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Hope it all goes well George and best of luck to everyone who's going out there. Good luck.

Just be careful - you've been lucky that it didn't smash with the expansion of the ice - I wouldn't do anything that might expose it to extremes of temperatures such as bright lights as the glass might crack!

Well I love F1 and want McLaren to win. I think Lewis is a great driver and showed it at the weekend with a car that needs some work on it to get it up to the Ferrari at the moment. I'm sorry but as good a driver as he is I can't stand Alonso - the look on his face after qualifying on...

Merry Christmas everyone! :D I'm on my holidays now too!!! :mrgreen:

Congratulations Sam. Bet you haven't stopped smiling yet eh?

AFAIK Royal Mail will not legally carry livestock such as fish through normal post. They are on the restricted items list. IMO fry should not be posted really as they are far too delicate. I hate to think what the mortality might be. Fish should be at least a couple of months old IMO before...

I know of two commercial Koi farms in the UK. One has their open weekend next weekend in Weston-Super-Mare and if you came along you'd get all the info you'd need. Or look at their websites for info - Koi UK and Cuttlebrook Koi.

There is at least one Tilapia farm left that I'm aware of, one that uses hot water from a power station. Not too sure about ornamental farming on any decent scale though.

Couldn't agree more, better safe than sorry but no need to lose sleep over it it seems. Well done for posting though as caution should always come first IMO.

That's some scary stuff Squiggley. Was that sent to your clerk from a verfiried source? Either way it all seems like very sound, cautious advice.

I've just had a series of vaccinations and boosters for my trip to Uganda and they still hurt but I bet you find they don't hurt as much as you remembered. Your mind is capable of making things like that seem much worse than they really are and you're 10 years older now!

Sorry to hear that Dan and hope you get to a stage soon where you can start a little tank up again. I hope you do still call in mate.

Congratulations! The tanks will have to come a deserved second place to her! :clap:

It's real. It's a long exposure image. Possibly one of the 'next big things' in computer chips - atomic computers!

I was a little worried at that point, but it's all good now! Drank far too many beers listening to it today and now going to celebrate! The Ashes are back home, safe and sound for a year and a half! Let's just hope we can put on a better show in Australia next time round than we did last time!!!

Happy Birthday John!

The Ashes have to be ours now! Australia have to get 546 to win! No side's got such a total in this country to win a test! Role on a few quick wickets tonight and a few celebratory beers!!!!

Happy Birthday Mr.F! I knew all the best people were born in August! :lol:

Just getting better and better at the moment! Just watched Trott and Strauss bat very competently for the first session and now England are piling on a few runs! The Aussies should have over 400 to chase and the best 4th innings total to win a test at the Oval was 269 back in 1902!!! Don't...

Just watched that afternoon session down the pub after playing squash - summer holidays are great! :lol: :clap: I'm not sure he's quite that good, but if he keeps working at the batting and bowling you never know! He could even be better! Bit of a change from talk of him being dropped...

I would take 350 at our current postion but reckon 400 is the score we needed to have a chance of winning. Can't see the last few making that. I just think that it has draw all over it. Our bowlers have to step it up a few gears and bowl in the right places if we are to have a chance. Our...

Robert Key. Plays for Kent and is class. Played a few tests for England and got some big scores followed by a few very low ones and then got dropped. Obviosuly his face didn't fit as Collingwood can score nothing for years and still get picked! Trott looked good and it was bad luck to get...

I agree, Prior has worked hard on his batting and his keeping and is now class. I'd have him batting higher up the order at the moment he's that good. I think Straus is very good and our best batsmen at the moment, but world class? The rest of them are not really up to it. They either lack...

I rate Bell. I think he's really talented but he could be just like Ramps - all the skills but not the right mental approach. Not seen Trott bat so can't really comment but not the best situation to play your first test. Or maybe it's the test a true class batsman will relish?? Personally...

Yeah not the best start! I hate it when we bat first - I've no confidence in our batting line up today. Would have looked a lot better with Key batting #3 and Bell at 4, if anywhere. Bell's having a very torrid time with the short balls at the moment and that's just silly - you can just let...

