The Ark 3 ~ Thumbnailed pics

[Noah]

I wanted to leave thread 2 in honour of Scoob, being he was last posted there. So here is the new thread.

All pics in here will be thumbnailed for ease of loading. Hopefully more may look and comment :)

[Noah]

So 1st pics off the rank. We had a visitor drop by, so in it came for some photo time *L*

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/th_Frog21stMar2010d.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/?action=view&current=Frog21stMar2010d.jpg)

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[Noah]

Another visitor

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[Oldfart]

I love the green tree frog. We get them often here.

Is the other a bearded dragon?

[Noah]

Thanx OF

Yep the other is a beardie. :)

[dicksbro]

Looks like your visitors really knew how to pose to get their pictures taken.

Nice photos!

[Noah]

Thanx DB


My son catches things for me to take some shots of. He brings in this VERY irritated blue tongue who did NOT appreciate my photographing it at all!

Soooo with it hissing, lunging, posturing and generally being a not so nice model :lol: Here's a few pics.

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/th_BlueTongue25thMarch2010d.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/?action=view&current=BlueTongue25thMarch2010d.jpg)

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Showing me exactly what it thought of my pic taking :lol:
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[dicksbro]

He probably just wanted to negotiate the modeling fees before getting the pictures taken. :)

[Oldfart]

I love bluetongues. I had the bluetongues here happy to crawl over my feet until M moved in.

Neighbour cat's I'm no longer allowed to drive off have made them scarcer.

[PantyFanatic]

:yikes:
Don't you have anything fuzzy living down there?

[Oldfart]

Me.

[Oldfart]

Funnel web.

[Oldfart]

Antechinus.

http://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Antechinus_stuartii

[dicksbro]

Out of focus photos? :confused:

[PantyFanatic]

Being that I keep late hours at the small plant I work with doing a lot of tinkering after the normal work shift, I often get to see the security guard that stops in throughout the shut-down times on a staggered schedule to see how much the burglars took this time and to key in his site recorder. One such fellow, a couple notches above your standard rent-a-cop, stops to chat a bit and peek at current rube goldberg mechanism to brake the monotony. He talks funny, but our short chats are an intelligent brake for both of us.

Knowing he's a southern boy and him knowing I have online friends from all over, I asked if he had Blue Tongues in his home. "Yeah! Had one as a pet once. It was hit on the road [probably by somebody driving on the wrong side :nod: ] but wasn't hurt too bad. Nursed it back to health in a while and turned out to be female. It had babies. :baby: I had it in a cage though and it ATE ALL IT'S BABIES." :yikes:

KRIKIE! What a friendly place that is. :doorpeek:









true
:roflmao:

[dicksbro]

I bet she told those kids to behave or she'd recycle them.

[Oldfart]

Bluetongues bear live young, and under stress will eat the kids.

I know some people like that.

[PantyFanatic]

I know some people that SHOULD have been like that. :cool:

[Noah]

I went to a Heavy Horse show and grabbed some pics. These animals are truely gorgeous gentle giants!

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/th_Gatton2May2010a.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/?action=view&current=Gatton2May2010a.jpg)

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[Noah]

....More....

Now this friesian stallion was to die for, my absolute favorite horse there! He was a true gentle man. Now i know how it feels to touch $250,000 worth of horseflesh lol. Money or not, he would be a dream to own and ride.
Pics are not the best, there were just so many people flocking to him, and they defiantely do NOT do him full justice, but they give you an idea of him

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[Noah]

....And yet more.....

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The Tallest Horse In The World
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[Noah]

Working horses

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The C.U.B team
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[Noah]

Showjumping

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[Noah]

Nika is back in training and EXTREMELY excited about it *LOL*

She is training in a Halti because of my still not good ankle injury and Nika being a tad feral from no work, i've had to break out the Halti, so i dont get injured from her excitement and that she doesnt either, she was literally on 2 legs on the check chain when she seen another dog, her not being able to breath and then choking for the the whole walk is definately not a good thing, and definately NOT a habit i want her learning. I am desparate to get her back into work, and i really need to get back into walking, so the Halti was the next option, until she calms down (which i have no doubt she will) at least anyway.

Saturday 8th May

Lets just say the 1st 10min was her having a spack attack trying to get the thing stuck to her face off. Once she calmed from that, we went onto Halti and lead. A few spack attacks later *L* she soon realised that pulling and being a fool just made the 'nasty' thing get tighter on her nose, and coming to a heel made it go away. She is definately intelligent this one!

