Here you will find our marine aquarium tank diary and information on our lizard keeping; during the summer months you can find moth stuff here.  The highlights follow...

We began lizard keeping with Norman, a bearded dragon, who sadly passed away on Friday 13th February 2009.  We would heartily recommend bearded dragons to anyone who desires an interesting yet non-allergy-generating pet that is suitable for children.  And you simply have to watch the arm-waving and head-bobbing videos on www.beardeddragon.org to appreciate quite how bizarre these pets can get.  Norman himself bobbed, though he never waved.

We have since kept several Panther chameleons, most recently Ramone, an Ambilone Panther chameleon from Madagascar, born on 16 June 2009.

When you get up in the morning in midsummer you will  find up to a few hundred moths sleeping inside it. And not just the little ones you find attacking your lamp shades indoors - you are likely to capture large hawk-moths. If you trap regularly over the period of the summer you will notice the rise and fall of populations of moth species from week to week.  Fascinating.

We've kept a marine fish tank since February 2002 and have designed a new 260 litre tank with sump, pump and skimmer in the built-in garage next door.  More details on the system below.  The current fish population is pictured here (we also have increasing varieties of corals) .