95% finished state and then realised I'd sewn the buttonholes too far over and I may not be able to fix it, a terminal error. I am not very pleased with myself ....... need to stop being mad so I can think of solutions

kerosene and a lighter?

not mad enough for that, not calm enough to laugh at the thought of doing it

what I need is chocolate :sage:

Bought 2 dicksonias antarctica.

what I need is chocolate

What everyone needs is chocolate !drool:

Collected another 40kg of black sand from Muriwai. Should have the big tank ready to add fish by this time next week.

how are you doing it this time? Let me know if you ever want to sell those threadfins

how are you doing it this time? Let me know if you ever want to sell those threadfins

Black sand with a big pile of rocks at one end and then a fair bit of open water and a couple of swords in the rocks. I've now got 8 heckelii so hopefully I get a pair or 2 breeding. I'll be incorporating some big caves in the rock pile to try to promote it.

Bought 2 dicksonias antarctica.

some nice tree ferns in nz as well

some nice tree ferns in nz as well

Oh yes, I just discovered it 2 years ago !

I've been pretty fascinated by treeferns for a long time.

I wish one day I could walk under some.

Meanwhile, I'm fitting out a greeNZ house !

Leptopteris superba are nice if you can find them over there

can't walk under them though

Black sand with a big pile of rocks at one end and then a fair bit of open water and a couple of swords in the rocks. I've now got 8 heckelii so hopefully I get a pair or 2 breeding. I'll be incorporating some big caves in the rock pile to try to promote it.

what you need is a shoal of pygmy corydora

what you need is a shoal of pygmy corydora

I fear they'd become dinner for the heckelii. The pandas are only just big enough and they haven't been introduced to the new male which is huge! I'd like them for the lounge tank but can't afford them at the moment.

well if the lack of interest in my auction continues, they may well still be available for you :roll: