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To get mpg (U.S. gallons), just take this number (235.1963284) and divide the litres per 100km raw number into it. That will give you the mpg. So, their Uplander is getting about 29mpg on country cruising (8L/100km), which is above average for that small car. Just a note: those automobile...

jesseoneill, I had to deal with incredibly hard water once, and my way of dealing with it was once I got the gH, kH and pH where I wanted it, I did all my water changes w/ 50:50 RO:treated tap water to keep things where they where. My tap water didn't have enough carbonate hardness to start...

10 gallons, one at a time would be perfect. Most meds have directions that call for dosing amounts per 10 gallons, anyways. You can visit one of the several Wally Worlds in Charleston, SC and get another 10 gal tank for $9.84 (I know it was less than $10). I know you mentioned bacteria...

Just from a day at work. v/r, N-A

Had to stop watching it...amazing, but it gave me the willies after a little bit. v/r, N-A

Eheim 3581 auto feeder. I have 4 of them, they work like a champ. I've left the fishies for weeks using these things, along with timers to de-activate the filters right before the feeders turn over and drop food into the water. Often I put enough food in them to be able to leave the tanks...

It's not fish, but it's still amazing. I broke down my son's 10gal tank after New Year's day, washed the gravel in tap water repeatedly, then let it sit in a 5gal bucket filled w/ water. Over a month later, after Valentine's day, I rebuilt the tank, tossed in the gravel, and ran the filter and...

If I didn't kill it during prep, about a 1/2 hour is right on. Have quit using DIY CO2 after a successful year of using it, and went to pressurized CO2 on two tanks. Goodness, how much better it is. v/r, N-A

I do believe that the tubing more amenable to passing CO2 w/out loss is urethane. Try these guys: Clippard Inc. They have a link for tubing in the upper right corner of this web page. v/r, N-A

The reason we Americans are going severely "stupid" with the big SUV's by Chrysler, GM and Ford is because it's subsidized by the U.S. government. Really sad. We do a lot of things to secure worldwide hydrocarbon energy markets in the name of cheap gas at the stateside pump. Some of the...

If you saw some of the stuff crayfish eat in the wild, you'd think that the jumbo shrimp would be way too good for this little guy. v/r, N-A

You are on track. My Eclipse 3 gallon tank has over two dozen juveniles ghosts. Will move them all to a 10-gallon planted tank soon enough. v/r, N-A

A little salt is essential, that is so true. I had a thread on my first hobby attempt at raising ghosts. All was well until they got over month old, then I had a fairly quick die-off. Something about salt is necessary for molting. I just added a pinch of iodized table salt to their 3-gallon...

I love flying little Cessnas. 152's, 172's or 182's (or even the P210), they're all fine airplanes. By the way, I don't know if jets are all that much harder to fly...each aircraft type has its own challenges, and light general aviation (GA) aircraft are no exception. Keep at it, this sort of...

That SVT is a handsome vehicle. I would never have guessed that was a Ford. Although we've turned into a Honda family, I sure do like what Ford is making these days in the way of purposeful-looking, stylish and useful cars that run well. Seems they do a lot of constructive crosstalk between...

These guys are fabulous; their flight discipline is amazing. I need to see the Snowbirds (Canadian Forces Air Demo Team) as well before I depart this earth. Just saw the USAF Thunderbirds do their routine on Friday (practice session before Saturday's big airshow). Drove up to the flightline...

I just love these little beasts that have the attitude, "Yes, I've only got 2.0L, but I think I can hold my head up with that Firebird/Camaro/'Stang...I think I can, I think I can, I think I can..." ..and they do! Nice drive, Gav B. Big or little, variety is a good thing. v/r, N-A

Have to side with andy on this one...but not all the way. Yes, I'm still amazed at how long we Americans are taking to catch up in advancements that give more bhp vs. displacement. I've been able to drive a bit all over the world, and it amazes me how much usable bhp the foreign labels attain...

