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Cleaned out the external filter

kyber — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:37:04 +0000

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. The external filter consists of a large round canister with a pump in the head, and many thick filters [...]

External filter for my aquarium

kyber — Sat, 30 May 2009 16:11:09 +0000

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.

Team meal

kyber — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:16:16 +0000

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 a tremendous, relaxed and easy-going vibe to it. The food was excellent as was the [...]

Getting there slowly but surely

kyber — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:53:18 +0000

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 by joining a few modelling sites and seeking opportunities to work with them. We met [...]

Snails in my fish tank

kyber — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:42:59 +0000

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 harmless, help keep algae down and are rarely a vector for disease. However, they do [...]

Doctor Who Day and the Fish Tank

kyber — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:26:58 +0000

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 it as a family and unusually watch when it is broadcast (rather than one playback [...]

Happy Birthday to me

kyber — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:10:52 +0000

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 work so just me, the fish and the dogs for most of the day. It [...]

Stocking the fish tank

kyber — Sun, 11 May 2008 14:21:00 +0000

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

Fish tank surface area and geometry

kyber — Sun, 11 May 2008 08:00:47 +0000

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.

Keeping fish

kyber — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:39:57 +0000

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.