Within 5 minutes she was heeling like a pro and fairly calm, with just the very odd try to get the halti off, unbelievable difference. Now as a test i unhooked the lead, and she still stayed with me, not always in a perfect heel, but a far cry from the nutcase i was trying to walk before.

Lunchtime today she will get another mini lesson, and depending how she deals with that, i'll take her out for a walk, lead through check chain and through Halti, just incase she does manage to slip the Halti off.

I am really excited and she will be too, i've been dying to get back out there. To be honest i forgot my mate sent me the Halti. I think it will be awesome for both Nika


Sunday 9th May
Today we went for a real walk, past all the dogs that never get out and are completely feral *L*

Other than the intial i want the halti off try out...It was such a dream. While she whinged and wussed, control was just so easy, no choking, no twisting on the lead to get to them. My ankle was far happier, and i can guarantee it was FAR more pleasent for my Nika.

So, we will go out again later this arvo. and all going well it will be twice a day from then on, oh except for Tuesdays because we will be back off to obedience school that night.

I wrapped to be able to get back out there with the no damage to myself and more importantly no damage to my gorgeous girl!!

Some pics of Nika is her Halti
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/th_Nika12thMay2010.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/?action=view&current=Nika12thMay2010.jpg)

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[Noah]

Monday 10th & Tuesday 11 May
No training...lead broke. Need to buy a new one and wont get to town til Wednesday.

Wednesday 12th May
I had to buy her a new lead today, dang they can be expensive, she broke the clip on the old one. I also bought a 20m horse lunge lead to use, she needs some work on recalls and distance work.

We went for a walk this morning, only 2 tries at getting the Halti off and much calmer going past the 'crazy' dog up the street. So going quite well so far.

Went for our arvo walk tonight when i got home from work. She was a bit stirred up because it was getting dark, but still not too bad.

Ohh and i found her check chain *L* (in the pics she is wearing Scoobs old one and it is WAY too big)

Thursday 13th May
We didnt do our normal walk tonight, but went out and did some serious heel, sit & drop training. She did it no probs, picked it back up quite quickly.

Many many changes of direction in the heeling, to keep her guessing and learning to watch and stick by my leg, i as very pleased to note she did quite well considering she's not done much for so long.

Sits & Drops, we did the 1 step sit, 1 step sit She loves this....NOT *LOL* But she also picked this up again quickly. Mixed in with drops, and ups (from drop back up into sitting position)

All in all a very successful training session, i'm very proud of my girl!

[Noah]

Been a while...Nika and i are still training, with the days getting shorter i'm generally only getting in 1 session per day. As the days get longer we will, all going well, get back into 2 session per day.

Now
Took some quick pics of my gorgeous girl while training out on the long lead

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http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/th_Nika6thJune2010u.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/?action=view&current=Nika6thJune2010u.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/th_Nika6thJune2010z.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/?action=view&current=Nika6thJune2010z.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/th_Nika6thJune2010q.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/?action=view&current=Nika6thJune2010q.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/th_Nika6thJune2010s.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/?action=view&current=Nika6thJune2010s.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/th_Nika6thJune2010i.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/?action=view&current=Nika6thJune2010i.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/th_Nika6thJune2010m.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/?action=view&current=Nika6thJune2010m.jpg)

[PantyFanatic]

Been a while...Nika and i are still training,.....
So what has she taught you? :confused:

[Lord Snow]

Still a pretty pup.

[Fangtasia]

So what has she taught you? :confused:
That she is smarter than me *LOL*

[Noah]

This is a project that i've had on the go for ages, and it could take ages yet *LOL* I'm in no hurry and only pick it up when i've got a fair bit of spare time.

The tank is a 3ft and will hopefully end up a frog tank, only filled around the halfway mark (tank cant ever be fully filled due to bowing, broken brace).

