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Anyone for cucumber?

Saturday, September 17th, 2005






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I
awoke this morning by a loud knocking at the front door, it was the post person
wanting me to sign for a small package. My Five Pack of Screwcumbers had
arrived. Here’s a picture of five new sealed twin packs of Screwcumbers
available from

Gary Evans at Opti-Fish. I’m sorry to flog these to death, but they are
a fantastic invention and worth every penny. Every Ancistrus, Pleco, Gibbiceps,
L number lover should have one. With NO Hikari imports expected into the UK for
many months until the situation is resolved with the EU, NO algae wafers these
are a lifesavers in feeding cucumbers and courgettes to my L Numbers, Gibbiceps,
and Ancistrus sp.

The yellow tug beneath the screwcumbers is filled with aquarium water soaking
the filter media I "found" the previous week..
 

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Aquarium plants by post.

Friday, September 16th, 2005

To spruce up my 48″x18″x12″ display tank, which contains two large old male marble angels, six bueno aires tetras and a 17 year old Syndontis Ocellifer and Pterygolichthys Gibbiceps, or The ‘Sailfin Plec’ can sometimes be confused with the suckermouth catfish, Hypostomus plecostomus, but one look at the broad dorsal base which contains between 12 and 13 rays, and the difference is immeasurable, also the first ray is equal to the length of the head. The small anal fin has 4 to 5 rays and its head is conspicuous by the large nasal flares. The “syno” and “pleco” are often seen scraping in the tank, the Sailfin Pleco was recused about 12 months ago from a local tropical fish shop in York, it was in bad condition when I purchased it, fungus, very thin, torn fins, it has almost full recovered. It’s quite small for it’s size at approx 6″-7″.

I’ve purchased some aquatic plants mail order from Java-Plants. I’ve not purchased plants by post for many years, but the selection in the area is not very good. We have some Tropica stockists but these plants are very expensive, too expensive for tetras to eat.

I’ve ordered 25 Amazon Swords and 50 Vallis. I’ll drop my comments back here, after they arrive. I’ve also got a Dennerle CO2 Professional System for plant fertilisation, but not connected it up yet. Another project for another rainy day!

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An order placed more for Screwcumbers.

Friday, September 16th, 2005

I’ve ordered an additional five Twin Packs of Screwcumbers.Contact Gary Evans for details. It’s much easier feeding cucumber and courgettes to Ancistrus and other loving veggie catfish using Screwcumbers.

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Cold Today

Friday, September 16th, 2005

This morning is very cold, probably the coldest morning we’ve had for a long time.

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Rain, Rain and more Rain

Thursday, September 15th, 2005

It’s cold this evening and hasn’t stopped raining outside, it’s like moonsoon season has arrived, goodbye Summer.

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Mission Successful – Hikari Algae Wafers

Thursday, September 15th, 2005

I’ve eventually found a supplier of Hikari Algae Wafers, so I’ve ordered two 1kg bags. Just in case it’s a few months before Hikari are importing products back into the UK.

The vegetarian fish will be happy.

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New Air Compressor Arrives

Thursday, September 15th, 2005


The
Hailea ACO-208 arrived today by ANC Courier to my Office address. I purchased
this from

POND-SUPPLIES-UK,
Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire. Excellent customer service. This compressor is
much smaller than I had imagined, although I had the technical specification, I
never thought to look at the measurements, I thought it maybe a similar size to
my Clearseal LP40, 40 litre per minute air pump. It’s certainly in a very small
package at 25 watts delivering 45 litre per minute.

Installation was trickier than expected because the air output nozzle is
suited for 8-10mm pipe, I need to connect this to, 19mm bore pipe, so I’ve used
different widths of Eheim tubing glued so I could connect it directly to the
pump, two jubilee clips should finally secure in place. Another feature of this
pump is the air inlet, which I’ve connected small Eheim tubing to, which I’ll
route to the outside of the garage to bring in cooler air, I may have to check
this, because this may decrease tank temperature, by bleeding cold air into the
fish tank. I need to spend some time, locating to air compressor in it’s
permanent position, and migrating the airline to the tanks.

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Purple Spotted Gudegeon move home.

Wednesday, September 14th, 2005

I’ve moved the two smaller Purple Spotted Gudegeon into my dispay tank out of the fish house quarantine tanks, as they were being harassed by the larger fish.

Hopefully my new air pump (compressor) will arrive tomorrow.

I’ve also noticed that my Eheim 2313 on my display tank is making strange noises again.

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New Air Compressor Ordered

Tuesday, September 13th, 2005

I’ve ordered my new air compressor for the fish house today. More details when it arrives, I’ll post a picture here.

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Whoops…

Tuesday, September 13th, 2005

The Subscription Offer URL is incorrect on the last post, PFK have been advised.

So the telephone number is 0870 124 1010 and say “FLIP”.

I don’t know what the flip is all about, do fish flip?

I thought they flapped!

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