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    DIY turtle tank pic heavy

    Hi Divzero, I hadn't forgotten about this thread. My plan was to add a few more photos after a year., but since you asked. After a week of being full a small leak developed between the glass and the front. This is probably because I lent on it climbing in to the tank to fiddle with stuff. I...
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    DIY turtle tank pic heavy

    @James D its going to be a long running project mate, i plan on starting each stage at Christmas every year. first the dragen/tv stand then the 4' then the frogs. i will document it though i like to look back at the photos.
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    DIY turtle tank pic heavy

    thanks guys. i will definitely put some plants up the back of it. the whole plan is to have a 4' tank next to it with coco bark background to the ceiling then in the 7' space next to that where the TV and bearded dragon are im going to use a similar polystyrene render method to create another...
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    DIY turtle tank pic heavy

    thanks Dominic I'll look in to pothos. thank for the kind words guys.
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    DIY turtle tank pic heavy

    Just an understanding wife, she wasn't keen at first but its her turtle and i talked her round.
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    DIY turtle tank pic heavy

    that's something I've thought about I'm not sure what plant would be suitable finding one that is not poisonous (just in case) is harder than i thought .
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    DIY turtle tank pic heavy

    id love to, but if its plant based and in the water the turtle sees it as dinner :) i might try some a bit later on, think i reed somewere they go off plants a they get older.
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    DIY turtle tank pic heavy

    Thought I would share this with UKAPS it is not a planted tank or even a fish tank, but I some who keep other reptiles might like to see the build photos. The stage im at now is filling and emptying with water to leach out the chemicals from the cement. Once this process is complete my yellow...
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    fast broadband slow pc

    windows was re installed 3 or 4 months ago. I was just asking to much of it, it couldn't cope with the multitasking. up graded now anyway although wish id built it my self doesn't seem that hard to do.
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    fast broadband slow pc

    thanks luis i looked at most of those things and concluded that the problem was a memory issue. the pc is slowly dying anyway cd drive stopped working it cant find one of the HDD an upgrade is well over due. brought one of ebay just looking at upgrades. the old pc just for your curiosity -...
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    fast broadband slow pc

    thanks jbirley my post should have read 40mbs but I guess you knew it wasn't 400+Mbps that would be good. its not the down load speed that's the problem its the pc its taking forever to do the things it it before. I've brought a new one now anyway so shouldn't be a problem.
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    fast broadband slow pc

    hi guys i know there's some tecky guys out there so ukaps seems as good a place as any to ask. i updated to 409 Mbps a week ago and do a lot of *cough* downloading and watching of videos but now my internet speed' is up my pc seems to struggle doing what it did in the past. do i just need a new...
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    nice plasic skull only £1230 (e bay)

    ending in 3 hours who's going to bid :) .i just spotted the glenfiddich on the side, might be worth as much as the tank. :lol:
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    Who has a motorbike?

    well done si man :clap: :text-goodpost: :clap:
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    Cambs scapers and beyond

    :text-+1: i'm huntingdon lfs sounds good to me
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    nice plasic skull only £1230 (e bay)

    I'm on speckled hen, and might get 2.
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    nice plasic skull only £1230 (e bay)

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... ink:top:en
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    Who has a motorbike?

    she was more practical before i got a company car ,and was doing 500 miles a week in all weathers. now shes just loud and black. modifications haven't finished yet. just wanted it back on the road. think i might have missed summer though.
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    Who has a motorbike?

    finally got my bike painted and back on the road. Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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    journal big tank rant

    i've got a "big" tank, no journal though (dog @@@@) not worth it. I do like to read all the big tank journals theses guys go in to massive detail about the plumbing electrics everything, then once its running thats it no updates seems a shame. in the next couple of years i'm starting again. i'd...
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    New Formula 1 season..... Looking good!

    if you asked me to bet id say red bull, they will have an ace up there sleeve. what i don't get is if the tyres will do the race,and fuel stops are done away with why have pits stops, its not racing its Strategy. people keep telling me to watch the BSB so i might get eurosport
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    New Formula 1 season..... Looking good!

    you could all just jump ship and watch some proper racing on the BBC with no adds :jawdrop . the moto gp starts on the 8th of April hope that doesn't go to sky.
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    Who has a motorbike?