Anyway, heres a few photos of its progression

26th Jan 2010
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/3ft%20facelift/th_Foam26thJan10.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/3ft%20facelift/?action=view&current=Foam26thJan10.jpg)

21st Aug 2010
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/3ft%20facelift/th_3ft21Aug2010.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/3ft%20facelift/?action=view&current=3ft21Aug2010.jpg)

22nd Aug 2010
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/3ft%20facelift/th_3ft22Aug2010.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/3ft%20facelift/?action=view&current=3ft22Aug2010.jpg)

Yes the foam is siliconed into the tank, and i'll be sealing and colouring it whilst its in there, yep i understand it is easier to do when its out of the tank, but there is method to my madness *L*

[dicksbro]

Don't forget to show us the finished product! Looks like it'll be great when you get it done. :thumbs:

[Noah]

My angels have spawned. I am now a spawn thief, i stole half to try to raise myself. Updates as i go, hopefully it will result in young angels!

My BN colony is growing again, i now have

1x male common longfin
1x female common longfin

2x female common shortfin <-----hoping to get a male for them this weekend

1x male albino shortfin
1x female albino shortfin

1x female albino longfin <-----looking for a male for her

1x marble, too small to sex <-----more to come

1x male peppermint
4x unknown peppermint (looks like it might be 3 females and 1 male, will still be 12 months before i can sex them i think)

And quite a few common LF & SF fry (male LF and female SF pairing result)

[Oldfart]

Mmmmmmm.

Fish and chips soon?

[PantyFanatic]

My angels have spawned. I am now a spawn thief, i stole half to try to raise myself. Updates as i go, hopefully it will result in young angels!

My BN colony is growing again, i now have

1x male common longfin..............................
And quite a few common LF & SF fry (male LF and female SF pairing result)
:wtp:

[Noah]

I'll try to get some of the angel fry

The LF BN & LF/SF fry will be difficult because the breeding tank is the colour of black tea *L*

[PantyFanatic]

Well, next time you're electrofacating them, throw some LED's in with the toaster and we'll be able to see them. You'll even be able to use them on the tree this Christmas. :roflmao: :rofl: :roflmao:

[Oldfart]

PF, these are fry, not boilers.

[Noah]

*L* I neither electrify nor shoot my fish!

Now....sadly i lost all the angel fry :( Prolly a bit of a good thing too in that i have a new stand with 3 more tanks coming (i didnt really want the tanks but it was an all or nothing deal!) 1 of the new tanks coming is cactus and will be scrapped. So i am looking at moving the angel tank onto the 3 tiered stand, moving with fry would not be good, now i can move them and try again next spawn

I deally i wanted to put the stand where the 4ft is currently sitting, but lo and behold i now have brand new albino bn fry and they definately wont take a move well. So now i'll either put it where the 3ft Angel is currently or store it and wait 3 weeks or so til i can move the 4ft...decisions decisions!

[Noah]

Due to a massive hike in power costs here (bastards!) i'll be insulating all my tanks 3 sides with foam to limit heat loss. I'll also only be running some tanks during summer when the heaters only have to cut in on occassion. Also will be running many of the breeding anks off 1 air pump for filtration.

In winter i'll shut many of them back down like i did this winter.




Ohhhhhhh i also have a new little planted octagonal tank (30litres) its housing 2 apple snails, Gary & Tas, also some malaysian trumpet snails and pond snails that hitchiked in.

[PantyFanatic]

:wobbly: It sounds like the logistic planing room of the Pentagon.

[Noah]

Yep bit like that!

[dicksbro]

Always fun to come and see how the family is doing. Noah, you do wonders with all your gang! Thanks for sharing with us. :thumbs:

[Noah]

Bilbo bought me a new canister filter a weeks or so back! Anyway today i chucked it on the 2.5ft planted tank. Now its rated for a 200litre tank, personally i think it would be struggling to filter that amount, the tank its on now is a 130litre, so hopefully it will do the job ok.

My new tiers and tanks didnt arrive, the guy resceduled thrice, yeah ok shit happens, but when i have waited at home all weekend for him to turn up..grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I can't complain i spose he is delivering them for nothing. Still no word as to what happened to him today yet. At this rate our Ute will be on the road and i'll pick em up myself *L*

[dicksbro]

We'll keep our fingers (or legs if that would relieve more pressure :D) in hopes they arrive today. ;)

[Noah]

Time for some new pics i think

Nika
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/th_Nika6thJune2010za.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/?action=view&current=Nika6thJune2010za.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/th_Nika14thJune2010.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/?action=view&current=Nika14thJune2010.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/th_Nika15thJune2010c.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/?action=view&current=Nika15thJune2010c.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/th_Nika14thJune2010b.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/?action=view&current=Nika14thJune2010b.jpg)

[Noah]

