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You can buy insulated and lined containers.

If you wish to build a quarantine facility it needs to be lined with material that can be properly cleaned and sanitized without deterioration to the surface and spray on foam will not provide that.

You need to put very fine oil (sewing machine oil) on the wheel of the cutter or the wheel seizes up and starts to leave hit and miss. Only ever one movement and break as soon as possible. Wether glass is liquid or solid the thickness changes over time and it becomes harder to cut.

Is that a vote for creationism or evolution?

Welcome to the site. There are inland and coastal bearded dragons, water dragons and leopard geckos available, as well as a few types of turtles and tortoises and some Australian tree frogs. Japanese and chinese fire bellied newts also. Most of the rest we only get to dream about.

Importers over many years establish a good relationship with a very small number of exporters. They therefore only order the fish that they have available and at the price (and therefore size) that they want to pay. Freight is very expensive so they also order fish at the size that is most economical for them. When you order fish the exporters expect the money in US dollars up front and if you order from a new exporters it is not unheard of for the money to disappear down a black hole. They also need to sell the fish they import as they can't afford to have tanks with fish in when they bring in the next shipment. It is a requirement to have the fish regularly available to sell to the retailers that are their clients. Some fish are very risky to import for various reasons---not available from their exporter, not available at their prefered size or price from their exporter, frequently die during quarantine, frequently carry diseases that frighten the hell out of the inspectors or frequently carry diseases that are very expensive to test for. For this reason most importers are happy to continue to bring in the fish that they normally import. For these reasons I hope you all have a great xmas dreaming of what might have been.

They need to cut their dependence on oil. They think a shopping basket has a 5 litre motor. Iraq aka state 51?

America does have a big influence on the world and that includes NZ. The worlds economic system is based on teachings from the Chicago school of economics as is Rogernomics. If you look at the history of NZ you will see a whole decline in living standards of the average working class person since Rogernomics. Don't be afraid of being working class---we are a growing majority. The gap between rich and poor is getting greater and the poor are getting poorer. All of this is taught in Chicago. I have nothing against the American people but American politics causes me some grief. They are in Iraq on false pretences and trying to control the oil and the banking system. This is the quickest way to get a muslim angry. Making money from money is usury and is despised by muslims so it is a quick way to get muslims angry. It is also against the teachings of JC but most Christians don't seem troubled by that. Who attacked the money lenders?

