Bruce

Really, they had a sign out last week with 299, price must be going up coz its getting warmer :lol: Yes they are in Onekawa Whatever the $$ its worth it /Bruce

Adventure Dive has them for 299 thought DHQ would still be matching that . It was quite a while ago that I did my O/Water so things might have changed a bit (PADI) is the organisation that certifies you (DHQ) are using the PADI qualification If your from Hawkes Bay, invest in a 7mm suit, it gets bitterly cold in the middle of winter :lol: /Bruce

We went to Vanuatu last year with kids, 10 through to 16, Santo would probabaly get a bit boring for the non divers, there is plenty of good dive locations on the mainland, with reasonable places for the kids to enjoy snorkling as well. We did all our dives with Tranquility Island resort, good variety of dives Stayed at Le Lagon, they have kayaks, bar, sailboats,bar, Kids Club, bar,Golf Course, Pool, Bar, Restaurant, Bar Local Beer is very addictive Best Regards Bruce

Open water courses are around $299 here in Napier When I did mine there were 6 pool sessions, 4 dives in Lake Taupo and 2 boat dives (sea), PADI requires 4 openwater dives to complete your training My advice, get your medical, buy your own mask (Stay away from the low volume black silicone, alot of beginners hate them) snorkle, boots, fins,wetsuit and gloves. I like the good quality regs and computers, bcds up to you really, can get good deals second hand, I like to carry some weight in my bcd so have weight integrated. Dive at the National Aquarium, very good, fed the fish on Sunday, have done this heaps of times and still enjoy every minute of it Go for it whatever the cost, there is nothing like it Bruce

Hi Craig Best (easiest) way is to siphon them out with a gravel cleaner Good Luck Bruce

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Yes, we wear gloves when handling the corals or feeding. The gloves come from a friend who does "HerdTesting" got a box of 100 the other day, should keep us going for a while Use them if you can Better Safe Than Sorry /Bruce

Hi A ph of this level will not kill fish when you say ammonia, nitrates are fine? what are they? How much and how often are you feeding? /Bruce

Hi Tony Brown algae is a classic example of NTS, not a great bio load on the tank with the fish you have in there at the moment, keep on with the water tests and changes, you will notice the brown algae disapear reasonably quickly. As long as the fish are healthy and feeding well, dont worry /Bruce

There is a Giant Squid on display at the National Aquarium in Napier Dead Of Course) Steve O'Shea gave a talk there a while back about the squid According to Steve,The most frustrating thing you can do is try to raise the squid, apparently they would not survive in a square sided container, die within seconds of being placed in one, put them in a round container and they would last quite some time, cant remember exactly how long but it sure beat a couple of seconds. Very interesting guy with heaps of passion for his job BTW, I saw that Holmes show as well :oops:

Hi Guys Thanx for all the replies thats it he is bannished from my main tank, my wife is a bit annoyed as she thought he was cute :roll: /Bruce

Hi julz Have a look at the website below should answer your questions /Bruce http://www.caudata.org/

Can anyone ID this little guy, in quarrantine at the moment until I find out if he is good or bad, will post on Reef Central as well Cheers /Bruce

Me :-) Its set up in our shop Deco City Pets - Napier Created alot of interest Everyone wants a "Nemo" to go in with their neons and Clown Loaches /Bruce

:oops: Thanks Mark

Best thing with green water is to do the following Lettuce leaves in a bucket of waterleft outside for 3 or so days bring inside, alot of airation and add 1/2 Bannana skin every 3 days havent had green water crash using this method /Bruce

Hi Dimitri Hawkes Bay Aquarium Society meet third Wednesday of Every month at the National Aquarium Of NZ 7.30pm Come in and see us at Deco City Pets in Napier and will fill you in on everything you need to know (Ask for Bruce or Julie) Best Regards Bruce

Finally have added some livestock to our tank Water Tests Calcium 450mg Ammonia <0.25 Nitrate 2ppm Nitrite 0.05ppm Phosphate 0.00 Everything looks happy apart from the cleaner shrimp that didnt appreciate the move to his new home, DOA when I got to work the next day :evil: Currently has 3 x Clowns 7 x Blue/Green Chromis (Schooling Well) 1 x Kupang Damsel 1 x Talbots Damsel 1 x Black Coral Goby 1 x Bubble Coral 1 x Yellow Scroll 2 x Green Torch 1 x Black Tube Coral 1 x Pagoda Cup Coral 1 x Parazoanthus 1 x Elephant Ear 2 x Sinularia 1 x Clam 1 x Carpet Anemone (S. Haddoni) (Who Said Marines Were Addictive)

Anyway talking about things that move other stuff. I have just spotted a brown a white one, body size around 20cent piece looks quite hairy on his back, brown and white bands on his legs, white spot on pincers Any Idea, Good or Bad? /Bruce

Yep pandas are more expensive than bristlenose You did get a bargain but you didnt get what you wanted /Bruce

Waiting for Tank To Cycle :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

Its been around for quite a while You can also get the redsea calcium suppliment without additional trace elements Also available are trace elements seperately Molybdenum Iodine Strontium Your LFS should be able to supply it /Bruce

Hmm time to make another cabinet to go along side the aquarium :-) Corals at the moment Tube Coral – Black Bubble Coral, White Pagoda Cup Coral Fungia sp Elephant Ear Mushroom Red Mushroom Sinularia /Bruce

Going to add a calcium reactor to my setup There are a few different bottle sizes around, any reccomendations as to size bottle required Can get 500gm and 2Kg bottles, how long would each one last approx? Dont want to be running down to BOC every 5 minutes to refil, but space is a factor (made my sump tank too big now theres not much room) Bruce

Thanks for the feedback Hmm not really, shallower is better? I know just the pet store, good one here in Napier :-) Thanks /Bruce