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Looks like indian fern. large leaf variety

I google searched 'pond fencing requirements' just the other day, and the first link that came up was this link http://www.ccc.govt.nz/QuickAnswers/Bui ... /F1709.asp Where it says "Under the Fencing of Swimming Pools Act 1987, a pond is considered to be a swimming pool, and must be fenced in accordance with that Act if: (a) "...the maximum depth of the water exceeds 400mm" Section 5(b), and (b) it is "... used in association with any house, home unit, apartment building, school, hospital, hotel, motel, camping ground, or other similar premises" Section 5 © (i). To avoid the need for a fence in the above situation, it is suggested that an overflow be constructed that prevents the water ever being more than 400mm deep (eg, after rain)." That one is only for CHCH but id say it should be the same everywhere else...

So then you blatantly lied about it...... :lol: Anyway, back on topic. I dont think the media needed for turtles would be any different to the media needed for fish. So all you will mianly need is lots of biological filtration (like ceramic noodles), and lots of mechanical filtration (like a course sponge)

Lies! I saw it too :lol:

Well do something about it!!!!

I think theres a coldwater marine fish called a parrotfish

Wow, beautiful guppys mate!

Stand would need to be a major, as it will have in excess of a tonne of weight on it. Oh and i hope you live in a house with a concrete floor too! If you (or your dad or somone you know) are fairly good with tools/woodworking etc then you could make your own, but it would need to be perfectly even and flat, otherwise talk to peter at port nicholson glass and get a quote from him for a steel stand.

Yea 600 high max id say. Any higher and the glass thickness will ski rocket, any lower and it would look weird IMO. 2400 x 800 x 600 would be a mean tank for an aro

700mm wide and 800mm high would need extremely thick glass and lots of bracing. You're probably talking 15mm glass at least, and would not be cheap at all. You dont realy need the depth with aros, they mainly need length and width, so id go with 8ft long, 700 (preferably more) wide and only 600 high max. Its the height of the tank that effects the thickness of the glass, so the higher you go, the more costly it will be

Yea a pet shop would get one as ryan said, but id get peter at port nicholson glass (i think thats the place) to make it for you. Haven't delt with him personally but i know alot of people on here have had their large tanks made by him and he does an outstanding job. He builts stands too i beleive. EDIT: Oh you mean an aro. They will get you one as long as they are on the lists. doesn't hurt to ask

Yep, as others have said. Everyone has a different opinion. You'd be looking at $150 or so for a small arowana. Once they get to big big sizes youd probably be looking at 8 foot long at least, and preferably 3 foot wide, but 750 or over would probably do. Arowana grow to 600 easily, so a 600 wide tank (even though they can turn fairly comfortably in one) would not be the best option. Id aim at eventually getting an 8 x 3 x 2 in a couple years time.

No, i have not kept an Arowana before, and im purely going on what ive read/been told/other peoples personal experiences. People seem to think that 'because someone hasn't done something' that they don't know anything about them, One person springs to mind, but better not mention names cos 'they' will get offended Anywho, good to hear that you gave it a try, and im sorry to hear it didn't work, but there MUST be a way of doing it. I think it has a fair bit to do with the food aswell and other things. Maybe the ones we get in NZ are mainly weak? im not sure. Anyway, im sure having one in a tank of its own would be easier on the fish anyway, as it wouldn't HAVE to look down and worry about its tankmates, even if it didnt prevent drop-eye, it would sure make the fish feal/look? better? Dunno, just putting things out there, but i would not put anything in with an arowana, unless of course it already had Drop-eye in BOTH eyes

Maybe thats why they all have Drop-eye.... Because people say/think that 'oh they are gunna get it anyway so don't bother' :roll: Maybe if people kept them in tanks alone, feed them properly, gave them the correct water conditions and generally looked after them well, they wouldn't all end up with drop-eye....

Theres pics of some of aquanuts on trademe (thats if they are still there) he has some AWESOME guppys!!!

Who has a bee under their bonnet? Not me :roll:

Maybe yours are in an undersized/overstocked tank and are malnourished?

Yea sounds alright

Chances of finding one that is 5cm in NZ - probably nil. Smallest ive ever seen them would be pushing 15cm head to tail anyway. No one in NZ breeds them (as far as im aware) though i think a couple people on these forums have tried, or are wanting to try. they are all imported, but not all the time,and they wouldn't be brought in small as they would die.

I wouldn't do it. Wouldn't take very long until it could eat something like a neon.

Yea what conch says :lol:

Put it by itself, without the pleco.

Heh, he beat me too it. right click on the pic and click properties. it will tell you the name Oh and cichlid7, its A. Martini female, not martin lol

Because they are either old ones which have already got drop-eye (may aswell put them with other fish then huh) or the people haven't researched.

Oh and you shouldn't keep Arowana in a tank with other fish either, as they look down lots and it will cause drop-eye. Have you done any research on keeping aros?