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The extra Java ferns grew too big for my nano. Pick up only, Wellington. May come with little green hydra - only usually a problem for tiny fry. Treat plants if concerned.

Had any luck? Not in Nelson but could mail some from Wellington if you cover postage.

Apparently for Zebra danios people use glass marbles on the bottom of a tank. No personal experience, but throwing that out there

Anyone have hydra in their aquarium? Looking for some for microscopy (not my aquarium!). Happy to pay shipping & any packaging costs if you can catch some (turkey baster?).

Maybe try booking the courier through TradeMe? Don't know regular rate, but you can book for things sold elsewhere, much cheaper than that!

This may not be the direction you want to go, but couldn't you fertilise eggs in vitro? The earliest pregnancy tests consisted of triggering frogs to lay eggs in isolation with the hormones from the woman's urine. Note I'm not suggesting that literally, but you may be able to identify conditions where that happens. Not sure how the male part would work, but if you can get him to mate at all, putting normal eggs in the same water may suffice.

Ever in Wellington? A friend here I believe hasn't managed to give away her females from breeding them (males all went). Only a few but if you were down here anyway could put you in touch.

Any luck finding anyone? I'm also wondering what the current status is, and whether they're still around.

So the last time I was here, and last had fish, was 2005... and I'm finally getting a tank again, just a tiny one. Came on here to find breeders but it looks like the scene might be rather quieter than it used to be...

The non-branching corals sometimes have 'sweeper tentacles'. These are used to kill other corals (mostly branching ones) and clear out space for growth. These sweepers are usually retracted during the day. If those tentacles are sweepers then yes, they will kill the polyps of neighbouring corals. Avoid placing branching corals too close to it. P.S. I don't keep corals, this is just from biology lectures .

Their main defence is camouflage so I sincerely doubt they would also produce toxins (it's not economical). They could make good fish food.

That's not java moss. I would guess it's an encrusting type of algae, but would need to look under a microscrope to get a better idea. It could also be a fungus or myxomycete, but it's probably just an alga.

UV will not be effective. Algae and other gunk will still build up as the UV is not perfect and films can also grow against the direction of flow. If you really want to harvest that heat, you could use a heat exchanger. I doubt it's worth it even in the long run though. You'd be better off keeping the aquaria well away from thousand-dollar electronics!

It is a great shame that such a dedicated president has been forced to resign due to a misjudgement bringing old feuds to the surface. I don't know who will take over the position now, but I do know that there is nobody else in the club who would perform that duty with as much enthusiasm and dedication as Alan has shown. Although there is no doubt that a mistake was made and the whole club should have made a collective decision on this issue, Alan has acknowledged this mistake. It is highly likely that the NZKA as a whole would have reached a similar decision in any case. As long as the breeders who did receive fish donate a decent proportion of the first few batches of offspring, how much would really be lost? In the event of very few fish being available, I know I would prefer a stake in an experienced breeder's fry than a couple of adults of my own. Unfortunately small club politics have forced the resignation of the one person who could actually have improved the club. These undercurrents of conflict have been around for quite some time. This tendency to quarreling was a major part of my decision not to re-join the NZKA earlier this year. Good luck Alan