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  3. Shrimp

    in New Zealand Natives

    Posted

    Hi everyone - my eldest managed to keep a couple of shrimp for a year with very little attention.  Recently we set up a small WCMM tank and my youngest got her sights set on getting some shrimp for the tank... so we went down to our spot and after 15 seconds had a couple of scoops worth - actually a few more than I intended.  

     

    Anyway, they have been rocking along for the last week and I decided to do a small water change.  Now something important to know - our water supply is now treated with MIOX - chlorine - something I have never had to deal with, we used to get warnings about chlorine dosing so I just skipped doing a water change.

     

    Anyway, after slowly putting about 1 litre of fresh out of the tap water in the shrimp got really busy...  I have been feeding everyone twice a day and at about the same time.. but I'm wondering if it was 

    • Cool water
    • More O2
    • Miox
    • Dinner time

    The tank is small, and for lighting I'm using a re-purposed computer screen that I intend replacing with LED's this weekend.

     

     

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  4. Laser pointer playing with fish

    in Fun

    Posted

    Just be careful - I have a couple of little red laser pointers that the cat & dog love...   I also have a couple of "gruntier" lasers that they shy away from...  just green ones but as soon as one hits the tank, all the fish go into hiding.  I suspect the UV light they are bleeding is massive.  

  5. need do rehome freshwater crabs

    in New Zealand Natives

    Posted

    Just curious - I remember finding FW crabs as a kid in the bay of islands...   would they be compatible with WCMMs?

    My kids have just set up their first tank with a few WCMMS and I was wondering if crabs would be compatible - or ever been seen again?

    Are they even worth any effort - ie do they ever come out?

     

  9. Carnivorous plants

    in The Off Topic Fishroom

    Posted

    I know this is a massive Necro - but are there any Carnie groups still running?  I was a member of the NZCPS a couple of decades ago with a pretty big collection and am keen to get back into them.  Just a little harder in North Canty, the air is dry, sun hot and water hard.  

  12. Giveaway - spiral eelgrass stuff, North Canterbury

    in Private Trade and Exchange

    Posted · Edited by Hazara
    Updated photo

    Pickup only, just hacked back my tank so have a large clump if anyone wants it.. Master plant purchased from a Rangiora LFS about a year ago - but I never cared to learn its proper name.

     

    Pickup today/possibly tomorrow night from Amberley, North Canterbury.

     

    [EDIT] forum didnt like my photo, will add another link..

     

    http://imgur.com/a/AOvPh

     

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  15. External Filter choices????

    in Freshwater

    Posted

    Thanks Ira - thats both good & bad - good because I'll probably save money, bad because I was planning on gluing the old one up & using it as a water cooling reservoir for my PC.

    I'll strip it down in the weekend and see if I can find all the o-rings etc that need replacing.

  17. External Filter choices????

    in Freshwater

    Posted

    I've just had my 12+ year old filter fail (seals stuffed) seeing as everyone recommends them (CF1200's),

    wheres the best place to order one from?

    I'm a wee way from any city at the moment and would like to get one over the internets & hopefully have it delivered by fri-sat..

  18. Pitcher plants? Other emersed nitrate eaters?

    in The Off Topic Fishroom

    Posted

    I used to be pretty big in carnivorous plants...

    The Pitchers could mean Nepenthes - Tropical rainforest or Sarracenia - Typically Americas swamp/grasslands dwellers.

    Neither like nutrients in the soil - they evolved in low nutrient environments and cant cope with them in the roots.

    Sarracenia are the easiest to grow, they are based around a rhyzome, and over winter either slow down or grow more "normal" leaves.

    Nepanthes arent frost hardy, need high humidity and just are generally more fussy.

    I grew scarracenia in either live sphagnum, or peat moss/vermiculite mix. They need to sit in water - ie dont let them dry out and they thrive in high humidity.

    They are very easy to grow from rhyzome division.

  22. Coldwater marine advice please

    in Beginners Corner

    Posted

    Hi peeps, I've started losing interest in my warm water amazon tank, and after not replacing any fish for a while - they could all fit happily in a 100 liter tank instead of the 200. The bristlenose & koolies must be 9-10 years old.

    I have been toying the idea of a coldwater salty tank but have no idea what is necessary. Can anyone point me in the direction of whats needed to keep one running, max temps etc?

    Was thinking of tidal pool type animals, hermit crabs, bivalves if poss, shrimp, some algae.

    What really got me more interested was the other weekend when the kids found a new different fish I had never seen before, got home and checked Powells and its a clingfish - cute as!

    Cheers 'n Beers.

  25. Just got some jap fire bellied newts

    in Reptiles and Amphibians

    Posted

    Sure do - milkweed have poisonous sap.

    I always tried to encourage the taller growing dandilion type plant (its name escapes me now - puha?). Potato vine was good at attracting aphis as well. My noots were also trained to take ox-heart from tweesers, but I always gave it a sprinkle of vitamin/mineral mix first.

    I also remember being told not to feed fish/reptiles aphis off roses - but cant remember why. Pretty sure I did anyway.

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