show and tell,pets corner

[]UBC[xacuit]

Hi was just wondering who may have the weirdest,ugliest,strangest of pets,so thought i start a thread,
I have a staffordshire bull terrier & his name is riddick,havnt got a digital camera at the moment but wen i do ill post a pic of him.
Ialso have an indonesion redstrip snakehead (channa micropeltes) fish,who's name is Moby ,he a foot&a hlf long living in a 7ft tank&is fed on rats,mice,chickens,troutand other small mammals& fish,again no pic but here is a link so u can see wot hes like,hope u like it

uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nmU7etSYYqI&NR=1

[]UBC[ Igor]

I have just the most annoying pet.
I have to always have an eye on him. Also you might know each time you succeed in killing me, it's cause its is trying to make a bullshit on my desk.
its best exploit: it eats the jack connection of my headset.

[abercrab]

Jan 9, 2009 9:39:39 GMT ]UBC[xacuit said:

Ialso have an indonesion redstrip snakehead (channa micropeltes) fish,he a foot&a hlf long living in a 7ft tank&is fed on rats,mice,chickens,troutand other small mammals& fish,again no pic but here is a like so u can see wot hes like,hope u like it

Does he laugh maniacally after devouring his prey?

[strontiumdog]

I've got a yampy dog called Rocky (not my choice of name, named by the Dogs Trust we fostered him from) ;D
He's got hip displacia with one hip being luxated
But he's a great guard dog and he's willing to bite anyone without a care in the world ;D
I'll get Moosea to post a few piccies of him

[moosea]

We also have a horse on loan now!

His name is bear - again not my choice of name! He is an 8 year old thoroughbred ex race horse!

www.lookpic.com/files/Image1171.jpg

Here is my doggy in the snow today!

Updating link as it died!

[]UBC[FossiBear]

Let me introduce to you:



Emma

and


Findus


Emma is our dog in disguise, she retrieves paper beads, constantly and Findus is our siren, at least in the early morning, when you leave your room.

[abercrab]

Here are some of the pet critters in the Abercrab house.

[moosea]

WoW!! how big is your tank? Saltwater tank?

[]UBC[ Igor]

Your tank is beautiful crabs.

I understand now why Z tells me it was expensive. It might cost you a fortune.

[abercrab]

Thanks, it was a lot of work to setup and is a lot of work to take care of. It's a 90 gallon saltwater tank.

We just a got a new fish today too that I'll have to try to snap a pic of. We probably only have room for about one more big fish. Down the road we might try to grow some aquatic plants/algea and maybe even coral, but they are challenging and require extremely expensive lighting setups.

[strontiumdog]

Just how big is a 90 gallon tank Abe, by my reckoning it's 9' by 3' by 2'6'', and what is that 5 legged dicc thingy??

[]UBC[FossiBear]

If I do calc right (I like geometry) a qube with

90 gallons (am.) = app. 340.5 litres

has an edge length of

69,8 cm = app. 27.5'' or 2'3.5''

[abercrab]

It is about 4 feet long x 1.5 feet wide x 2 feet tall. There is another 10 gallon "tide pool" reservoir that is hidden underneath the main tank that has filters, heaters, etc... in it. The 5 armed guy is a serpent starfish. He normally only likes to come out at night. He/she moves quite fast, almost like an octopus.

[strontiumdog]

Thanks Abe
I had a 30 gallon tank that was 36''x12''x18'' (LWD)
them American gallons smaller?
I like the starfish though ;D

[]UBC[FossiBear]

Gallon (liquid)

imp. = 4.54609 litres
am. = 3.785411784 litres

source:
wikipedia.org

conversion:

1 am. gallon = 0.8327 imp. gallons (app.)
1 imp. gallon = 1.2010 am. gallons (app.)

[strontiumdog]

What's the dimensions though Fossi?
turns out a 36''x12''x18'' =30 gallons
48''x18''x24''=90 gallons
Doesn't seem that much bigger, but is 3 times the size!
My maths is poop

[]UBC[FossiBear]

36''*12''*18'' =

91.4cm*30.5cm*45.7cm = 127,426 cm³ =
127.426 litres =

28.02 imp. gallons = 33.67 US gallons



48''*18''*24'' =

121.9cm*45.7cm*61.0cm = 339,802 cm³ =
339.802 litres =

74.75 imp. gallons = 89.77 US gallons

Metrics.... use more metrics... you won't have these conversion problems any more...

[strontiumdog]

Metrics
Pffft, foreign stuff

[abercrab]

Mar 21, 2009 23:00:21 GMT strontiumdog said:

Metrics
Pffft, foreign stuff

I thought the USA was the only major stubborn holdout from converting to metric. Having to make use of two systems, one of which is totally arbitrary, is pretty silly.

Just think of the economic stimulus from having to convert everything over to metric.

[strontiumdog]

Mar 22, 2009 2:49:15 GMT abercrab said:

I thought the USA was the only major stubborn holdout from converting to metric. Having to make use of two systems, one of which is totally arbitrary, is pretty silly.

Just think of the economic stimulus from having to convert everything over to metric.

It cos them europeans can't add up
10 fingers and all that, gotta make it easy for 'em LOL

[abercrab]

Have some new creatures in the house.
Here's our new kitty, Olive Peppermint.


I've added about 20 pounds or so of new rock to my saltwater aquarium and have added a couple of new critters.
Here's how the tank is looking now. It looks pretty cool with just the black light on too, but I can't get those pictures to come out.




Here are some of the unwanted visitors that showed up in my tank on the rock. The first one is a xanthid crab about 2.5 cm wide. I had two of them show up and start chewing on my poor mushroom anemones. The second one is a fireworm that is about 15 cm long. It would cause some grief in the tank. It has hypodermic like bristles along its body that are supposedly also venomous.



Lastly here are the new wanted additions. In order, they are an emerald green crab, yellow watchmen goby, flame angel fish, and pacific blue tang.

[blue]

That's a very nice saltwater aquarium you got there man

I love those colors, both the fishies and that the aquarium can change colors with the lightning.. cool.

It is difficult to have a saltwater aquarium, unlike a freshwater aquarium?

[abercrab]

Jul 25, 2009 23:59:13 GMT blue said:

That's a very nice saltwater aquarium you got there man

I love those colors, both the fishies and that the aquarium can change colors with the lightning.. cool.

It is difficult to have a saltwater aquarium, unlike a freshwater aquarium?

Freshwater can be tough too, depending on what kind of animals you're trying to keep. It does take quite a bit of maintenance to keep any saltwater tank. My tank is classified as "fish only". I don't have any coral, large anemones, or aquatic plants/algea. Having a tank with those organisms moves things too another whole new level.

[moosea]

Wow! It is beautiful.

I bet you spend hours and hours watching it ;D

[blue]

you are talking about the aquarium right Moosea?

;D ;D