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Post by SueA on Jan 16, 2016 22:25:29 GMT
Blimey Lou78W you must have had skinny fish, or I had fat ones, mine used to get fed once or twice a day!  I did have a tank full of tropicals though but I suppose it depends on exactly how much food you put in each time as well as the number of fish, I worked on 'little & often'. |
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Post by Moonlight on Jan 16, 2016 23:47:21 GMT
I used to do that as well SueA . It takes a while to get used to how much food to give them. We used to feed just a couple of times a week and as there are only 2 fish( ?) once a week should be more than enough....I am sure that when I had fish a long time ago I didn't feed them daily. We did a full water test today. It was like watching a Chemistry lesson. Also bought some more pond weed but annoyed to find it didn't have any root at the end. Hay hoe. We will eventually sort the tank out. |
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Post by Moonlight on Jan 16, 2016 23:56:34 GMT
Hi Moonlight I have been meaning to say where is the bubble wrap insulation on your greenhouse, I thought you would have that in place. My tubers are all set up with frost free setting on the heater and as usual my fleece tent. If I were you I would leave the duvets on the tubers or if you need them for the bed hehe then a fleece covering is good for a few degrees. I have left space on my bench if and when I receive testers from friends. Good luck for the season Moonlight
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Post by Moonlight on Jan 17, 2016 0:02:28 GMT
Re HH's marvelous sheltering of your tubers with the duvets. A thought occured to me. They wheren't YOUR duvets where they ? (e.g. the actual ones on your bed ? )  We bring 'em up 'ard down South contrary to popular misconception.
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Post by SueA on Jan 17, 2016 9:30:52 GMT
Just had a thought Moonlight, did you get a gravel vacuum for the fish tank, they only cost a few pounds usually & you can clean the rubbish off the gravel without having to empty much water out, I had a battery operated one or you can get just hand operated. I had an under gravel filter too which kept the tank fairly clean. |
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Post by Moonlight on Jan 18, 2016 0:09:23 GMT
Just had a thought Moonlight , did you get a gravel vacuum for the fish tank, they only cost a few pounds usually & you can clean the rubbish off the gravel without having to empty much water out, I had a battery operated one or you can get just hand operated. I had an under gravel filter too which kept the tank fairly clean.
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Post by Moonlight on Jan 18, 2016 0:45:09 GMT
Tank water testing
Results as of 16.1.16
ph 8 
Ammonia NH3 .5 (ok)
Nitrite NO2N 1 (!)
Nitrate NO3N 20
Alkalinity KH 10
General Hardness GH 18
I'll put a key up another time.
I was pleased with Fairy today as she spent time researching with Aunty Internet about how to look after our fish.
Haven't seen Speedy for a couple of days.
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Post by Moonlight on Jan 18, 2016 14:18:19 GMT
According to HH this morning it had gone down to -4 C - Hope my pots were ok, too late now.
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Post by roofgardener on Jan 18, 2016 15:27:39 GMT
Fingers crossed for your pots Moonlight. It got down to -1 degrees even in my polytunnel over the weekend !!! Hopefully the heater wires will have given the plants SOME protection ? |
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Post by Moonlight on Jan 18, 2016 16:42:55 GMT
Fingers crossed for your pots Moonlight . It got down to -1 degrees even in my polytunnel over the weekend !!! Hopefully the heater wires will have given the plants SOME protection ?  For you 2
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Post by Moonlight on Jan 18, 2016 16:59:01 GMT
My Dad switched his cable on today.  Well it is always good to preheat the oven!
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Post by roofgardener on Jan 18, 2016 18:31:00 GMT
Moonlight... how big are these pots ? (and the plants inside them ? )
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Post by Moonlight on Jan 23, 2016 17:24:10 GMT
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Post by Moonlight on Jan 25, 2016 0:56:24 GMT
I am hoping that we get a dahlia grower 'Baby Boom' now, too many loses recently. Heaven must have a vast new field full of dahlias this year.
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Post by Moonlight on Jan 25, 2016 1:43:31 GMT
Fish Tank Update!
Spotted Speedy
We have been using some magnetic wipers to wipe off the brown algae.
We have a bucket with 'tap safe' chemical added, waiting for it to reach the same temperature as the tank. Once the algae debrie settles and the bucket of water is at the right temperature we can psiophen off the gravel and do a parchal water drain and replace. Then we are going to clean the filter out. We are hoping that the chemical test will show that our tank conditions are increasing. When we get it about right we are going to have a couple of more. This time it is going to be Daddy and Mummy choosing.
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I did have a tank full of tropicals though but I suppose it depends on exactly how much food you put in each time as well as the number of fish, I worked on 'little & often'.
Well it is always good to preheat the oven! 
