Tag Archives: fish

Cleaned out the external filter

I have been somewhat negligent in not cleaning out the external filter on my aquarium for a long time. It is very overrated for the tank though, so probably didn’t threaten the health of the fish.

  • Twitter
  • Delicious
  • FriendFeed
  • Facebook
  • Posterous
  • Share/Bookmark
Posted in Fish keeping | Tagged , , , | View Comments

External filter for my aquarium

As I am away a lot and have a good number of fish in my tank these days, I thought I owed them some more industrious filtering so I purchased an external filterfrom the local aquatics shop. Continue reading

  • Twitter
  • Delicious
  • FriendFeed
  • Facebook
  • Posterous
  • Share/Bookmark
Posted in Fish keeping | Tagged , , | View Comments

Team meal

Something unusual happened last night. A large group of us working as a temporary critical-delivery team went out for a meal together. We went to an excellent fish & chip cum pub restaurant, Mulligan’s Restaurant & Bar. The place had … Continue reading

  • Twitter
  • Delicious
  • FriendFeed
  • Facebook
  • Posterous
  • Share/Bookmark
Posted in Eating out, Work | Tagged , , | View Comments

Getting there slowly but surely

I finally decided that I prefer doing portraiture over most other types of photography and whilst I have plenty of experience doing small photo shoots of friends and family and friends-of-friends, I have only just started working with models properly … Continue reading

  • Twitter
  • Delicious
  • FriendFeed
  • Facebook
  • Posterous
  • Share/Bookmark
Posted in Photography | Tagged , , | View Comments

Snails in my fish tank

I have no idea where they came from but we have loads. What am I to do? Naturally, I turned to the web. Loads of hits – nice to know I am not alone. Summary is that they are pretty … Continue reading

  • Twitter
  • Delicious
  • FriendFeed
  • Facebook
  • Posterous
  • Share/Bookmark
Posted in blog | Tagged | View Comments

Doctor Who Day and the Fish Tank

We are not exactly fanatics, I mean we do not dress up, but we are fans. My kids do not watch much tv but this is one of the exceptions (as are Torchwood and Heroes) and we tend to watch … Continue reading

  • Twitter
  • Delicious
  • FriendFeed
  • Facebook
  • Posterous
  • Share/Bookmark
Posted in blog | Tagged , | View Comments

Happy Birthday to me

Ah, the joys of a birthday on a Friday just before a holiday. A great excuse to have the day off. Travelled home last night at a reasonable time (which took a special effort). Kids were at school, wife at … Continue reading

  • Twitter
  • Delicious
  • FriendFeed
  • Facebook
  • Posterous
  • Share/Bookmark
Posted in blog | Tagged , | View Comments

Stocking the fish tank

We have stocked the large tank with our first tropical fish. A mixture of Black Neon Tetra, Glolight Tetra, and Platy.

Continue reading

  • Twitter
  • Delicious
  • FriendFeed
  • Facebook
  • Posterous
  • Share/Bookmark
Posted in blog | Tagged , | View Comments

Fish tank surface area and geometry

In order to figure out how many fish you can have, you have to figure out the surface (water) area of your tank. Easy with a rectangular tank, but we have a corner unit.

Continue reading

  • Twitter
  • Delicious
  • FriendFeed
  • Facebook
  • Posterous
  • Share/Bookmark
Posted in blog | Tagged , | View Comments

Keeping fish

Starting out on the journey of fish keeping. We now have a small starter aquarium for the bedroom and a larger more substantial setup for the lounge that we are just starting to prepare.

Continue reading

  • Twitter
  • Delicious
  • FriendFeed
  • Facebook
  • Posterous
  • Share/Bookmark
Posted in blog | Tagged , | View Comments