Other than Rovers what is your other passion or hobby

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Other than following the Gas what do other members do for hobbies

For me I keep tropical fish have 350 litre planted tank hoping to add some Discus soon (well it beats the boredom until the new season starts) I used to keep snakes and lizards but my new partner doesn't like them and I'm banned from having any lol

My other hobby which I've now made a career from,  is Photography with my main passion being wildlife and macro wildlife shots it pays the bills and keeps the wolves from the door

[scoobydoogas]

I like eating far too much and running away from ghosts.

[pauldon]

Record collecting and writing poems. Have far too many records I keep being told.

[William Wilson]

May 31, 2017 18:51:01 GMT scoobydoogas said:

I like eating far too much and running away from ghosts.

And shagging Daphne`s leg?

[inee]

May 31, 2017 18:30:50 GMT @1970toggsy said:

Other than following the Gas what do other members do for hobbies

For me I keep tropical fish have 350 litre planted tank hoping to add some Discus soon (well it beats the boredom until the new season starts) I used to keep snakes and lizards but my new partner doesn't like them and I'm banned from having any lol

My other hobby which I've now made a career from,  is Photography with my main passion being wildlife and macro wildlife shots it pays the bills and keeps the wolves from the door

Snakes is one of my phobias, wendy has a python, but when she removes it from it viv i need to leave the room,my biggest is rats ,so as you can imagine feeding time is awful for me.  I tried to get over the snake thing by holding a corn snake she had and the basterd bit me 

[inee]

Other hobbies of mine include, a senegal parrot,a bearded dragon(yes i know a snake with legs, building small cnc devices, dabbling with electronics, programming microcontrollers for electronics stuff, fishing ,reading(although i cant concentrate long enough to read at present) , repairing cars and motorbikes, still trying to grasp C after 30 odd years of trying ,fruit chines, got given one that would not work as the on board battery had eaten through the circuit board spent weeks repairing that one.
would list the gas but thats a way of life

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I have a Saltwater aquarium, 650 litres. I currently have about twenty fish and a few smallish corals as I only started this tank last December after upgrading from a 112 litre tank. This stems from my other passion which is/was Scuba Diving. However, I had a heart attack three years ago and haven't dived since but I'm hoping to get the ok from the Doc's to start again soon.
I also read a lot and normally get through a book every couple of weeks.

[scoobydoogas]

My fruit trees and vegetable patch keep me busy. If it's raining and I have to stay in then I still make the odd airfix model - mainly aeroplanes.

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Jun 1, 2017 11:50:29 GMT scoobydoogas said:

My fruit trees and vegetable patch keep me busy. If it's raining and I have to stay in then I still make the odd airfix model - mainly aeroplanes.

In a similar vein, I am always putting Lego kits back together after they have been demolished by Mini Me MKII. I quite enjoy it actually.

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Jun 1, 2017 10:34:11 GMT @nobbygas said:

I have a Saltwater aquarium, 650 litres. I currently have about twenty fish and a few smallish corals as I only started this tank last December after upgrading from a 112 litre tank. This stems from my other passion which is/was Scuba Diving. However, I had a heart attack three years ago and haven't dived since but I'm hoping to get the ok from the Doc's to start again soon.
I also read a lot and normally get through a book every couple of weeks.

That's a bummer hope the doc gives you the go ahead to dive it's something I've always wanted to do.
I returned to keeping fish couldn't believe how much technology has moved on since I last kept fish.
This time I'm doing it on a slightly smaller scale my last tank was 1100 litres or 240 gallons 8 foot long 2 foot wide and 30 inches deep very big tank took 4 people to move it the stand wasn't much lighter either filtration was 2 pond pumps.
All this just to house one fish my prized  2ft Amazon Red Tailed Catfish couldn't put anything else in with him as he would eat them tame as anything even the tank that size was still to small for him 

[Marshy]

Jun 1, 2017 18:16:38 GMT @1970toggsy said:

Jun 1, 2017 10:34:11 GMT @nobbygas said:

I have a Saltwater aquarium, 650 litres. I currently have about twenty fish and a few smallish corals as I only started this tank last December after upgrading from a 112 litre tank. This stems from my other passion which is/was Scuba Diving. However, I had a heart attack three years ago and haven't dived since but I'm hoping to get the ok from the Doc's to start again soon.
I also read a lot and normally get through a book every couple of weeks.