Not dumb...just a big guy! :D Good handling is a huge contributor to not having accidents, and nothing fares well in a car-vs-Peterbilt head-on...even the Peterbilt. v/r, N-A

On the art side, white is a neutral (contrasting agent is a good one, per chishnfips). Probably most of you who do paint have to sometimes mix a variety of colors to duplicate a particular tint. White (like a heavy Titanium White w/ a lot of TiO2 in it) just changes the contrast level. A 50%...

Is that Vulcan a rifle made by Webley? I know that Webley does make tremendous air rifles and pistols. I used to have an old Webley Hurricane. Pretty decent trigger for a spring air pistol (better than some service firearms that I've used). I'm not familiar with the T200. Is it made by...

Haven't owned an airgun in a while. Very inexpensive way to keep up your marksmanship skills. I really enjoy taking out my old (or not-so-old) battle rifles at the local range. It has benches and target backstops at 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 yards. I just got started again into longer range...

Ma'am, I'll try and collect my thoughts and build a "how to" that is a bit more concise than the goodly number of posts I did on the two threads. Okay, make that a lot more concise! :D As far as the photos go, you are way ahead of me on preserving good image quality...I'm using three of your...

I finally got a decent digital photo of brand new hatchlings, barely a day old. Click the above link for the latest photographic labor of love. It was a bit of a challenge to get decent photos of these lilliputian shrimp. :snap: When a snail bumps into them, they exhibit the same rapid...

This was a real photographic challenge. :/ 1. The newly hatched shrimp (less than one day old) tend to put themselves near the sharply radiused bend in the bottom of the Eclipse acrylic aquarium. There's a lot of optical distortion there. 2. They're small (the biggest ones are about...

Pic of mother shrimp w/ eggs soon-to-hatch again in the pictures section. Here's a link: Ghost Mother Expecting Just added a pic of one of the month-old juveniles. Tough getting his 13 brothers and sisters to cooperate. They grow very slowly, that's for sure! v/r, N-A P.S. They all...

Well, here she is, normally, the eggs are all tightly held close under the mother. When a couple of them look as if they'll fall off, as in the below photo, I think that means she's pretty close to hatching these (48 hours or so). This is for a thread I started in the invertebrates section...

Common pond snail; sometimes called a tulip snail. v/r, N-A

Those would make some great post cards. v/r, N-A

Had to say something about this, too....go easy. He didn't just cut springs and put a chrome Folger's can on the exhaust...he did an intelligent and thoughtful upgrade to an already well-engineered car. He performance tuned the inlet, exhaust and suspension and wrapped it up in a tasteful body...

Ma'am, once the wife comes back from Colorado tomorrow night with our digicam (and our 4 kids), I'll shoot a few! The mama shrimp is really ripe, now. I have to do some tank transfers before this next batch of eggs hatches. I think this clutch of eggs is due in about 6 days or less, if the...

It doesn't get any better in travelling jobs. Aviation: We use nautical miles (6,076 feet) instead of statute miles (5,280 feet). It works well, because at cruise speeds we use mach numbers, and at a cruise of .76 mach one is travelling about 7.5 nautical miles per minute. There's a lot of...

Kind of funny, but the AGA catalog calls its 30" x 12" x 12" offering a "20 Long". I came up with the same figure as Tempestuousfury, 18.7 U.S. gallons. v/r, N-A

To all: I just counted 14 of the little rovers in the nursery (1st Eclipse 3gal). It seems that as they get bigger, I'm able to count more among the fronds of Java Moss. The mother is ready to drop eggs again, so I'm looking for another place to put the other 3 adults so she can have the...

Those look like Grey Nurse sharks. The group photo is tremendous. v/r, N-A

Most big tanks manufactured these days have at the very least a tempered glass plate for the bottom. In fact, I can't think of anybody making a large tank that doesn't do it this way. If you build your own, but want holes for bulkhead fittings, you'll have to buy standard plate, have it...