Aeration

After Abi's parents head off we go down to the local fish store to pick up and air pump, some tubing and airstones. We also take the oportunity to get... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on December 03, 2005 09:19 PM

New Residents

Not too busy a day today (makes a change from the week at work). We head off into Oxford to a fish shop, and after a lot of pondering, we... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on September 17, 2005 09:20 PM

Sprogging

One of my female guppys has had some babies, I can count three sprogs, but there may be (or have been) more. I was going to do a normal gravel... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on February 25, 2003 06:58 PM

Lost

I spoke to my neighbour this evening. He's been looking after my fish while I was away. Apparently one of the corys died. Another one gone.... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on January 02, 2003 09:28 PM

Loss

Another dead fish (posthumously named Archibold) (one of the tetras). Shame to lose another.... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on December 17, 2002 08:20 PM

Escargot

What is it with the blighters? There must be zillions in my tank. Changed part of the filter at the weekend, and there must have been over 50 of them... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on December 17, 2002 06:07 PM

Oscar

One last fish for my tank (though I'm told 24 is a silly number), Oscar. He's a young red tailed black shark. He's already found himself a home in the... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on December 07, 2002 02:03 PM

Testcard

Ooops. Sorry. Forgot.... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on December 02, 2002 07:34 PM

Glass

I wonder if the fish understand glass. I doubt it. They seem to avoid slamming into it most of the time... but quite often it seems to confuse them greatly.... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on November 30, 2002 08:26 PM

Fish Tank Cam part 3

I managed to connect without too many problems from work. The two important bits seem to be the mss:// and the :8080 I'm using Media Player 7 in case you're... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on November 26, 2002 08:59 PM

Tank Cam 2

Having read the comment by other Phil below, I thought I'd give the Windows Media Encoder widget a whirl. It seems to do a good job of streaming, with plenty... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on November 20, 2002 08:30 PM

Streams

The still pics weren't bad. But I'm supposed to be trying out cutting edge technology here, and still pictures are definitely yesterday's technology. I would have set up my own... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on November 19, 2002 06:37 PM

Darkness

Forgot to mention the opening hours. The tanks light is on from 1pm - 11pm UK time. During the night, you'll probably just get blue static. During the day it'll... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on November 19, 2002 07:24 AM

Fish Cam

Finally got a webcam, finally got it working. The fishtank cam will now update every 5 minutes, and you'll find it here. Let me know if you'd like more regular... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on November 18, 2002 07:32 PM

Water Out

The water change wasn't as tricky as I first thought... though getting a mouth full of water seems a pre-requisite (yes, I know, through careful tube placement, you can do... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on November 17, 2002 04:38 PM

More Fishys

Righty, I've now some more occupants in my fish tank. 6 long tailed zebra danio, join the 5 guppy and 6 cardinal tetra. With the latest additions it's definately a... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on November 17, 2002 12:49 PM

Zebra

Off out now to get some more fish. This time, I think, some Zebra Danio (if they have them). There's also a few odds and ends of "supplies" I need.... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on November 17, 2002 10:49 AM

Loss

My sick guppy finally died today. Poor thing.... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on November 12, 2002 06:55 PM

Pics

Struggled to take any decent pictures. I'm stopped by the fact that my camera doesn't do manual focus. It's a reasonably nice Canon Digital Ixus. Which is a great camera... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on November 11, 2002 09:22 PM

Sleep

New category, fish. Thanks to Mike Barkman, who suggested fixing the focus of my camera on a target weed, and waiting for a slow moving fish to enter the shot.... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on November 11, 2002 07:10 AM