Daily Archives: September 2, 2005

Update on Vortex Filter for Koi Pond

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The two Vortex filter that I have installed for my Koi Pond has been working for a few weeks now. I am now testing the Vortex by turning off my existing filter to see if those two Vortex is able to cope with my 10 tons pond. Water has cleared up slightly but remain greenish. I shall allow the vortex to mature over a period of longer time, possible three month before making any conclusion.

Feeding amount is minimal and will slowly increase back to normal level when the bio filter mature. Will post the result soon.

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Discus Tank

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After the last Discus craze, I am now back again with a new Discus tank. This time, no intention to breed the discus again as I have achieved and managed to breed discus several times years ago. In a 2 feet tank, I am now keeping four juvenile Discus. Two Red Melon and two young discus. Pictures of the Red Melon are as below :-

red discus

red discus

Google Talk

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Installed Google shortly it was announced on news.com. Immediately tested with some of the IT savvy friends and found that Google Talk voice quality is as good as Skype. One major different between Google Talk and Skype is the Skype has the Skype out feature that allow you to call any fixed line or mobile number at extremely economical rate.

Google Talk can be downloaded at http://www.google.com/talk/

As I used Gmail a lot these days, I found that using Google Talk and Gmail together extremely handy.

5 more races to go

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Finally the Constructor Title of the current Formula 1 season is within the reach of Mc Laren Team. With only 9 points behind that of Renault and with the current form, Mc Laren will have no problem to catch up and lift the Constructor within the next few races.

As for the Driver title, the pictures look rather different. Raikkonen is currently trailing 24 points at second place and to catch up with Alonso, the title leader is definitely an uphill task. It now depend on whether Alonso will bring any cheers to the Mc Laren camp by having one or two non finishes. Renault car has been very reliable when compared to Mc Laren this season. Even if Alonso finish 3rd in all remaining races and Raikkonen win all the remaining races, he will still win the driver title. Mathematically, it still bring some hope but we will have to face the fact that Alonso will be the eventual champion. Not to my liking that that will the result. Guess I will have to wait for another year and hopefully Mc Laren will still be able to maintain the advantage that they are enjoying now.

Drivers’ Standings
Pos Driver Points
1 F Alonso (Spa) 95
2 K Raikkonen (Fin) 71
3 M Schumacher (Ger) 55
4 JP Montoya (Col) 40
5 J Trulli (Ita) 39
6 G Fisichella (Ita) 35
7 R Schumacher (Ger) 32
8 R Barrichello (Bra) 31
9 N Heidfeld (Ger) 28
10 M Webber (Aus) 24
11 J Button (GB) 23
12 D Coulthard (GB) 21
13 F Massa (Bra) 8
14= T Monteiro (Por) 6
14= A Wurz (Aut) 6
14= J Villeneuve (Can) 6
17= N Karthikeyan (Ind) 5
17= C Klien (Aut) 5
19= C Albers (Hol) 4
19= P de la Rosa (Spa) 4
21 P Friesacher (Aut) 3
22= T Sato (Jap) 1
22= V Liuzzi (Ita) 1

Constructor Standings
Pos Team Points
1 Renault 130
2 McLaren 121
3 Ferrari 86
4 Toyota 71
5 BMW-Williams 52
6 Red Bull 27
7 BAR 24
8 Sauber 14
9 Jordan 11
10 Minardi 7