smidey

not sure, they were sent from auckland

i got emailed some pics of a baby hedgehog today, i don't think i have seen one before????? they are kinda cute

that was your inexperienced big, your experienced big is quite different :lol:

what is this?

i see a 4 footer as an average size, 6 footer is large & a 8 footer is massive in my books.

it looks so much better without that pink kerosine can in the back ground :lol:

i am glad i finished reading the post, i almost gave up 75% of the way through when i was think how damaged you were.

since i have been following this thread it seems to me that the issue may be the term "cold water" rather than how the fish are kept, currently the bn's are sweet as they are in tropical conditions & what i understand is that they are in a tank inside, correct? what temp is the tank in winter? so you realise these bn will be suffering under 18 deg? with the response you have had from everyone & if this was a policy put to the vote of the people you wouldn't even get funding for next years campaign.

i am always in the mud, its just teh depth that varies.

yeah you will be sweet, when i have put new filters onto existing tanks i wait 2 minutes after the existing one is removed to add the new one.

cold water???? thats tropical.

I did, what is it?

& make sure the tangy fruits are the coldwater variety, those do exist.

i use them to make sure the oxygen levels are up & my trophs really like "playing in the bubbles". i do also use my spraybars to agitate the water.

we need one of the emoticons that is eating pop corn like at the movies.

combine this with increased eradiation of the introduced species that threaten our native birds & i am sure there will be a great increase in native populations.

well with all sensible ideas failing maybe calving is the best option. I had an interesting discussion a few weeks ago with a guy nearing retirement. He told me when he bought a house around 45 years ago the only proper furniture they had was a bed. they sat on banana boxes in their lounge & ate baked beans, spam & the like. personally i doubt that i would do that, i don't have a big tv, i don't have a cell phone, playstation or wii & don't need the latest gadget or anything like that but still doubt i could be like our parents or grand parents were when they were young. expectations have been rising through the generations & the wants of the last generation have been sold to this generation as needs.

anyone know what happened to the auction?

i wasn't intending to bait you mystic, not what i intended to create. it is a simple straight forward question.

are you sure its not blocking 35% of the light meaning it lets in 65%? I have 35% tints on my car & its not much better than having none.

the reality is if you have "X" coming in each week & that doesn't cover the rent in a nice area then you will have to move to a cheaper area so you can eat with what is left over from rent. I don't think WINZ should top up your weekly income so you can live in a nice area with a pool. I know what you are going through, the company i worked for this time last year went into liquidation & i had no job so had to take drastic steps to feed my children including moving from a place with a pool & sea views to a small farm house. I am now earning half what i was last year but because we had to make decisions like the place we rented, how often we went out, what furniture we bought, what i spend on fish etc we are fine now. Initailly its a shock but sensible decision making will quickly see you get through it. say this to yourself when doing your budget "will i live if i don't have this?" & you may need to axe things you enjoy like under water hockey, that's life.

& decisions you make need to be made thoughtfully not emotionally. i would like a pool to but i simply cannot afford to get one so i don't, moving will be a huge help to you straight off. are you suggesting this so she gets a weekly income from it?

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interesting, what size is that tank?

thats great growth rates, can't be much wrong with having too many frontosa fry. you selling, how much?