Zev

This is the first thing Kevin said this morning.

Hi Ali and welcome. The Hawke's Bay Aquarium Society meeting for September is Wednesday 15 at the National Aquarium of New Zealand, Marine Parade, Napier. This month's talk is on Biotope Aquaria and we will be having an auction as well - will be good to see you there.

Arrrggghhhh... I forgot AquaFever were getting new stock this week, didn't go in and check before all the good stuff is gone! Very nice pics - hope to see some entries in POTM

Got to love the names - 'Blue/Green algae' - that can be Red/Purple as well

2 is cyanobacteria 3 I think you are correct with the hair stuff. The other two I am not too sure on, sorry.

What about the Durian cakes?

You forgot the chicken feet and beef tendons, P44...

My specialist keeps ranting on about laser surgery for my somewhat dismal eyesight - but despite wearing contact lenses, having someone fiddling around in me eyes with one of those things gives me the willies, needless to say, he has given up on that dialogue, but now he says what they are doing in the States is cataract surgery to correct myopic vision.

True about the iris - but they always say the pupil is dilated, not the iris has expanded for some wierd reason :roll: I had to take some photographs of my Mother's iris when it got damaged after cataract and macular hole surgery, they wanted to match the colour for a patch to be attached to the iris because too much light was getting in and disrupting her vision. The variation of colour and 'texture' is interesting. The patch was not quite correct colour in either, but it does the trick.

Looks like a mission for the Plant Committee, Rob. I will pass on your query - well they can see it here for themselves, but a prod will not go amiss, I am sure

Which killies are you interested in, they have different 'basics' depending on which ones they are. If you are looking at a display tank only you could go with several different species of males - providing one does not fit in the other's mouth

This was mine.

Pics of what Alan describes here - http://www.fnzas.org.nz/index.php?PG=plant The best way to tell is how the leaves are incised at the base for the Hydrocotyle

It is called an Omega Eye, it is a modification of the shape of the iris that contracts or expands over the centre of the pupil to limit the amount of light entering the eye. It is believed that the pupil of most fish do not expand and contract like human eyes do, so they cannot limit light in this manner. The name is based on the upturned Greek character omega Ω. This type of eye is also present in rays, so may be a modification for fish whose eyes generally point upward, rather than being on the side of the head and not subject to light from the surface in the same way.

The stalks are quite weak and usually just sit around on the surface.

Unfortunately the flowers aren't that spectacular - well, mine weren't anyway. I have a pic of them somewhere...

I couldn't work out what he was describing, let alone do it :oops:

Hi and welcome.

Eeeewwwwwww.......

Hey! You cannot post that pic here - it has no eyes

It's nice and sharp, even if it is sideways!

Smart kid!

Nice pics, I have had a go at photographing these, but only got blurs! Let me know if you want to find your old account.

I think it is a Blennie, it is in the LFS down here.