Bruce

The HBAS (Hawkes BAy Aquarium Society) runs Auctions as well, mainly Fish and Hardware but we have the odd auction where anything can be auctioned. Raffles every now and then, and even A Fish Expo helps the club funds. And of course the good old subscriptions (These only just cover the day to day running of the club, newsletters etc) /Bruce

Hi Paul Yes they are great parents, the eggs will be fine where they are, dont forget to start a brineshrimp culture if you can. The parents will move them around from time to time so dont get alarmed if you see them with babies in their mouths :-) Congrats /Bruce

I would tend to disagree.. Make the cheque out to cash :-) With even such a small photo, cant see any egg spots on the anal fin Name pseudotropheus sp Could be anything, but who cares, nice fish /Bruce

I am pretty sure I saw some heat pads in a wholesalers catalogue, PM me if you are interested. they would not be cheap however, as Warren said, its heating the water that counts, The power company doesnt care how you heat your fish they just want your money :-) /Bruce

Chuckle Another thing to remember when adding airstones is to make sure the is only the cuurent from the airstone running over the eggs, I have found if you have the Air bubbles running over the eggs the will fungus very quickly /Bruce

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HI Caryl, so I see, have posted a reply on this, looks though they have changed their minds since they were contacted, unfortunate but we will have to carry on with Kennedy Park, Arataki etc. Will do some homework over the weekend and come up with some more options for you all. /Bruce

Looks as though we have a bit of mis communication with Hinepare. Julie rang them not so long ago and they quoted $16 per nigh for their accomodation. Unfortunately it looks as though they haved changed tack on this The options from here are Kennedy Park Arataki Holiday Park (Havelock North-Hastings) There are already people from other clubs booked in there for the weekend For help with any other accomodation options please do not hesitate to email me [email protected] with your requirements and I will see what else will suit /Bruce

Sure Fish can be sent up to Napier. For those unable to attend there are a couple of options 1: Send them with someone who will be making the trip, looks as though there are people coming from all corners of NZ so talk to your fellow club members and talk to them nicely or 2: Courier them to the HBAS, (Contact for this to be advised) The interest is looking pretty good, hopefully we will have an overabundance of fish for the show. /Bruce

Havent Seen Archers for ages, the las tones I saw were in Oz, before that it must have been several years ago, Hollywoods I think it was Have a look at the link below for the info you need on these guys http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/verts/archer_fish.htm /Bruce

Hi All, A letter is in the post to all club secretarys with the information below provided. The organising for this event is well under way. If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to ask Please remember, The Auction is open to FNZAS Members only No Exceptions If you are not a member already and you wish to attend the Auction then go and see your local club and join uo today, its not a big price to pay and is well worth the money Best Regards Bruce Wells Fish Expo 2004 Venue: Seahorse Farm Awatoto Road (Beach Road Between Napier and Hastings) Date: 25th - 26th September 2004 Hawkes Bay Aquarium Society is holding a Fish Expo And Fish Show (In conjunction with the FNZAS) The Show and Expo is open to the general public from 10.00am Saturday and Sunday From 5.00pm Saturday night there will be a Meal provided by the HBAS at the Seahorse Farm There will be a cost of $5.00 per person. This will be followed by an Auction commencing at approx 7.30pm This is limited to affiliated members of the FNZAS only For those people wishing to put lots into the auction please ensure that these are brought in by 5.30pm at the latest The HBAS will take a 10% commission on all lots sold Accommodation Listed below are a couple of accommodation options Please book your own accommodation, Hawkes Bay Aquarium Society will not book any accommodation. Hinepare Accommodation Centre 79 Napier Terrace Ph: 06 835 2093 Kennedy Park Storkey Street Onekawa Ph: 06 843 9162 Fax: 06 843 6113 Email: [email protected] If any of the of this accommodation is not suitable then there is an abundance of Hotel / Motel accommodation available in the Napier area If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact any of the following Craig Berge 06 843 4114 Warren Stilwell 06 845 2512 National Aquarium Behind The Scenes Tour While in Napier consider a visit to “The National Aquarium Of New Zealand†A “Behind The Scenes Tour†is one of the Best Ways to enjoy the whole Aquarium Experience And for All the Qualified Divers out there How about Feeding the Sharks, Rays and Other Inhabitants of The Main Oceanarium Bookings Are Essential for All of the Above

We use a Electromagnetic pump in our fish room, 1 pump runs all the sponge filters (approx 30 tanks) The pump delivers 60 litres a minute Works great. /Bruce

It would be good to see some Hamiltonians, The more the merrier /Bruce

Hi Everyone Yes you do need to be a member of the FNZAS to attend the auction. The auction is not open to the general public. Its a good opportunity for those who havent joined a local club to do so :-) Cheers /Bruce

Nice arent they :-) http://www.pbase.com/image/24282114

Hi Everyone I talked about Hawkes Bay Holding another Fish Expo in one of the other topics, well its now official We will be having another Fish Expo as we did in October 2001 (Yes it was nearly 2 years ago) Date 25-26 September Location Seahorse Farm - Awatoto Road - Napier There will be a National Fish Show held as well (It has been quite a few years since the last one) Cost Yes there will be a entry cost, this is under discussion at present Accomodation We will endeavour to use the accomodation at Hinepare (Hostel Type Accomodation) which is very reasonable, but limited. Letters will go out to all clubs within the next month with more detailed information. This Website will also be updated Auction, Yes there will be an Auction held :-) This will be on the Saturday Night, however. No fish sold at Auction that are part of the Fish show will be able to be picked up until the Show closes on Sunday If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to ask Best Regards Bruce Wells President HBAS

Depends on how well you feed them :-) 6 weeks would be getting close to a reasonable size /Bruce

I am not a great fan of traps, they stress the fish out you could end up losing the female before she gives birth, some java moss or similar in a larger tank has the same effect, the babies can hide in there to keep out of harms way. /Bruce

We never exclude anybody or any club, the more people there are the better it will be. Chris As for an Auction, well you never know /Bruce

Rob Said Broken link, I thought Kelly had removed that info from his page ages ago? /Bruce

I have bred these cats a couple of times, absolutely the hardest fish I have ever tried Have tried all the tricks in the book. For me they spawned when I had given up in frustration, as for raising them, thats even worse!!!! I have found that if you dont give them heaps of infusoria they will die off very quickly Good Luck (You will need it) But dont let what I have written here stop you, they are a beautiful little fish and well worth the effort /Bruce

Cat Said Sounds like a good idea, The HBAS comittee had a meeting tonight and this (Conference 04) was a pretty hot topic on the agenda. HBAS will look at putting on something later on this year for those who can not afford or who wish not to attend the conference this year. Dates are yet to be confirmed but will be around mid September. It will be something similar (Maybee ) to what we did in October 02. It was felt that as we are the biggest club within the FNZAS that we must make an effort to try and bring fish people from all the clubs together for a fishy weekend of some description that everyone can enjoy. For those who didnt attend last time, I can assure you it wont cost you a large amount of money. Look out for more details at a later date /Bruce

MTCW We have members of the Hawkes Bay Club that dont even keep fish. Some of them have kept them in the past and continue the membership for the fun of it. Join A Club Get Involved /Bruce

Have you named them yet???? We name ours of course :-) /Bruce

Its called Snail Rid, and yes it will knock off the plant, but seems to work OK Good luck with the next batch of Angels /Bruce