What Apps are worth getting for your android, well it depends if you’ve rooted your phone or not.

I tend to do a lot of web stuff so i’ve got the 123Reg App and i’ve also got Wheres My Droid which is really handy when i lose my phone in the house and its on slient.

I have a few others like autotrader and eBay which are always handy if i need to price something up quickly or buy it.

Well it depends if you’ve got a stash of spare cash cheaper 2nd hand macro lenses can be picked up on eBay for around £150. I have a Canon 450d so have based all my info on Canon lenses or Canon EF fit.

So heres a few  from Jessops of true macro lenses that are available new:

Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens £329

Canon EF 50mm f2.5 Macro £228

Canon EF 100mm F2.8 Macro USM £399

As you can see you needs to have at least £220 and thats the cheapest one.

Since i wasn’t sure what to expect and really i just wanted some close up pictures of my marine fish i wasn’t prepared to fork out so much money. So after trawling through ebay i found a basic magnifier that will screw onto the end of your lens.

It was only £10 so thought it was worth a gamble.

Here’s the first few pictures i’ve taken, i think that a tripod will help get sharper pictures.

Well i have 6 types of food.

Frozen BrineShrimp

Frozen Mysis

Nu Era Marine Pellets

Nu Era Marine Flakes

Two Little fishies Green Seaweed

Sainsburys Clearspring Nori

These all get used in different orders sdo that the fish never get to familiar with one brand or type of food.

One of my first posts was “How Much Do Storage Heaters Cost To Run“. I have now recieved my first quatly bill and i have used 1602kWh priced at 4.3p so thats £68.89 for night time heat. I’m using 2 heaters full time and 1 part time for 3 nights a week.

To be honest i didnt think that the bill for my sotrage heaters was a lot, so i think they are easily scare mongered.

After my previous post on the cost of running storage heaters, i thought i would do a post on the costs of running a water tank.

Since i have a Economy 7 tariff my water heater only come on at night after 12pm, on average my meter only rises by 5Kwh to re heat the water tank back to 40OC, i usually have a 2 showers a day and the tank has a water capacity of 206 litres.

If i don’t use the water heater on a evening then the water tank will do me for around 2/3 days  before it to cold to use. I haven’t tried raising the temperature up to 50OC as 40OC tends to be hot enough for me.

If i use the immerson heater it still takes 2/3 hours to heat a cold tank but it will be more expensive.