Wisley Log 2 -2009 - a fascinating departure......

[Maggi Young]

 This edition of Paul's "Wisley Log"  takes us on a visit to Paul's pleione collection and some other very interesting places.....read it to see what I mean!
Paul, a super log, full of terrific tips and signs of admirable ingenuity!!
 Thanks,
 M

[mark smyth]

I dare not look because I have been eyeing them on dreaded Ebay

[Maggi Young]

I dare not look because I have been eyeing them on dreaded Ebay

 All very practical stuff, Mark.... tells you how to deal with 'em once you've got 'em!

[mark smyth]

Has anyone seen the optical illusion on the frozen pond? As the page is scrolled down an invisible duck walks down the page

[mark smyth]

It only works with a scroller mouse

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 edit by M; the pic of frozen pond is actually  in Log 1 of 2009.... optical illusion of  moving duck prints does appear with scroller mouse for me !!

[mark smyth]

Just been reading the log. Very interesting.

Paul, more fish please. I used to breed zebras and angels also

[Michael J Campbell]

Mark,I used to breed Black Molly's, did an piece for the BBC  40 years ago about breeding them.

[johnw]

Mark,I used to breed Black Molly's, did an piece for the BBC  40 years ago about breeding them.

Michael  - Interesting, we always found them difficult.  They were plagued with cotton mouth here and always too shy to add salt.  In early teens a friend and I did oscars, other cichlids, white clouds and gouramis. Sold the oscars to a department store for several months until they grew up and ate all their other fish. End of two careers.

It is surprising how many plant nuts started with fish.


johnw 

[Michael J Campbell]

 

[mark smyth]

Mollys naturally come from brackish water. I have seen them in salt water tanks also. A sick molly is so horrible to see.

[johnw]

Mollys naturally come from brackish water. I have seen them in salt water tanks also. A sick molly is so horrible to see.

Mark  - We always passed them along to a friend the moment we saw problems. The fear was the salt would kill the other fish. Only tried them a few times before big Axelrod book came out.  True, I've seen some hideous mollys in the big box stores, usually ones that have not died within the first few weeks.

johnw

[Michael J Campbell]

I think it was probably more to do with the quality of the water than any skill on my part.

[johnw]

I think it was probably more to do with the quality of the water than any skill on my part.

Based on the extraordinary quality of your plants I somehow doubt that.

johnw