More frivolous purchases, stuff you don't need..

[Willy Nilly]

I bought one of these in the week http://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/makita-dtw1002z-18... with battery, charger and bag for a good price. It's a bit of an extravagance, but will make my ife easier. Now I "need" all sorts of power tools all of a sudden

[Sway]

Jazzy Jag said:

[quote=_MIKE_]
You’re Dangerous Dave an I CMFP

That's a blast from the past.

What ever happened to that thread and what was in the tunnel?

Don't ask... The biggest tease in the history of Web fora. Everything just went quiet, lots of rumour, zero facts. Was talk of a book/TV show hence the secrecy, but it was years ago so clearly didn't happen.

[Bobberoo99]

Wheel it is frivolous, and we don't need it but Mrs Bobbers picked him up today, making 10 Doug Hyde pieces we have now!

[RammyMP]

£10 Off Philips Hue starter kits at curry’s at the moment, only £50. Got one this morning, pissing the wife off already by turning the lights on and off from my phone.

[vikingaero]

RammyMP said:

Got one this morning, pissing the wife off already by turning the lights on and off from my phone.

£1,000 would have been cheap then!

[matthias73]

I wanted a fish tank for the office.

No fish yet, apparently it needs time to settle.

[SistersofPercy]

Streetrod said:

Jennifer Connolly has never more gorgeous than she did in that movie

Have to be honest, I've never actually seen it. This one is firmly my husbands obsession, though I do love the styling and artwork to the movie. I shall watch it at some point.

[SistersofPercy]

RammyMP said:

£10 Off Philips Hue starter kits at curry’s at the moment, only £50. Got one this morning, pissing the wife off already by turning the lights on and off from my phone.

Now get yourself an Echo and set the word to turn off the lights to "Something something dark side"
Our living room is 'Lumos' for on. Endless fun.

[Bungleaio]

matthias73 said:

I wanted a fish tank for the office.

No fish yet, apparently it needs time to settle.

If this is a whole new setup then please don't get any fish for a while. If the filter isn't cycled then the fishes will suffer quite a bit for a few weeks.

This explains it simply - https://www.wikihow.com/Do-a-Fishless-Cycle

This is a more detailed version - http://www.fishkeeping.co.uk/articles_51/fishless-...

The shop will probably tell you to leave it for 24 hours then put some fish in but this is quite unfair on the fish.

[RammyMP]

SistersofPercy said:

RammyMP said:

£10 Off Philips Hue starter kits at curry’s at the moment, only £50. Got one this morning, pissing the wife off already by turning the lights on and off from my phone.

Now get yourself an Echo and set the word to turn off the lights to "Something something dark side"
Our living room is 'Lumos' for on. Endless fun.

Got an echo for Christmas!

[Astacus]

Bungleaio said:

If this is a whole new setup then please don't get any fish for a while. If the filter isn't cycled then the fishes will suffer quite a bit for a few weeks.

This explains it simply - https://www.wikihow.com/Do-a-Fishless-Cycle

This is a more detailed version - http://www.fishkeeping.co.uk/articles_51/fishless-...

The shop will probably tell you to leave it for 24 hours then put some fish in but this is quite unfair on the fish.

Hmm look like there might be aviation fuel in the water, no?

[matthias73]

Astacus said:

Bungleaio said:

If this is a whole new setup then please don't get any fish for a while. If the filter isn't cycled then the fishes will suffer quite a bit for a few weeks.

This explains it simply - https://www.wikihow.com/Do-a-Fishless-Cycle

This is a more detailed version - http://www.fishkeeping.co.uk/articles_51/fishless-...

The shop will probably tell you to leave it for 24 hours then put some fish in but this is quite unfair on the fish.

Hmm look like there might be aviation fuel in the water, no?

Yeah it's completely new.

I'm not putting any fish in yet. I'm going to put another plant in there and let it sort itself out for a couple of weeks.

Having the bubbles and the water plants is enough for now :smile:

[Lazermilk]

matthias73 said:

Yeah it's completely new.

I'm not putting any fish in yet. I'm going to put another plant in there and let it sort itself out for a couple of weeks.

Having the bubbles and the water plants is enough for now :smile:

I was about to say the same, it took us some time to get the levels right in the water before it was ready for fish, the pet shop here were very helpful with it though, they even tested our water with their kit for free after we took samples in jars for them.
They started us with a few hardy fish to see how they went once they were happy with the water values and the filter had cycled properly and gradually added more over time.

We also had some healthy bacteria stuff they gave us to kick start it in the beginning, which apparently speeds things up.

[shakotan]

Bungleaio said:

matthias73 said:

I wanted a fish tank for the office.

No fish yet, apparently it needs time to settle.

If this is a whole new setup then please don't get any fish for a while. If the filter isn't cycled then the fishes will suffer quite a bit for a few weeks.

This explains it simply - https://www.wikihow.com/Do-a-Fishless-Cycle

This is a more detailed version - http://www.fishkeeping.co.uk/articles_51/fishless-...

The shop will probably tell you to leave it for 24 hours then put some fish in but this is quite unfair on the fish.

You need a couple of weeks for the nitrates to reach appropriate levels before stocking fish.

[Sway]

shakotan said:

Bungleaio said:

matthias73 said:

I wanted a fish tank for the office.

No fish yet, apparently it needs time to settle.

If this is a whole new setup then please don't get any fish for a while. If the filter isn't cycled then the fishes will suffer quite a bit for a few weeks.

This explains it simply - https://www.wikihow.com/Do-a-Fishless-Cycle

This is a more detailed version - http://www.fishkeeping.co.uk/articles_51/fishless-...

The shop will probably tell you to leave it for 24 hours then put some fish in but this is quite unfair on the fish.

You need a couple of weeks for the nitrates to reach appropriate levels before stocking fish.

As said, it's now feasible to add a concentrated dose of nitrifying bacteria (the ones you're usually waiting a couple of weeks for) and add fish straight away...

Personally, I'd still add the bacteria and a pinch of fish flake to provide some nutrients for them, then add first fish after a week.

[hostyle]

I stumbled upon Equity for Punks V though Facebook. I *might* have bought 4 of 'em.

[S11Steve]

matthias73 said:

I wanted a fish tank for the office.

No fish yet, apparently it needs time to settle.

Uh-oh.... slippery slope. I started with a little tank like that.

2 years later, this happened....

[matthias73]

I love it!

I'm enjoying cultivating the plant and the "tankscape" for now. It has a very soothing effect in the office which can be manic at times.

Thanks for all the tips. I suspect the fish shops let you buy fish straight away because they want to encourage you to buy stuff. Not because it's good for the fish.

[Integroo]

Yellow fog light covers.



Twenty quid for two plastic ovals. Pretend I bought them to protect my fog lights from stones; really I thought they looked mildly jdm and impulse purchased. Not even fitted them yet, and can't even be bothered.

[VEA]

Integroo said:

Yellow fog light covers.



Twenty quid for two plastic ovals. Pretend I bought them to protect my fog lights from stones; really I thought they looked mildly jdm and impulse purchased. Not even fitted them yet, and can't even be bothered.

Ovals? Are you sure?