Goldies
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Goldfish/th_Goldies22ndAug2010.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Goldfish/?action=view&current=Goldies22ndAug2010.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Goldfish/th_Goldies4Sept2010c.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Goldfish/?action=view&current=Goldies4Sept2010c.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Goldfish/th_Goldies4Sept2010d.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Goldfish/?action=view&current=Goldies4Sept2010d.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Goldfish/th_Goldies4Sept2010a.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Goldfish/?action=view&current=Goldies4Sept2010a.jpg)

[Noah]

2.5ft
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20in%20one%20tank%20-%20NEW/th_25ft5thSept2010.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20in%20one%20tank%20-%20NEW/?action=view&current=25ft5thSept2010.jpg)

5ft
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/5ft%20fish%20tank/th_5ft8thJuly2010resize2.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/5ft%20fish%20tank/?action=view&current=5ft8thJuly2010resize2.jpg)

4ft
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/4ft%20fish%20tank/th_4ft5thSept2010a.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/4ft%20fish%20tank/?action=view&current=4ft5thSept2010a.jpg)

3ft - this one is being rescaped soon
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/3ft%20fish%20tank/th_3ft5thAug2010.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/3ft%20fish%20tank/?action=view&current=3ft5thAug2010.jpg)

[PantyFanatic]

#192 :thumbs:


:D

[Noah]

Which is #192? *LOL*

[PantyFanatic]

NikaScoob10thOct08b.jpg :)

Well, it was part of the link. :nod:

[Noah]

Errrrr...there arent any Scoob pics in this thread....well not that i can remember

[PantyFanatic]

[center]Time for some new pics i think

Nika
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/th_Nika6thJune2010za.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/Vomblaksta%20Arnika/?action=view&current=Nika6thJune2010za.jpg)
This is the first pic ................................... takes me to #13 .................................. of 212. :o






So I like to browse. What's it to ya? :mad:

[Noah]

*LOL* ahhhhhhh i see

[Noah]

The 3 tiered tanks arrived! Only thing is they wont fit were i thought they would *L* So things are gonna have to be moved around.

The 4ft will have to move to where the angel tank is
The tiers will go where the 4ft used to be.
The goldie tank will have to move to near the back door
The angel tank will move to where the goldie tank was

Gawd this should be fun!

[PantyFanatic]

.................... again. :faint:

[dicksbro]

Anxious to see it in place. :boink:

[Noah]

So started yesterday lol

12th Sept 2.22pm
Goldie tank emptied...Still empty
4ft emptied and moved (not where it will eventually go though). Still empty
just having dinner then will bring in the tiers

13th Sept 3.30am
I got the 4ft filled and fish back in before i went to bed last night. Got the angel tank (angels are confined in the maingano tank for now) to move into place and to put the tanks onto the tier stand today when i get home from work.

The angels are moving into the custom 2ft, the goldies will be going into their 3ft. Well thats the plan anyway *L*

13th Sept 1pm

Upon inspection 1 of the 3fts that came with the tiers looks to need resealing, cheaper and easir just to buy a new tank *L* The other i knew was damaged and had been repaired, not usable as far as i'm concerned. The 2.5ft looks ok, just gotta pick up a sponge filter for it

The stand is great, which is what i was after anyway....the tanks...blah...dump job...i'm a bit fussy *L*

So i got the Goldies are in the 3ft (old angel tank). And have started the 2ft custom tank for the angels today. The angel tank is a priority now, the plants dont take kindly to being shoved in buckets without light for too long.

My darn canister on the 4ft is playing up so i've turned it off, and it will have to stay that way til i get home from work tonight and pull it down to find out what's happening, fingers crossed it hasnt died cause there was no movement...grrrrrrrrrrrrr

So far in the big reshuffle *LOL*

[Noah]

Tanks are all moved and now fully set up

But hmmmm not fully happy with them, well except for the goldie tank (its looks good), so more movement may happen

Oh and the filter on the 4ft, broken part!, crap, now trying to get a replacement part, not proving to be easy.

The 5ft filter is about to get some TLC as its getting a tad noisy, so something is going on there. *sigh*

Having recieved my power bill, i can add that some tanks will be changed over to run on 1 larger air pump (it has 4 outlets) rather than running the 4 individual filters. Heaters have also had the temp dropped to around 22C rather than 26C. Hopefully this helps keep costs down or all (not 5ft and 3ft) will have to go *sigh*

[Noah]

Nika and i are heading back to dog school tonight, should be interesting *L* Between her injuries and seasons and my injuries/illness, we havent been for far too long.

