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I've just worked the weekend and admitted multiple people. To stay overnight purely due to covid you need to be on oxygen - otherwise we are discharging with follow up. I've a couple of patients admitted for non covid reasons (or only marginally related) but covid positive and needing...

Immunosuppressive medicines go much wider than cancer. Most cancer treatment is classified as chemotherapy and fully suppresses immune system. Immunosuppression can target parts of the immune system (to be fair some cancer treatments are this too) But other (usually rare ) also need this -...

Evening all. I'm not in desperate need of moving them on, but I do have plenty of Mollies now and would be happy to pass on for free if anyone would like some. I have about 8 that are 10 weeks old, plus some that are 6 week old (probably about 12). Most are white or dalmation, a few have some...

Hi guys, thanks very much for all the nice words. I'm sorry I didn't manage to say thanks in a timely manner, very soon after the competition ended we went on vacation and as a newbie I was pretty frightened about what I would come home to! Pleased to report that by following advice I found on...

Oooh mich excitement in the Barton household, didn't think we could win. Thank you every body for the advice and support setting it up :D

Then there's nothing for it but to ride it out!

Luckily for me I got rid of the bloke before getting the fish ha ha!

I need to do a lot of more fundamental things before I can start planning more. Like.... new boiler, board out loft, totally destroy and rebuild downstairs of house, create new kitchen and lounge/diner. Rip out existing kitchen and create a bedroom, new bathrooms, new carpet and totally...

Hi - you probably need to read the cycle your tank threads. https://www.fishforums.net/threads/cycling-your-new-fresh-water-tank-read-this-first.421488/ A tank doesn't cycle just from being left alone - you need to replicate a bioload. You can do this by adding ammonia or allowing food to rot...

I'm lucky because I'm in charge, and I'm ok for money to fund my hobby. But I'm also middle aged and learning. You have a huge head start on me - imagine what you will be up to in your 40s :)

So erm... its about 7.5 gallons. Plants offcuts from other tanks, already had pebbles. Bridge probably won't stay but needed something in the centre for my brain. Cycle starts today ha ha! Still, it's only 3. I can stop any time....

Went to one of my LFS today and meant to photograph, then forgot. I'm pretty lucky as it's swelluk.com so can pootle down and get stuff from their humongous warehouse too and all pretty covid secure. Sad we can't browse fish though

I'm obviously just seeking validation. Hope I don't get to 18 though! I can't imagine having the time!

This is what I thought the answer would be :D I have 2 x 7.8g/ 30l tanks and eyeing one up or seeing if I could source and fit a slightly bigger one in. It's obviously going to happen....

HI Misty. GH & KH relate to the hardness of the water, not the ammonia cycle. These impact your pH ie soft water is acidic and hard is alkaline. I'm not a seasoned expert but pretty sure that's an issue for Betta and Tetras, though Mollies love hard water. In terms of solving it people do...

Musing, as I pick over Ebay, looking at tanks and hyperventilating at the state of some of them. I started with a 60l and 4 mollies, realising quickly that mollies = fry = no space. So I got a 200l tank and thought more logically about fry - parental eating isn't enough. I split the boys and...

I love that driftwood!!!

This weeks photo. I upped my game with fertiliser - using Seachem Flourish and actually dosing regularly which I wasn't being very disciplined with before. The Hygrophila around the filter is delighted and has grown massively - the tank is pretty deep but getting towards the point where trimming...

Hi all! Thought I'd have a go at TOTM too. Here's my 200l/ 55g jewel Lido. It's 70 x 60 x 50 cm and has a large piece of driftwood taking out some capacity in the middle. Set up in February. Parameters ammonia 0, nitrates 0, nitrites 0-2.5. PH 7.5 I use the internal jewel filter and lighting...

I'm busy killing my second Venus fly trap. I'm pretty lethal to non-aquatic plants. If this one makes it somehow I'll consider a pitcher plant if I can get one ha ha! She's o ky 5 but she is pretty brutal and likes a bit of science ha ha!

Love this. My small one very impressed by pitcher plants. We have a sphagnum bog facing us, though currently there's a planning dispute and a developer wants to put 300 houses there instead

I think there has always been strange divisions in human behaviour, but living theough something like this and seeing how polarised people become is pretty crazy. I've seen both amazing acts of humanity and some frankly awful stuff. I get it's hard for everyone right now, I just wish people...

Me: Will you help me cleaning the fish? Miss 5: cleaning? No way... Me: there's a magnet....

It's all to do with the way piped oxygen is supplied. Yes, oxygen is in the air but to get it at the concentrations and flow rates needed an industrial process needed. You can use machines called oxygen concentrators but these don't work beyond about 6l/min flow rates. Most ventilators need...

Oh its definitely a he! I meant I wouldn't be surprised to get a platy sold as a molly

Yep, though I think he's a molly (sold as one, though pets at home and we were told a she so anything could be true ha ha!)

Sticking a new image in now the water has cleared a bit and things have settled in. Excuse the eldoea in the corner, Ijust chucked it in for now. I've also lost my glass cleaner so waiting for a new one to arrive. So on balance, not that clean and not the best photo ha ha!! But I want to stick a...

I had water lettuce til I put the external filter in - it cant stand the flow out from the filter and all died. I have bobbed a bit of salvinia in from my other tank - its not happy. I also have some elodea/anacharis - most of it is staying down/ rooted but a couple of fronts are floating and I...

this weeks picture. Trying a different floating plant, don't think its any happier so if browning off will scoop and dump, but would be nice to have some on top. The girls much happier without the boys - now on the look out for early signs of the sex of the fry

Would you like me to make a video too? Or see CDC guidance Here Oxford unis vaccine information programme: Here

Yes they should get the vaccine. From large scale antibody testing immunity from a first episode probably lasts 3 or 4 months. The vaccine boosts your immune system and increases your chance of creating memory cells. Regardless of.wherenyou live in the world your health authority will reccomend...

I love this too, but yes, sugar central. Lots of things can impact glucose control in type 2 diabetes, I would doubt HIIT works for everyone. It needs to be pretty tough to get anywhere. Essentially massive effort for a couple of minutes, rest a minute and keep going till you are knackered. I...

Also have you tried Lotus Biscoff spread? https://www.lotusbiscoff.com/en-gb/producten/lotus-biscoff-spread

agree Butter magnificent ha ha!! But I cant bring myself to tick cheese spread for a decent Roule cheese, which I also like a lot. I am very mood dependant when it comes to spreadables....