    I knew a bloke who must have been 17 stone his mum said " no son you must learn on a 125, big bikes are dangers" ever time he left the works car park up hill on to a 40 mph road.. well that was scary. Luckily he survived and got a 600.
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    Show Your Pets

    photo of my bearded dragon Jub Jub and my chameleon Yoda. This photos not as posed as it looks. The chameleon was sitting on the log enjoying the sun on Saturday when my wife put some food down for him. When he saw the food Jub Jub jumped out his viv ran across the room and pinched it. They then...
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    Who has a motorbike?

    Bikes are a great way to get around, just got to watch out for all the other idiots. Believe It or not a muppet pulled out on me Friday morning on a small roundabout. luckily me and the bike are both bike ugly lumps and I was only going 5mph. my panniers took all the impact. Hopefully his...
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    Who has a motorbike?

    should of added there's nowt wrong with a 125
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    Who has a motorbike?

    MrLarner ive never ridden a big sports bike but i believe there's a big difference between a 1000 and a 600 why not try the smaller see how you get on.
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    Who has a motorbike?

    wow that must of been a mental bike. i had the '88 1000rx (which is probably why the lump gave me a strange " i should know what that is" feeling) that was just down geared, and that was quick so a nitro kit...... is there any think you cant build first ponds then logs, harpoon guns now bikes...
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    Who has a motorbike?

    I've got an '83 r80rt that takes me the 50 miles back and forth to work every day, and a project '76 xs 500 that i brought of my old man that on day very soon will be upsetting the neighbours. what was that Kawasaki before you worked your magic foxfish.
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    camara for the wife

    wife opened her cannon ixus 3 hs she seems happy thanks guys.
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    camara for the wife

    she seems to like the cannon, and she definitely says she just wants a compact so it will fit in her bag.
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    camara for the wife

    thanks guys I've got a starting point now. Her main priority is she wants something small, and easy to use. I think photos of the dog and lizards will be her main topic.
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    camara for the wife

    The wife wants a new compact camera for Christmas so i better start looking soon. Any of you guys know a good place to start. I've a budget of about £200.
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    Benton!!!

    I had a dog like that. He got out of my nans garden in to the field next door and chased a horse, then he was chasing two horses, then 3 horses where chasing him. He laid down and they wondered off, so no harm done. Not funny at the time but looking back it makes me smile. That dog would chase...
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    I'm sick of these dogs!!!

    My dog likes running around and sniffing stuff so I don't put him on a lead I do take him out at 5 15 so no one about for him to upset. Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk
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    Where are all the Girls??

    my wife loves all the fish, wish i could get her in to the water changes to.
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    i need a new mobile

    ive had my htc desire for about 4 weeks now and its a fantastic bit of kit. i think they do a mini htc desire hd now as well, if the full size one is to big. although i worried about that but after using the internet on it for a hour im glad it is big. i wouldn't go Nokia again after my n97...
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    The Royal Wedding

    tyrophagus i sympathise with what your saying but if your staff are not interested in the day off why not just offer them a day in Lou i know guys who are working as normal so you might have been doing them a favour sill agree they could have picked a better day.
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    Women UPDATE 23/4/11

    Re: Women ive no problem digging, long as ive a machine :)
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    Inactivity

    look foreword your future posts mate.
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    Rule 229 Highway Code

    just saw this and it reminded me of this thread http://www.gifbin.com/985014
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    EI and frogs

    my guess is if its ok for darts should be ok for the borrowing frogs. never really see them so spraying them directly is unlikely. :lol:
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    EI and frogs

    some can be in high doses i know the fish are ok with it but frogs are different. wouldn't want to hurt them.
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    EI and frogs

    hi guys im hopeful someone keeps frogs and knows the answer to this. I've a couple of Madagascan borrowing frogs in a planted terrarium. the plants are looking as bit sick. i was wondering if the frogs would be ok if i used fish tank water to water the plants. ill still keep their water bowl...
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    Busy busy times. New learnings...