I'm hoping to drop back to class 2 and restart from there, depending how we both do. Will let you know how it goes *LOL*

[PantyFanatic]

.... Between her injuries and seasons .....
:yikes:
What did I miss? "HER INJURIES"?

[dicksbro]

Hopefully, she's okay ... and hopefully, you're feeling better, too, Noah.

[Fangtasia]

Her injuries were either joint stuff or muscular, too many limping episodes for it to be just nothing, so i am leaning towards desexing her. I am slowly putting the money together to get her xrayed to know for sure, if it is a problem then she will not be able to competitively trial either, so she will just become a normal pet *L* Regardless i love her to bits.

Worst comes to worst i'll get a pedigreed male dog to trial with and she can be the companion. Dunno depends on the xray results really.

And well my crap just seems to be neverending at present *LOL*

Anyway we made it to class tonight, was only a short night due to storms and rain in the area. She did far better than i thought she would actually, we went with the beginners, after class we were told we will be in Class 3 next week *L*

So this week we will be out training, and to get the bit of excess weight of her from lack of work (know the feeling *L*) and get back into the swing of things.

[Noah]

Took Nika into town this morning, she was soooo damned excited *L*

Dropped Bilbo off at work, she proceeded to whinge because we left him *L*

Drove and parked downtown, went for a walk, gawd if every second person didnt compliment the dog *L*

A wee little girl wanted to pat the pretty puppy *L* so i gave her a piece of food and she not only patted, she fed the pretty puppy and walked off a happy little camper.
Didnt get pics here, damn camera batteries were flat and nothing was open for me to buy more!

We sat and waited for my eldest son to go to an appointment, while sitting got more compliments and Nika scored many a pat *LOL*

Son came out and drove to Queens Park to have a look at some of the flower beds, sadly many of them were dying off, but i got a couple of pics here.

From there we drove to the duck park (cant remember its proper name) and Nika wanted to jump into the water and chase said ducks *L* A woman with a dog asked if she could come over, Nika is not dog aggressive, but as the other dog was approaching its hackles went up and she took offence. Parked herself fully in front of me and stared this other dog. The silly lady kept coming. Anyway when Nika gave a small warning lunge, she stated oh your dogs not friendly. I stated back yes she actually is, asked her if she could see her dogs hackles up, yes she said. I told her that is considered a sign of aggression and Nika just went into guard mode. I told her when approaching other strange dogs her dog needs to learn ettiquite, charging (with owner in tow)at them hackles up is not going to get a good reaction the majority of the time. This is why i am an advocate for compulsary obedience training for dog owners. This womans dog ruled the roost. Very proud of my Nika, she put herself between myself and the strange dog and she was standing her ground without being overly aggressive herself.

From the duck park we drove out to a pet store that allows dogs to go in. Nika loved that *L* The 2 staff members jut loved her to bits, Nika loved 1 of them, well more to the point the $1500 tame bird on her shoulder *L* Never took her eyes off it the entire time. The girl went to squat down to say hi to Nika, i quickly got her up and said that putting the bird in Nika's grab space would not be a good idea. A VERY expensive chew toy!

Nika had had enough by this stage, she is a dog that flatly refuses to either drink or pee/poop while out and about, and it was quite a warm day. So home we came, with Nika absolutely slabbed out on the back seat *L* She loved the whole trip though, and took all the strange situations in her stride.

I'm one very proud mum!

(pics will come, but being on dial up i am having trouble uploading them)

[Noah]

Nika in the car....watching everything *L*

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4535/nika29thsept2010.th.jpg (http://img137.imageshack.us/i/nika29thsept2010.jpg/)

[Noah]

Another in the car....this one cracks me up :D:D

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/4508/nika29thsept2010e.th.jpg (http://img842.imageshack.us/i/nika29thsept2010e.jpg/)

[Noah]

Some at Queens park

http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/9937/nika29thsept2010d.th.jpg (http://img547.imageshack.us/i/nika29thsept2010d.jpg/)

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/1900/garden29thsept2010c.th.jpg (http://img651.imageshack.us/i/garden29thsept2010c.jpg/)

[Noah]

Lake Annard (duck park *L*)

http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/8850/nika29thsept2010b.th.jpg (http://img547.imageshack.us/i/nika29thsept2010b.jpg/)

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/1272/garden29thsept2010a.th.jpg (http://img512.imageshack.us/i/garden29thsept2010a.jpg/)

[Bebi Dempster]

Honey bunny what great photos I have enjoyed this whole thread!
You take great shots!
Love the story of Nika chops and this lady and her dog.. ducks huh hehehe.. her mother was the same anything that moved was a chasing object anything that wasn't firmly in the ground became a toy and anything that was planted firmly soon became dislodged lol!

