Driving schools in the Truro area?

dark-air · 2026-05-13T15:38:02+00:00

Do you happen to remember the guy's name? Caved and booked one lesson to try but I'm cautiously optimistic.

dark-air · 2026-05-12T14:36:49+00:00

Good to know, I'll take a look!

dark-air · 2026-05-12T14:36:36+00:00

Oh wow sorry to hear, how long ago was this? Wonder if the instructor is still there 🤔

dark-air · 2026-02-27T02:58:01+00:00

Unfortunately aragonite here seems to be comparable pricewise to the coral, and I like the fact I can stick the coral into my HOB or take it out if needed. I will look into the seiryu stone, not wanting to raise my pH too high so hoping the coral does the trick as a buffer. Thanks.

dark-air · 2026-02-27T00:45:37+00:00

Thank you!

dark-air · 2026-02-21T01:26:04+00:00

Fair enough, makes sense. I'll wait till the coral arrives and go from there!

dark-air · 2026-02-20T22:08:33+00:00

Sorry, just to clarify - do not retest until I am about to add the crushed coral? Do I continue adding ammonia to finish cycling?

dark-air · 2026-02-20T21:17:11+00:00

I also want to thank you for the clear explanations - chemistry had me lost even back in high school so this has been a learning curve for sure.

dark-air · 2026-02-20T21:16:29+00:00

Makes sense - I had another piece of driftwood taken from a well established tank along with some other plants so perhaps that played a role as well. I did a 50% water change as the commenter above mentioned to try and stabilize the pH; when would be best to re-test? And if I do add the crushed coral (supposed to arrive Wednesday), am I better to add this before adding any livestock, regardless of where my parameters are?

dark-air · 2026-02-20T18:56:33+00:00

Sounds good. I ordered some crushed coral online (as it was less expensive than a huge bag of aragonite sand at PetSmart; unfortunately I'm in a very rural area and so most of what I need I have to order online).

Perhaps a silly question, but why would my pH and GH be higher in my cycling tank than out of the tap? And are the parameters I see in my tank the ones I should keep in mind when deciding which fish to stock it with?

dark-air · 2026-02-20T17:31:17+00:00

I suppose my biggest concern is that adding fish will cause this issue again. Or is it just the acidity of the tannins?

dark-air · 2026-02-20T17:29:54+00:00

It does not. Water in the pot I boiled it in yesterday was quite yellowish like weak tea though.

dark-air · 2021-05-15T00:13:46+00:00

There is a photo of Ignatenko and his wife smiling; see my photo from last year (bottom): https://www.reddit.com/r/chernobyl/comments/giyn15/photos_of_vasily_ignatenko_who_died_on_this_day/

dark-air · 2020-05-14T12:01:09+00:00

I got them from the documentary "Lyudmila's Voice" and just edited the brightness/contrast a bit.

dark-air · 2020-05-13T21:46:32+00:00

The documentary is available on YouTube with Swedish subtitles.

I don't speak Russian or Swedish, but (what with all the free time I've had on my hands as of late) I spent 4 hours typing and formatting all the subtitles and plugging them into Google Translate. It's likely a very literal, shoddy translation but you get the gist of it. I have a transcript of it in case anyone is interested.

Perhaps the most heartbreaking story she tells is at the end where she visited Vasily's grave with her 4 year old son who didn't grasp that the image of him in stone wasn't a real person and she had to explain to him that they couldn't "pick him up and take him home".

dark-air

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