Merry Christmas everyone! Finally snowed in my part of Canada today Looks beautiful but not so good for 2 wheeled travels. Wee ninja is parked but the cats are getting a new lid built!

Hmm, kind of sad to see as my first post after being away for so long. But on the bright side, things change and you will always come back around to wanting more tanks in the future. I went from 5 tanks to one, lost some otos but the rest seem happy. The other tanks are now terrariums for orchids ...

I wonder how they went through the Darian Gap ..... Google Darien Gap and motorcycle..wow. Lots of riders have done it but nooo thank you. That is so true! I regularly take about an hour longer than necessary to get home from work because the route somehow modifies itself to include every road in ...

Oops, my bad. Yes you're right Mats, the Long Way Down was the South Africa trip. Charlie's next trip is the tip of South America to Alaska - Long Way Up. Danny Liska did it the other way on a BMW, Alaska to Chile, lack of roads and interesting lack of passport officials, was quite a funny book. It ...

You can go fast, I can go anywhere . Best 4X4XFar -Shane :)) But motorcyclist never care if they get to their destination. My corner store is one kilometer away but it's 11 lefts and 15 rights. :-BD I remember this TV series of Ewan McGregor and a friend doing the whole length of Africa on these ...

torbanite wrote:Ooh.. a "go faster toys" thread



Here's mine. At this altitude (7K+ feet), she's a few horses short of the full hooligan.
But then, at my age, so am I.

Beautiful!

Here's my baby, since everyone's showing theirs, couldn't resist!
Next Car/bike for the game??

I keep my ferns in the bathroom. Seem to like it there, low light, high humidity. Also you can place a tray of water with pebbles in it to set the pot on. Don't let the plant pot touch the water, hence the pebbles. Keeps a nice cone of humidity around the plant. If you're worried about it drying out ...

Shane wrote:

I am sure other can think of similer phrases where technology is changing how we speak.
-Shane

A teenager writing their first rent cheque:
"I have to spell out the whole number??"

Good point about the pics, added mine with the description above. Old pic with a regular twig in the background. Cute little eyes on him

If you say "make the bed", do you put sheets and pillows on it or get out the wood and hammer?

Depends on the language.

Shut the light, turn out the light, put the light out, turn off the light. Same meaning in four different lingos.

Got any others like those?

My twigs are my favourites. Farlowella platorynchus by far because he has the extra filament and his nose is so flat and longer and distinctly different from the others. Nice colours too, reminds me of a snake. Not listed in my cats here because it was confirmed by a twig expert but not confirmed by ...

I have several and mine have adjusted their colour as well. Mine seemed to change shorty after I got them into the tank and each stayed that colour since. One is quite dark, almost black, another is pale beige/yellow, the rest are variations of the common colouring. The original lighter colour may ...

Welcome!

Would make a lovely set of stickers for my bike. Both would apply.

Glad Phil was saved! Here's two more to warn about, both fish were saved. Coconuts with holes in the end - Twigs ( Farlowella vittata ) fit right into the little holes but can't back out. Mini plant pots sold with aquarium plants. If your plant gets pushed out of the pot, many corys will fit through ...

Awesome, thanks! I just put the new bike away for the winter so the rest of my life is finally getting some attention. I like the idea of the crayfish/minnow tank. Lots of crayfish around here but they get too big. Are the minnows for them to snack on or are you looking at smaller crayfish? The ...

Yup, jealous
Imagine a giant shoal of glass cats in there. Mmmm.

Hi All SO my question is - if you could start again and design everything, what would you do? I know its a very broad question, would just be interested to see what people have learnt from experience and what could make life a lot easier. Nik If I could do it over, I'd have many more smaller single ...

Great topic. Got me planning too. I do it for my orchids and other plants so why not with my fish? They deserve better.

Thanks.

First catfish I ever noticed was a Queen Arabesque so the L Number and the Banana?...real name rhymes with banana. Other forum names are pretty self explanatory - Godsmacked (band), Firehorse (Chinese sign), NinjaNightRider - (ride bike mostly in the dark). Kinda boring. The only weirdness to report ...

Hi Nate!
Long time no hear from.

How's this idea coming along? I want to add a similar tank but haven't really got to the final planning yet. Have the same tank size(4ft x 12 x 12).

Merry Christmas everyone!
Synos stopped fighting, best prezzie ever. Though the marmalade vodka sound like a good boxing day prezzie. I made Limoncello mousse Mmmm.

It was your thread that made me ask. I was on here looking for info and came across a few that are on this subject, mine don't seem to be injuring each other but it just started. The synos are old enough I guess but just. Not sure how accurate my sizing was... :-! , the largest just got measured ...

Well, this was hugely successful!!! Awesome! Congrats Deb!! They are adorable!!! :YMAPPLAUSE: :YMAPPLAUSE: Since the start of this challenge, I missed a concert, took a run on a racetrack, started another tank, lost a few fish but haven't added any new ones. Could never find the Moth cats :-( Next ...

Hi, Has anyone seen the mating behavior? Is it quite violent? Here's what I'm observing and this just started yesterday. Stable cmmunity tank been the same for about a year. No new fish. I think it's 38 gal tall (36 long x 12 deep by 18 high). Water stable, temps stable, no new furniture. 4 ...

I'll bet you didn't I raise the stakes however! with all that damnable feminism and emancipation and equal rights and all that, i think it's time to walk the walk when you talk the talk you want topless males? fine we want topless females then :D Fine. As you wish. As a feminist, I fully support ...

That sounds like a cheery way to finish the year. I'll have to follow your progress in the cory section. Maybe it will inspire me to redo my cory tank too, it's looking a little overgrown atm. Comfy for them but I really miss watching them.

Here's wishing any and all good health to you and your fish.

Jools wrote:There is an increasing trend for topless males in this thread. It's very tempting, but I shall avoid following suit! Great thread.



Jools

I don't see a problem with that trend at all.

...and is there anything left to get done before the calendar rolls over? My year was filled with ups and downs in the extreme. All's good in the end. It's December and I'm still riding my little Ninja 250. The climate is whacked. Lost two of my Glass Cats on the same day in Sept. No indication of ...