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by archthesheep
Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:12 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: What happened to you today :)
Replies: 1508
Views: 132601

Re: What happened to you today :)

it took a day and a half but I finally put together a wine rack :) what a PITA that was! Now I am about to Q some bacon burgers (here comes the cardiac / cancer special) with LOADS of cheese :D try mixing some bbq sauce in the meat before you cook it sometime. i do this with jack daniels bbq sauce ...
by archthesheep
Sun Jul 25, 2010 1:45 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: a figure o' 8
Replies: 9
Views: 892

Re: a figure o' 8

lol i was joking about bacon:) why waste it?
can any one think of any plants other than java fern im gonna go for a inch of sand on the bottom a rocky bit at the back and a sort of shrubbery type thang going on at the front but not to thick more leefy than weedy?
by archthesheep
Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:45 am
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: a figure o' 8
Replies: 9
Views: 892

Re: a figure o' 8

got bk from fish shop and the filter cycles 10 times an hour so i i think im good:) just gonna add a bit of salt to water when i get it then add the old filter spongey bit and add a dead shrimp or something from super market or bacon maybw? would that work ya think?
by archthesheep
Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:06 am
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: a figure o' 8
Replies: 9
Views: 892

a figure o' 8

yayay im gonaa get one almost definatley but just want to check out a few things to begin with in ore depth than before. 1.its a 90 l tank that comes with a filter and heater etc and i was wondering if the filter will be powerful enough im pretty sure its this one http://www.seapets.co.uk/products/a...
by archthesheep
Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:02 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: newbie help needed!
Replies: 14
Views: 1174

Re: newbie help needed!

yeah well.. hmpph.
well me thinks im gonna go f8!!!!! just to check they said a 90 l tank and to cycle it i could use the filter stuff from my old one and add some salt? gonna have a look on the ebay for a tank etc but any filter recommendations or heaters? some names etc and reasonable prices?
by archthesheep
Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:47 am
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: What happened to you today :)
Replies: 1508
Views: 132601

Re: What happened to you today :)

well today i went for a guitar lesson and in about half an hour im heading to a LFS to get ome advice on a brakish set up:) for f8 n_n
by archthesheep
Sat Jul 24, 2010 6:18 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: newbie help needed!
Replies: 14
Views: 1174

Re: newbie help needed!

bigfatfish wrote:
Flutter wrote:60 litres is 15 US gallons (it's actually a bit more but I don't know the exact number as it would be a fraction of a gallon).
Don't forget Flutter, archethesheep is in the UK, so we don't work in US gallons.
thats right! over here we use "proper" measurements lol :lol:
by archthesheep
Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:36 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: newbie help needed!
Replies: 14
Views: 1174

Re: newbie help needed!

cool beans, how about a fang puffer? they seem the same size but require a bigger tank than f8? And LFS what is this? LFS?
by archthesheep
Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:16 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: newbie help needed!
Replies: 14
Views: 1174

Re: newbie help needed!

was having a look through the puffer pedia(catchy name!) and found this little guy. any special requirments you can think that arent mentioned and how hard is it to get snails? would boiled garden snails be ok to kill anything on them or maybe boiled and frozen or mussels from the beach?
by archthesheep
Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:06 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: newbie help needed!
Replies: 14
Views: 1174

newbie help needed!

hey im real interested in getting a puffer but dont know what to get i dont have loadsa space but probs enough for a 60l tank but wondered what i could fit in there im fancy one about 3 1/2 inches long\? and what sorta filter etc as my fish shop werent much help>:( also sand type etc and cycling the...