Applies also to shrimp and daphnia. Page 1 of 1 [ 14 posts ] Subscribe topic | Bookmark topic | Print view | E-mail friend Previous topic | Next topic Author Message Aquila Post subject: Collecting/selling of native aquatic animals - legalitiesPosted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 12:50 pm Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 5:51 pm Posts: 1003 Location: Hataitai, Wellington I regularily have to deal with inquires from the public about this sort of thing, so I have summarized some points below: "Approval is required from the Ministers of Conservation under 26ZM (3) and/or Fisheries under 26ZM(2) of the Conservation Act 1987 to transfer and/or release any live aquatic life into freshwater." The terms ‘live aquatic life’ and “freshwater” are defined in the Conservation Act. The Department of Conservation made a policy decision that section 26ZM(3) of the Conservation Act does not apply to species being transferred or released into artificial aquaria. The process for obtaining these approvals is outlined in section 26ZM of the Conservation Act and involves environmental impact assessment, public notification and consultation. Application forms and information are available from your local DOC office." Garden ponds are considered to be 'artificial aquaria' as long as they are relatively small (becomes a gray area when considering larger ponds on farmland, semi-rural, or lifestyle blocks) and are not connected to natural waterways or situated on floodplains where habitants or tank/pond water are at risk of being flushed into a natural system. It is under your discretion to assess this risk but you can request someone from DoC to do a site visit if you are unsure. Regulation 71 of the Freshwater Fisheries Regulations 1983 allows whitebait, or eels, or other indigenous fish to be taken for the purposes of scientific research or for the purposes of human consumption except where prohibited or controlled by other statutory provisions or regulations: - The Whitebait Fishing Regulations 1994 and the Whitebait Fishing (West Coast) Regulations 1994 govern the taking of whitebait. You cannot lawfully take whitebait outside the whitebait season without approval from the Department of Conservation. Whitebait are defined as being the young or fry of Galaxias maculatus (inanga): Galaxias brevipinnis (koaro): Galaxias argenteus (giant kokopu); Galaxias postvectis (short jawed kokopu): Galaxias fasciatus (banded kokopu), and Retropinna retropinna (smelt). Make sure the gear you use for collection is also allowable. Season for this area runs from Aug. 15 - Nov. 30. See http://www.doc.govt.nz/publications/par ... tebaiting/ for further information. - If the species you wish to collect is protected under the Wildlife Act 1953 then you need approval from DOC (no freshwater fish are protected species but some invertebrates are). See schedule of protected species for a list of protected species in NZ. If a species is not protected under the Wildlife Act 1953 and it is not illegal to collect under any other legislation e.g. Biosecurity Act (e.g. unwanted organisms), Freshwater Fisheries Regulations (e.g. Noxious fish), Conservation Act (e.g. Restricted Fish), and then you can collect and keep them on display without a permit. - Amateur fishers can take their daily bag of 50 koura and use them for whatever purposes they like. This arose from the creation in 2001 of a bag for all species of shellfish not-named under the Amateur Fishing Regulations (eg periwinkles, pupu, etc). The definition of shellfish includes all crustacea, so the regulation now controls all non-commercial taking of koura, copepods, and waterfleas (Daphnia). - If you wish to collect any species (protected or not) from Department of Conservation land then you will also require approval under the Conservation Act 1987. Freshwater species that occur in areas that are administered by the department (e.g. part of reserves, conservation areas, national parks, faunistic reserves etc.) are generally protected from harvest or commercial use. If you wish to collect fish from these areas then you should check with local DOC staff to see what controls apply. Any permits required should be obtained from the conservancy where the species is to be collected. Generally the department advocate that no more than 10% of the population should ever be removed especially if the species being collected is threatened. One useful website may be http://www.nzfreshwater.org/index_aquaria.html for some general guidance. - The National Parks Act 1980 makes it unlawful to take any native fish from a national park without the prior consent of the Minister of Conservation and unless the act consented to is consistent with the management plan for the park. - You may not transfer live aquatic animals from one natural waterway to another without permission. If the species does not exist in the recipient waterway DOC permission is required. If it does already exist there, approval is required from the Ministry of Fisheries. It is also illegal to release fish back into a natural waterway without prior approval, even if you are returning them to where they came from. The only exception would be where a fish has been caught and then returned immediately to the same waterway (eg. if you are recreationally fishing). If a fish that has been in captivity is transferred back into a natural stream it could have contracted some type of disease or fungi which that fish could then spread to a natural population. - If aquatic species are to be moved between the islands of New Zealand, then approvals must also be requested from the Minister of Fisheries under section 26ZM(2)(b) of the Conservation Act and the Director-General of Conservation under regulation 63 of the Freshwater Fisheries Regulations. - A person may not raise, feed, release, process, or deal in native fish for sale in any establishment (i.e. a fish farm) without a licence under the Freshwater Fish Farming Regulations 1983. This applies to koura and shrimp as well, and it is up to MFish to follow this up with aquarium hobbyists on TradeMe. They normally don't both if it is a one-off thing (or Daphnia) but where do you draw the line? If someone is selling say 5-10 koura/shrimp a week, then MFish can consider this to be a small fish farm that is operating without a permit....and they can come down on you. All legislation is public and can be searched for on http://www.legislation.govt.nz/default.aspx _________________ Milena "No trees were killed in the posting of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced."

You would also be paying for delivery and changing the cylinders over.

They are but I never feed aphids from swan plants because they are pretty much the sole food for monarch caterpillas which are toxic to reptiles and I am not sure if they pick up the toxicity from the plants.

I have beardies and leopard geckos. Leps would be easier to keep inside as they require less space and don't need UV lights. Both require live food so before even building an enclosure I would suggest you get very deep pockets or get very good at breeding your own live food. Start with mealworms then graduate to locusts and crickets so you can give them a mixed diet of suitable live food. There is plenty of good advice on the internet for looking after both and a few people on here with knowledge of keeping both.

Reef and puttputt, please see if you can find another site if you only wish to abuse each other. Warnings are free.

I used to grow glosso emersed in a glasshouse and it grew quite qickly and showed no desire to grow vertically.

Congrats

No fish or plants at the moment, only reptiles and chickens--they don't throw so much water around when it shakes.

Acriflavine is probably better than both. You usually don't need to add anything.

I found about a dozen baby trout in a pond that had become landlocked beside the Waimakariri river many moons ago and took them home to grow up in a pond. After 2 years they had hardly grown at all so they went back to the Waimakariri. They need cold water and high oxygen so they will do well in a pond beside the river which virtually has the river running through it but don't do well in a sealed pond. We also released some trout in to a local oxidation pond which was frequently full of daphnia. After 2 years they were not around either.

Welcome and enjoy your time here.

We have an obligation to support all our MPs that follow the teachings of the Chicago school of economics. Anyone with a half a brain can see what great things these teachings have resulted in. You only have to take a casual look at the state of the world's economy to see how confused we all were before that. I love our PM he is so handsome.

Welcome and enjoy your time here. Hope your goldfish don't get too drunk.

The latter. You could also breed your one male to 2 females if you have a net to stop them eating the eggs.

That is why MPI would love to ban them.

Green and golds would be the best in Auckland I would think. Chinese or Japanese fire bellied newts are available from time to time. Chinese eggs available on trademe a while ago.

What I do is reboot it and if that doesn't work I just boot it.