Ooops! Sorry!! :lol: :clap:

Well as I'm typing this we've survived the first over so my heart beat has settled down a little! If you're not a cricket fan then I know this is probably a bit hard to understand but there's nothing like cricket to build and sustain the tension of a sporting event. All of you football fans...

As we've got a big photography section then I reckon that's equipment related to our forum and hobby so I reckon you can go ahead and post it. If the other mods disagree then we'll pull it and just let you know why we did John so no problems and thank-you very much for asking first rather than...

Happy Birthday Lisa and Bazz! Have good ones guys! :mrgreen:

Thanks for the birthday wishes guys. Had a day out at Go Ape and then a bbq and a few beers later on. And today my new Tanganyikan fish arrived so not a bad week! Happy Birthday to everyone else, especially all us August babies!!!!! :thumbup: :wave:

The one of me wading is in Lake Victoria and the ferry is on the lake too. I also flew in over the lake. Saw Oreochromis niloticus at the fish farm and the one pictured in the Nile is a Thoracochromis I think. The Oreochromis are commonly sold as mouthbrooders or tilapia (even in...

The fish and chips were excellent; much tastier than cod! The bird is a Crowned Crane - the national bird of Uganda. This was one that walked out of an enclosure and jumped up right next to me! Saw lots of fantastic wild birds there.

I've finally got round to uploading some of the photos from my recent trip to Uganda. I flew into Entebbe Airport, right next to Lake Victoria, and then drove to Kampala and onto Masaka town where I was staying with the headteacher of our partner school, Meeru Primary School in Masaka District...

And unfortunately we aren't voting to get rid of those crooks in the Houses of Parliment todayWe just have to be content in venting at the European and local politicians to tell them how unhappy we are with things instead.

Good luck George.

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More of a squash man myself George but good work. 16th is impressive mate. Played a bit of wiff-waff ( :lol: ) myself some years ago but not since they changed the scoring!

At least the fish are kept separate from the cistern tank! However that's a bit of a small aquarium in the end at 2.2gallons!!!! Barely big enough for any fish!

I have to say that I agree with a lot of what Dave said on the other thread. There is a wealth of info on here in stickies, the Tutorials section and just other older threads that answers lots of questions but people don't seem to search or read them but just post a question. I understand that...

I'll sort mine out over the Easter Holiday Matt and send it along to you guys to have a look at.

Could you see me trying all the other links just to make sure I wasn't missing something Mark? :lol: Looking good mate, well done.

Cheers George :D . I'll dust that article off, update it and cut about a thousand words out! :lol:

George, roughly how many words do they usually want for an article? I have an old one I wrote about breeding Benitochromis finleyi Mungo but never used. They might be interested in that but I think it may be too long. It wouldn't take much to update it and make it suitable for publication IMHO.

I reckon it's a lot better if you lot figure out the boundaries than if we just told you! :lol: :lol: :lol:

I've been and it's nice but I was a bit disappointed. There's really only two main exhibits (a large reef, lagoon and reef drop-off exhibit and the huge central columnar tank with sharks and open water species in) and a large coldwater marine tank. Other than that there's a few other tanks and...

I used to be a Garden Designer and grow and sell rare hardy perrenial plants, but I'm a teacher now.

What a match last night eh? Awesome France putting the Welsh in their place!!! Those welsh backs were just kept out of it, and good job too as look what Byrne did when he had the chance! Better than any game of League I've ever seen! :lol:

Happy Birthday mate! 'Interesting' choice of birthday activity!!! :shock: :lol:

We had nearly an inch last night as I went in for a curry. By the time we came out it had all turned to slush! :(

Happy Birthday Garuf and Wolfenrook!!! 20 mate? It's all downhill from there! :lol: :lol: :lol:

We only had a dusting last night and now it's raining on the cold ground! Really looking forward to the commute to school tomorrow! Just have to hope that the forecast snow arrives about 9pm and snows me in!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

I've still got snow on the ground and it's forecast to start again about 7pm!!! Keeping fingers and toes crossed that it's a good foot thick this time! :lol: :lol: :lol:

AWFUL! (Both League and our performance!!! - Sorry Clark!!!! :lol: ) Thank god they played Bergamasco in the first half or I don't think we would have won! Though it really pains me to say it, Wales will destroy us next weekend. Also why did he take half the best players off at 60? I thought...

