Recent content by Drouthie

I like post-punk, punk rock, ska ect. Some of my favourite bands at the moment are the Lawrence Arms, Cobra Skulls, Against Me!, Hot Water Music, the Bronx and Ska-P, LaGrecia, Bayside and Jets to Brazil. I don't know what grind is (feeling silly, should I?) I don't know any UK bands really as I...

Re: LP's - Shrimp Tank It looks very similar to what I am planning! I even have the same plants. Your rocks are much nicer than mine though, I just have a few slate offcuts I had lying around.

BigTom: 3 year or 4 year PhD? Have you got 'the fear' yet? I have but it is sadly manifesting itself through displacement activities such as coming on here in the middle of the day (don't tell the boss!) Are those the mice that eat the seabird chicks alive? Or is that somewhere else?

We have a lab saying, "Once you go mac, you don't go back." Sadly my home computer is a PC, maybe if I didn't spend so much on 'scaping I'd have money for a macbook pro *dreams of shiny happy future*. To answer the initial question, I'm a posgrad researcher in X-ray crystallography which is...

The one I got can break in two for smaller tanks. It was from aqua essentials http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/classic ... -5312.html, unfortunately it's out of stock! But perhaps something like that would be useful?

Re: Andyh's 190l Lounge tank (update 23-06-11) Amazing! I really like the video, it's nice to see tanks 'in action'.

Get a gravel cleaner. I never realised how much rubbish was in the gravel until I bought one. I always thought they were a bit of a gimmick and was happy with the wafting/syphoning technique until I got one to see what they were like. The difference is amazing.

I have also been on a gas safety workshop and don't see the problem. The only thing that worried me is that the age of the regulators people use tend to be older. At my work we have to chuck them every five years- even if they have been unused. And this is a problem not specific for FEs. I...

Drouthie's tank Sorry for the misleading journal title, my CO2 system is not new I just can't work out how to change the name of the thread anymore.

Re: Drouthie's tank- pictures I've been very shoddy at keeping this journal up to date. One of the main reasons was lack of a decent camera, getting a good shot was a bit beyond my iPhone. I've borrowed a friends D-SLR this weekend so here are the results. Everything I know about cameras I...

It looks really good, I like the rummynoses, they really complement the scape. Very nice!

It's pretty cool finding out what everyone does, and what other careers there are out there. I also wanted to be a vet when I was younger but I couldn't get the work experience. Thought about medicine until I realised that I was just applying because it was a bit like vet. I'm glad I dodged...

The horse riding thing is funny because it is such as physical hobby. My parents were more than happy to let me ride and work at a stables but when I started boxing they were concerned about how dangerous it was! Because falling off a 1.5m-2m animal and having 500kg step on you isn't dangerous...

Can you tell me where you got the cubes from? I'm thinking of doing something similar myself, but can't decide on tanks. Cheers! :)

Hmm, didn't think of that... Still speedboats! :P