Bruce

Just wondering if you looked at joining a local fish club? There are 3 in Wellington and some of the members have marine tanks or are setting them up I understand The more people with marine tanks who join local clubs will hopefully encourage members to get into this side of fishkeeping /Bruce

I am not keeping marines at the moment, need to convince the btter half first and find some time to get it done, there is a Marine club forming in Auckland I believe, will try and find an email address for you, you should be able to get some info from some of those involved Good Luck /Bruce

Hi looks as though that will do the trick You will need to get a hole(s) cut in your tank by a local glass company, they charge around $10.00 per hole to drill them but well worth it as they will be responsible for the damage if any :oops: You should be able to get these fittings from Plumbing World Mico Wakefield Mastertrade They are supplied with a rubber gasket but I would be inclined to throw the seal and use a aqurium sealant on both sides to be certain of a good water tight seal /Bruce Ira, I recently spent some time in the States and found the prices were comparable with what we pay here. There was a better selection but on the whole I think we do alright here. I did see Pirahnas for sale though :roll: , but really couldnt see me having those

Hi pojt me to an American site that talks about "Bulkhead Fittings" I think I know what you mean but want to get my facts straight first before I dive on in :-) Good luck with your project, it is something that I have been contimplating for some time, just a matter of convincing the better half /Bruce

Hi Richard $100 and up seems to be the price for these guys unfortunately I would suspect the shop would have a hard job selling a "PAIR" if indeed they were at the price they want for them You never know your luck , if you order one from your LFS then you might get it a bit cheaper if they know it will be in and out of their door within days /Bruce

Hi Richard Saw some S tigers in Auckland last week, Pupuke Aquarium I think it was Wet pets in Palmerston could also have them. If you are after them locally just ask your LFS, they should get them in for you /Bruce

That Looks Like The One!!!! Thank You Andrew :lol: /Bruce

NO Caryl, Its 2 Fish :lol: :lol: Sold As A Zodiac Loach, Cant find any reference to them at all Quite a cool little loach as they dont bury themselves /Bruce

This is one of our latest purchases Can Anyone Identify it?? Thanks /Bruce

Well since your adding people to the list might as well add me as well Thanks /Bruce

Dont be too worried about selling them We recently sold 20 at the Napier auction for $3.00 each and could have sold more. We seperated the eggs after spawning as previous spawnings had been eaten. Good Luck with them /Bruce

Nice fish Andrew Well Done /Bruce

I hope everyone who attended had a great time, it seems so, the only hickup was Mitch's Fish from what I understand has been sorted out thanks to Alan Wakelin We will have a meeting over the next week or 2 and decide if we are going to do this again, we have learnt alot with this one and hopefully it would be better and easier next time. If we do this again it will be every 2 years,yearly would be too much work and I believe it could go a bit stale as well My thanks go's to all of our club members who helped out in this event, in particular Les Riddell and Kevin Mawson who really took the bull by the horns when I dumped everything in their laps with a days notice when I had to make a rush trip to the US. Thanks to all attended to make a great weekend, it is the people that make it :lol: :lol: :lol: If you have any suggestions or comments please let me know so we can make it better in the future Thanks Everyone Bruce W President HBAS

Hi Everyone I am away in the Us for the next 2 weeks so if you need any info then please contact either Les Riddell 06 879 6697 025 521 397 or Lisa Gugich 06 845 3608 025 644 3354 Back just in time for Saturday with a bit of luck, hopefully not toooooo Jetlagged /Bruce

You could even come to Napier over Labour Weekend and meet even more fish nuts :-) /Bruce

Yes it is :-) I hold the flake in the water for about 5 seconds so it gets waterlogged and it sinks straight to the bottom /Bruce

Add to that 2 x lots 2 Firemouth Cichlids /Bruce

Hi Steve Give me a call sometime or email 844 1077 or 021 42 42 41 I am the President of the Hawkes Bay Aquarium Society and there are a few of our members that have African setups who may be able to help you, will fill you in on the Fish Expo as well, should be fun Cheers /Bruce

MTCW 3 x lots of mollies 3 x lots of Dwarf Flag Cichlids 5 x lots of Bristlenose (Varying Sizes) 1 x Striped Headstander Guppy's (Undecided on number of Lots) 5 x Very Large Silver Dollars We had a auction at our last Club meeting and It was the worst turnout ever!!! 15-20 lots, everyone is saving their fish for Labour Weekend :-) /Bruce

Fire Ruins Hawkes Bay Aquarium Society Weekend Well not really :evil: There are several old nurse hostels on Napier hill, the one that burnt down has been emoty for some years, it WAS located at the other end of the Napier hospital. One of our club members did ring me early Friday morning and left a message on my phone saying that the hostel had burnt down I didnt even know at that point, so you can imagine the PANIC So your accomodation is still there /Bruce

Dinner at 6.00pm ish We will close the Venue to the public at 5.00pm so any time after 5.00 will be fine. BYO Beer, Wine etc OJ, Coke etc will be supplied Hmm Better get another letter out to all clubs detailing this /Bruce

Hi Everyone Yes there is a Pot Luck Dinner on Saturday Night before the Auction This is for All visitors and local club members Visitors are not required to bring anything, good opportunity to catch up with everyone. Sorry for the confusion /Bruce

We will all have a chance to catch up with everyone at the Pot Luck Dinner and Auction on Saturday Night. If you need any directions Ira send me a PM and I will give you my cell phone number and you can call if you get lost :lol: /Bruce

Re above, We are also getting the ones about people having millions of dollars to give away...why cant they just send me the cash :lol: I suspect these ones are coming through the Killie Fish mailing list though As for viruses I have not had any but I do run Nortons which is updated weekly Mitch.. I will resend the white cloud emails if you require them /Bruce

Hi Pegasus The easiest solution I think is a centrally heated tank which is pumped to your smaller tanks, I have this setup in my fish room, also I have a 2400w fan heater setup in there as well This is hooked up to a thermostat set to 23 degrees If you are worried about infection by having all tanks connected then use a UV filter in the line this should eliminate this problem MTCW anyway /Bruce