So anyone else a fan of real sports then and will be glued to the tv this afternoon to watch the 6 nations kick off? I can't wait as I love international rugby and all the matches are live on the BBC this year. Much better than watching football with them falling over like big girls when...

Well my school is about the only one in Nottingham that seemed to open today. Took me 55 minutes to make the 7 mile journey and it was the worst 55 minutes driving I've ever done. I've driven on snow many times before but never with so many idiots going along like it was a normal day and with...

Well my school stayed open so the first lesson today was outside to throw snowballs and try and make an igloo!!!! We now need 6" of snow overnight to have another go tomorrow!!! We only had about 3" at most here IMO.

Not the ones we usually get!!! It's always grey, miserable and wet! Been ages since we've had a proper winter!

That's deeper than we've got Paulo. Looks like London and the South East will grind to a halt tomorrow then!!! :lol:

No way! How much snow have you got? I've been told by the head to come in cold weather gear so we take the kids out in the snow!!!!! (Which sounds great, but I'd rather be in bed!!!)

The latest weather forecast I've seen is disappointing unfortunately. Only light snow showers for us here until Tuesday! Looks like I'd better get my work done ready for tomorrow! :twisted: :lol:

We've had more so it's white over again!!! I'm just North of Nottingham, near junction 26 of the M1. My friend in West Bridgford has very little there last time she looked outside. I think it'll take 4" before my head will close the school, of then so I'm praying for REALLY heavy snow! :lol:!!!

So who's got it yet and how much? We've got a thin layer here and some big flakes starting to come down! Apparently the South side of the city has very little so far though!

We've had this at school on our server and it took me and our IT guy over 4 hours to get rid of it on every computer. Make sure your virus software is totally up to date and you've updated all the security updates from the microsoft site.

Don't know - I'm quite good at wasting time!!! Rarely get bored! :lol: Just need some more time to perfect my time-wasting!!!

I know a couple of traffic cops and I wouldn't want their job. One of the ones I know only investigates fatal accidents and spends his life at rather horrific crashes. The other sees fatals regularly too. Not something I'd like.

Don't spend too long getting your head around it - you'll be told the real version at uni or Post grad! When they get onto to clouds and quarks you're getting there!!!!! The first year at uni is increasingly a catch up year to get those who didn't really learn anything except how to pass an...

Well done Aaron! I had a similar experience with A-level chem. We had a class of only four and I don't think there was the interest from the department in us really. However I went on to Uni to do Genetics with tonnes of Biochem and always scored highly in those modules. It's not about...

That's exactly what I thought too! I hate being busy!

There's too much pressure in there so that won't work I'm afraid. RO man are very good; it's where I got my kit from and they will be able to advise you correctly if you give them a ring tomorrow.

Oh dear. You can get new housings to replace that split one but the membrane may have been damaged too!

Not too bad here either! I haven't had to scrape my car for the last two days! Been a bit of ice on the pond though. I do have Madieran, Canary Island and other subtropicals here thought that survive outside, though I'm thinking this winter might finish them off!

I subscrise to PFK and have done for years but it's more for the general and cichlid articles than the plant ones specifically (though George's articles are very good!!). If you want a good general mag with marine stuff and interesting things then get it. your best bet is probably to go along...

I'm locking this thread now. If anyone would like to take any of the things raised here up then please contact me or another member of the moderating team privately via PM.

Not a threat just an honest, calm response. Which you obviously can't accept or you would have sent this to me via PM.

Believe me I am completely capable of staying calm thank-you very much, but don't expect that your actions don't have consequences please. If you want to discuss this further then please PM me and do it privately.

I don't quite see how you can be so critical of the way the site is run and not expect us who help run it to stay "as calm as possible". I also don't see what this thread was supposed to achieve when again a private message to one of us moderators or founders would have probably got you...

No, as I pointed out, in my earlier post.