    well done and good luck. just started furthering my own career, lot more home work than i anticipated. Im sure the next scape no matter how far off, will have loads of inspiration behind it cant wait. be nice to see the odd photo wit an update.
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    Rule 229 Highway Code

    i think a little bit of snows no real problem, but you do see people with a foot or so on there roof. being a biker its not much fun dodging it when it falls off and leaves little snowy speed bumps. think in this weather we should just all do our bit to help each other out.
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    hot weather

    my 750l is up to 28c ive unplugged the heater in the hope it will drop in the night but it just holds the temp ive got 2 small fans pulling air away from inside the lid and ive tried ice but nothing really works cant afford a chiller so don't know what to do
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    Footballer fish tank

    link to the original thread he doing it wrong anyway should have been planted viewtopic.php?f=24&t=9930&hilit=how+the+other+half+live
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    Is Practicalfishkeeping.co.uk offline again?

    looks like it i wanted to see that 40000l planted tank on my tv looked amazing on phone
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    Oh my dog!

    hi guys like your dogs just wanted to post this photo sorry im not really a photographer so i only own a camera phone and i know the lights wrong but just thought this was a nice photo guess id call it "im watching you"
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    looking for a good reptile forum

    nice one thanks mate ill have a look when i get home from work
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    looking for a good reptile forum

    hi guys really like this forum and am looking for a similar friendly helpful one for reptiles. i know some of you keep frogs and things so i was wondering if any one knows somewhere i could go. i plan on building my own viv. and as ive learnt from here forums are a great place to learn. i wish...
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    snailshop still trading(just found out shes haveing a baby)

    guess shell open when shes ready
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    snailshop still trading(just found out shes haveing a baby)

    was just looking through the links found they snail shop. thought id have a look but it seems the have no stock. are they still open
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    Writing an Tutorial

    i know i cant bread Amano's i just didnt know my wife was putting in the barbs other wise i wouldn't have spent the £70 after they ate the shrimp the ate the grass then the Anubias barteri var. nana (2 years in the growing some of it) then some thing i got from the lfs i didn't get the chance...
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    Writing an Tutorial

    yeah ive never tried to bread my wife tried fighting fish but i think the filter kept braking his nest.i did here cherry shrimp where easy thats why i wanted to have a go. that and my wife's tin foil barbs ate the 40 armno shrimpi brought 3 weeks ago, the fish are gone now good home from pre...
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    Writing an Tutorial

    sorrey tring to do to many things at once ill start from th e beginning writet is hard for me as you've seen (yaha spell check) ill just try the shrimp for now.what about the neon tetras i didn't think they would bread in home aquariums at all, if they will what about rummy nose tetra. hope...
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    Writing an Tutorial

    ok ill just t the shrimp what about the neon tetras didn't think homer aquariums would bread them what about rummy nose
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    Writing an Tutorial

    looking foreword to theses
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    Writing an Tutorial

    hi mate sounds like a really good idea to me so can i be the first to ask can you do one on cherry red shrimp before i go out and get some and just hope for the best thanks
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    Is this broadband speed slow?

    wow really ive always sung their praises guess im lucky i get 6 to 7 meg constant still dont like the sound of virgins 20 meg we all know Thats a lie an less you use at 3 in the morning and even then they send you a nasty note
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    Is this broadband speed slow?

    sky sky sky cant say much more than that never caped always downloading only ever broke once and that was because it was sharing with fish tanks plugs they changed router i i used different socket no problems dont watch the sky but dont mind paying for it to use the isp
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