That's a bummer hope the doc gives you the go ahead to dive it's something I've always wanted to do.
I returned to keeping fish couldn't believe how much technology has moved on since I last kept fish.
This time I'm doing it on a slightly smaller scale my last tank was 1100 litres or 240 gallons 8 foot long 2 foot wide and 30 inches deep very big tank took 4 people to move it the stand wasn't much lighter either filtration was 2 pond pumps.
All this just to house one fish my prized  2ft Amazon Red Tailed Catfish couldn't put anything else in with him as he would eat them tame as anything even the tank that size was still to small for him 

Blimey Toggsy that's not a fish tank that's a glass coffin! Gert massive, that fish sounds like a right beast!

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Yep, 1100 litres is some serious heavy stuff! My 650 litre tanks weighs about one ton in total !

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Jun 2, 2017 10:38:18 GMT Marshy said:

Jun 1, 2017 18:16:38 GMT @1970toggsy said:

That's a bummer hope the doc gives you the go ahead to dive it's something I've always wanted to do.
I returned to keeping fish couldn't believe how much technology has moved on since I last kept fish.
This time I'm doing it on a slightly smaller scale my last tank was 1100 litres or 240 gallons 8 foot long 2 foot wide and 30 inches deep very big tank took 4 people to move it the stand wasn't much lighter either filtration was 2 pond pumps.
All this just to house one fish my prized  2ft Amazon Red Tailed Catfish couldn't put anything else in with him as he would eat them tame as anything even the tank that size was still to small for him 

Blimey Toggsy that's not a fish tank that's a glass coffin! Gert massive, that fish sounds like a right beast!

www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/so-you-want-to-keep-a-rtc-red-tailed-catfish.346243/

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Jun 2, 2017 11:06:05 GMT @nobbygas said:

Yep, 1100 litres is some serious heavy stuff! My 650 litre tanks weighs about one ton in total !

I had to have a brick base built lucky enough the living room was a concrete based floor all sorts of problems if it had been floorboards.

I still remember the fun we had getting the tank into the living room had to remove the large bottom glass unit just to get it in 

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I bet even in a 1100 litre tank you needed some serious filtration for that beast !

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Jun 2, 2017 12:35:02 GMT @nobbygas said:

I bet even in a 1100 litre tank you needed some serious filtration for that beast !

I had a 6' x 2' x 2' tank split into 2 sections in the base acting as a sump and the bottom of the tank was drilled either end in the corners with 2 weirs.
I had the brick base built as I didn't trust the metal stand even though it was heavy grade steel I just had visions of the welds giving way and the whole house being flooded.

Pond pumps were the only thing power enough to provide the LPH turnover required for the filtration and if I remember rightly think each of pumps were pumping around 3000 lph so yes some serious filtration also the good thing with having sumps in the base all the heating could be located in the sump as well.
Weekly water changes were great fun 25% of 240 gallons hmmmm

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I started out with freshwater and moved into the Dark Salty Side !
I've got a single return pump pushing 7,000lph from the Sump, and four circulation pumps in the back pushing a combined total of about 8,000lph. The Saltwater environment needs a greater turnover. Typically, a saltwater tank needs a minimum turnover of X 10 the capacity, and with corals it needs a much higher flow rate than freshwater.
I don't do water changes. I dose the elements needed, as I find water changes to be the single most depressing thing about keeping a saltwater aquarium 

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Jun 2, 2017 13:41:24 GMT @nobbygas said:

I started out with freshwater and moved into the Dark Salty Side !
I've got a single return pump pushing 7,000lph from the Sump, and four circulation pumps in the back pushing a combined total of about 8,000lph. The Saltwater environment needs a greater turnover. Typically, a saltwater tank needs a minimum turnover of X 10 the capacity, and with corals it needs a much higher flow rate than freshwater.
I don't do water changes. I dose the elements needed, as I find water changes to be the single most depressing thing about keeping a saltwater aquarium 

That's some serious filtration 8000 lph wow !! I'm not well up on salt water tanks 

My current freshwater tank has a combined turnover of 3000 lph which I thought was high for a 4ft tank (internal bio filter 1000 lph and external filter 2000 lph which also has pre-filter unit fitted).
Water wise I'm looking into having a HMA filter fitted instead of going down RO route.
And I'm also upgrading my lighting from T5 to the Interpet Trispec Led system this week which can be programed for sunset and sunrise and night setting.

It looks really neat and is a direct replacement for my tank (I have Juwel Rio) but it's not cheap £180 per unit (I have 2 units) but the long term benefits of not having to change T5 tubes every six months will soon outway the  initial cost of this

Getting back to the Red Tailed Cat back when I kept one you could expect to pay £400 upwards for one but now you can get them on Ebay for as little as £40 which is shocking really considering the care they need.

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I have LED lights and they save a lot of money compared to T5's. The sunrise/sunset features are really cool.

[Deleted]

Tennis. Still playing at the tender age of 60. Down to once a week now, because that is all my joints will allow. Also love watching the game on t.v.