As I said I don't know the details, but I imagine the thread was split into two and then the latter part deleted, hence some other posts will have been lost too.

I didn't read much of the thread you are talking about but that page was deleted because it was people slamming the vendor. If you have a problem with a seller you should contact them directly. Venting in a public forum such as this is not the way to get a problem satisfactorily resolved. I...

Merry Christmas everyone! And a prosperous New Year. :D

I love the comment. I hope there's no-one stupid enough to believe something like that, well not for a few more months anyway....

My tank often goes 2 weeks without water changes. In fact it can often go two weeks without ferts too. The benefits of having a nice mature stable tank with Aquasoil IMHO. I get a bit of algae on the older leaves but I'm not paranoid about that.

Yeah. It was a good laugh! Got some funny looks when me and a mate stopped for fish and chips in our djs before going to the film! Don't think people were expecting that! A very surreal evening!

I was dressed in my tux watching Quantum of Solace at the Broadway cinema in town. Then followed it up with a few G&Ts (not a fan of vodka martinis... :lol: )

What king of waters are there around you? There will probably be some ponds near you stocked with little carp so if you're going for general fishing there then I'd get a decent float rod for starters. You'll probably want to get a legering/feeder rod fairly soon probably too. Then a decent...

The rolo idea is good, but she can't wear it can she? Gotta agree with the necklace, but try and get one slightly personal depending on her tastes - shows you've put some thought in...

Wrong tyre choice by Glock. He was lucky to only lose the 18 or so seconds he did lose! Apparently McLaren had it all mapped out and had told Lewis that he would pass Glock on the last lap and not to worry about Vettel! Maybe that apparently should have been allegedly!!! (There's a bit more...

My experience with them with wild animals is that they weren't particularly interested in them either. When a Wood pigeon had flown into a neighbours window and burst it's crop open I was told rather brusquely that they didn't deal with animals like that and I had to take it to a vets...

So glad he made it by the skin of his teeth. I'll never feel sorry for the Ferrari team but did feel really sorry for Massa, his Dad and the rest of his family as they thought they'd won and he didn't deserve to lose it like that after thinking he'd won. Would have preferred a boring...

But you don't need to tell it to her grandfather! If my grandparents knew half of what I'd got up to they wouldn't be very happy with me! I just don't see the humour in doing it. Equally though I'm not offended by it; I just think it was idiotic and thoughtless. What does annoy me more are...

Apparently I've heard no message was actually left; it was a spoof although some of the things they are supposed to say were pretty offensive about his grand-daughter, whether true or not. Brand has also quit the BBC now - no great loss in my book, I find him funny occassionally but brainless.

I'm always struck by how much he looks like Wallace of Wallace and Gromit fame!!! When he does that silly walk with his arms slightly out from his body and then grins and waves I just keep waiting for him to ask whether Palin (very scary woman that) wants some Wensleydale... As to music...

That's a classic bit of face fungus! He has to be in the RAF??? :lol:

Re: Where are you from Nottingham. BTW I always think it's good if everyone puts this info in their details at the side, then you can see if someone's nearby!

Same here.

Good luck Dan! Looks like fun! Bit too far for me to pop down for the day I'm afraid mate but hope some others get down there.

I can't see why anyone would want something like this. "a cool concept" and "Too good to be true"? More like thank god it isn't! And this is coming from someone with a background in genetics. I think wasting time on ideas like this would be not only a huge waste of time and money but an...

Technology hasn't come this far. We can't control lifespans or create completely 'new' animals such as this. I don't know for sure what this is, but it isn't true now as represented on that site. Edit: After a quick Google search I found this... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genpet

When I saw the title I was wondering where you'd stuck some airline (as in air tubing) that you shouldn't have!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :lol: Sorry you're having problems with them. I can't believe how airlines are allowed to trade. Buying a ticket doesn't guarantee you a seat on an...

Why is it that people in this country hate confident, winning Britains? I can't understand the fact that Murray and Hamilton (among others) are hated so much by our country. We only seem to like losers like Button and Henman. Thank goodness our football team are rubbish and the Olympics don't...