ye how many would you want 50-60 or do you want alot

Stooooooooooooooooooooooooooopid...

Unless I'm mistaken MAF officials can read an open web board as well as anybody else.

Seriously Shae, we don't want these things infesting our waterways down here. They cause absolute havoc for the environment here and exterminate all other species. How can fishkeepers like us expect MAF to become more understanding about our concerns if some of us put native species at risk by shifting around unwanted ones that pose a major threat?

I thought you wanted a challenge anyway. Gambusia don't look half as good as guppies, pose no challenge to breed, and you'll never get anything out of them except wasted tank space.

With the massive scale problems they cause, anybody who spreads Gambusia to another region deserves to be caught.

Forget about bringing them to Wellington. If they were going to be fed out to a big predator straight away it might not be so bad, but keeping and breeding them is another matter.

I would have to agree on that one, if we want to be able to import fish and keep fish without MAF being to tight on us, we are going to need to abide by thier rules and regulations , especially this one.

Maf is the crapest thing to happen to nz they suck they have no idea what they are talking about.For fish my dad was getting some pirana for the zoo and then they told him hes not aloud pirana as they might escape into the wild and ifest our waterways.For god sake pirana are tropical fish from the amzon basin and would never survive more than 2 nights even up here in auckland.The only way pirana could become in the wild would be at southern taupo.Maf also suck cause my dad had to get a IHS(inport health standard) for some birds to import and took three years to get this and then the zoo got $300,000 worth of birds going through quarrintine to come to nz from england and then MAF decided that they would not let them in what faggats i say

I agree with kyle. No-one seems to like MAF.

lol, nice one kyle!! actually guys my perpose for getting the gambusia was to breed them and use the fry as livefood, but if your all really! worried then i wont get them! and kyle i would have only wanted around 5! lol

Cheers Shae

Back on topic here are some of the new plattie I bought, to introduce new lines.

The new platties consit of a male and female that are blue with orange tails, and two females one blue with black tail and fins and the other yellow at the face fading through to black at the tail.

nice new platy steve! still reckon ya need some of my marigolds!!!

Cheers Shae

i have platy in my tank - i dont try to breed them i just let them go - the original ones i had were F = bright orange and M = deep red

they had babies and then passed and now i have their children breeding and i just find them in the tank - usually on the side my betta is on cos he not interested in them

I do have some Shae, It's just that they are in the grow out tank downstairs.

Ballistic turn your photobucket album to non-private cant see your pics

Have done so now kyle, my apologies to those who tried to view it.

Here is a pic of my lonely Livebearer, will be hopefully getting him a couple of females in a few weeks, poor quality photos I'm afraid!!!

they have nice long swords! i will be hopefully posting some pics tonight if my dad decided to bring home, the zip drive that there on!

Cheers

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here some more pics

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this is a good as place as any to post a pic of my new toy, 160 litre tank

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Deffinately not bad.

I notice the females have some dots in their tails.You could quite easily set up another strain here by crossing the males with the most patern with them.

i was thinking baout it peter, i deffinatly want to what i get form them, and your H/B green blues, the blue is much more intense, the photo jst doesnt do it credit.

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You should think about giving it a go.Cees had a similar discusion with me a few years ago.If your careful about your breeders it won't take that long.It is possible to get four generations in a year if you use the same male over his daughters and then his grand daughters.

This rings a bell Shae..

It is possible to get four generations in a year if you use the same male over his daughters and then his grand daughters.

Wonder if you remember the mention of this elsewhere

Bill.

Sorry Bill doesnt ring a bell, but then agiain, im quite tired, why dont you pm me? if its to do with the argument we had about my strain, then plz dont start it up again!

Agreed Peter i will give it ago!

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here fixed the photo, well actually took i this morning, lol, looks really small in this but who cares.

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nice tank shae. should be a good grow out tank 8)

check out this link for some nice looking gippies,

it is an american guppy club :L

http://guppysa2z.com/clubs/sjgg/show/show.htm

B

lol grow out tank, i dont think so its too big! i use my 100l for a grow out tank.

Good site thanks

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Here are some of my Guppies, sorry about the low qual pics :lol:

The right most fish is not a guppy, its a red phantom tetra. The left 2 ones are guppies. The first one on the left is the female and the middle fish is the male.

Ive got 2 females about to drop already :lol: