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When my husband killed the bottom row of the keyboard on his last tablet I bought him a bluetooth keyboard which worked very well. I've suggested he can use it with his tablet rather than use a stylus but he's not tried it yet. His first laptop had keys which were raised up quite a way and had...

I suggested to BanjoFish that Neocaridina davidi were more suitable in a 60 litre/16 gallon gallon tank than Caridina multidenta - when I had those the females were bigger than the Ambastaia sidthumunki they shared a tank with.

My husband uses a stylus on his tablet as he can't touch the right place with his finger tip, and that's bigger than a phone. I use a 15 inch laptop. Last time I tried to log in a site on a 10 inch Fire tablet it took 3 attempts to get the password right. That's when I decided to stick with the...

After my sister died my mother said - you expect your parents to die before you, you know that either you or your partner will die first, but you never ever think your child will die before you.

Our younger son is going bald in his early 40s. To hide the fact, he keeps what hair he has very very short. But when he was younger every time he washed his hair he'd put a baseball cap on "to keep it straight while it dried". I'll have to tell him that's what's caused him to go bald at his age ;)

So that's why my husband is going bald. He claims he needs his beanie in winter because now he's going bald it keeps his head warm; and a cap in summer to stop his head getting sunburned now that he's going bald. He claims the hats are because he's going bald, not causing it :lol: His mother...

Well, the names for storms for winter 2025 to 2026 are: Amy, Bram, Chandra, Dave, Eddie, Fionnuala, Gerard, Hannah, Isla, Janna, Kasia, Lilith, Marty, Nico, Oscar, Patrick, Ruby, Stevie, Tadhg, Violet, Wubbo. The 'typical' names would have been used up a long time ago. We never get half way...

They started naming storms in Europe 10 years ago. The UK, Republic of Ireland or the Netherlands in our grouping gets to choose the name then the other countries it passes though use the same name. If we get the end of a hurricane which has been named in the US, the name is kept when it arrives...

We have loose thermal linings in all our curtains, 'loose' so the curtains and linings can be cleaned separately as some curtains are washable while the linings are dry clean. A couple of weeks ago we noticed a split in one of the dining room linings which has been getting bigger and bigger so I...

The ammonia and nitrite readings are not good. Any readings above zero are bad for fish. Can I recommend you read this to keep your fish safe https://www.fishforums.net/threads/rescuing-a-fish-in-cycle-gone-wild-part-il.433778/ It would appear the tank was not cycled properly before you got...

The nitrate tester can be awkward to get right if one of the bottles isn't shaken very well, the instructions will say which bottle to shake. In just about every liquid nitrate tester one of the bottles contains a reagent which settles out onto the bottom of the bottle. The shaking is needed to...

Do you mean nitrates? Nitrites of 80 would mean very dead fish very quickly. Any reading for nitrite above zero is cause for concern. (Nitrite blocks the blood from taking up oxygen. Basically, it does to fish what carbon monoxide does to us which is how it kills quickly at low levels). Bottled...

If you want to use a bottled bacteria product, look for Tetra Safe Start as this is known to contain the correct species of bacteria. Why is it that you ask? I thought your tank was already cycled - or are ammonia and/or nitrite showing up now that you have fish?

Here in the UK we've had nothing like that, at least not in north east England. Yesterday it wet and windy here - gusts up to the mid 40s mph and continuous rain. Today there's not a breath of wind and it's foggy. This is why my geography teacher used to say the UK doesn't have climate, it...

@BanjoFish You currently have ember tetras and pygmy cories. This website comments on what the fish eat in the wild which will help you choose food in the future. https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/hyphessobrycon-amandae/ https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/corydoras-pygmaeus/ They will...