Nika looks great!
I cannot wait to see your new tank look and the work you've put in it. Well done bub you have a brilliant imagination love it!
MWA Keep the photos coming!

[Noah]

Yay there she is!!! Missed ya matey!

Glad ya enjoyed it, there are a few other critter threads around in here.

Yeah the tank has been fun, next one though i'll try incorporating the filtration, waterfall feature etc into the background, bit more of a challenge.

[Bebi Dempster]

Love your photos.. I'll have to look around that's for sure!
Cant wait to see your new tank set up, you always do some great stuff and in real life even nicer!

[Noah]

My 4ft maingano colony and electric yellows.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/4ft%20fish%20tank/th_4ft11thOct2010.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/4ft%20fish%20tank/?action=view&current=4ft11thOct2010.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/4ft%20fish%20tank/th_4ft2Oct2010.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/4ft%20fish%20tank/?action=view&current=4ft2Oct2010.jpg)

5ft planted

I have had all sorts of probs with this tank, all i'm gonna say is dont let ANYONE pee in ya tank or onya gravel!! *sigh*
Anyway 4 weeks after setup its finally safe for fish.......

crappy pic, but gives you the idea. Not yet fully planted.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/5ft%20fish%20tank/th_5ft23rdOct2010.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/5ft%20fish%20tank/?action=view&current=5ft23rdOct2010.jpg)

left side
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/5ft%20fish%20tank/th_5ft23rdOct2010leftside.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/5ft%20fish%20tank/?action=view&current=5ft23rdOct2010leftside.jpg)

[Noah]

Anyway next is

Goldie tank
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/3ft%20fish%20tank/th_Goldies15thSept2010.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/3ft%20fish%20tank/?action=view&current=Goldies15thSept2010.jpg)

Apple snails - Gary and Xena
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/2ft%20140litre%20tank/th_GaryXena.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/2ft%20140litre%20tank/?action=view&current=GaryXena.jpg)

Their eggs
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/2ft%20140litre%20tank/th_Appleeggs22Oct2010a.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/2ft%20140litre%20tank/?action=view&current=Appleeggs22Oct2010a.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/2ft%20140litre%20tank/th_Appleeggs22Oct2010.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/2ft%20140litre%20tank/?action=view&current=Appleeggs22Oct2010.jpg)

[Noah]

A new passerby, grabbed some pic of it and yep it was not in the least amused.

I also learnt something new today, beardies have teeth, i mean real honest to goodness teeth, and they aint afraid to use them. Thankfully this was something i learnt after having my fingers and camera within millimetres of its face!

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/th_Bearded30thOct2010a.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/?action=view&current=Bearded30thOct2010a.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/th_Bearded30thOct2010b.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/?action=view&current=Bearded30thOct2010b.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/th_Bearded30thOct2010c.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/?action=view&current=Bearded30thOct2010c.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/th_Bearded30thOct2010d.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/?action=view&current=Bearded30thOct2010d.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/th_Bearded30thOct2010f.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/?action=view&current=Bearded30thOct2010f.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/th_Bearded30thOct2010g.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/?action=view&current=Bearded30thOct2010g.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/th_Bearded30thOct2010h.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/?action=view&current=Bearded30thOct2010h.jpg)

[Noah]

Some more...i love lizards, even ones with scary teeth *L*

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/th_Bearded30thOct2010i.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/?action=view&current=Bearded30thOct2010i.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/th_Bearded30thOct2010j.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/?action=view&current=Bearded30thOct2010j.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/th_Bearded30thOct2010l.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/?action=view&current=Bearded30thOct2010l.jpg)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/th_Bearded30thOct2010n.jpg (http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/Alasse_au/All%20sorts%201/?action=view&current=Bearded30thOct2010n.jpg)

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[Oldfart]

Beardies are fun.

[Fangtasia]

They are yep, I love one as a pet