Aaron-Betta

I am sure most of us want to see some pics

I thought the same thing Ira, but then I thought that I have the best looking whale so it doesn't matter

Unfortunately, yes. I had chocolate australe and claret bettas jump out of a gap like that.

Awesome pics, and beautiful fish

meth blue helps them not to fungus, and if some were to fungus, helps it not to spread. Meth blue and melafix aren't the same.

clown loaches are around $30 up here, and that doesn't get you far these days.

What "Blows my Mo" is that the owners/managers of a "Large petshop franchise" believe that the fish area of their stores dont turn over much money, (but look at what they are comparing it too - hundreds of dollars worth of live animals and food etc.) therefore hire staff on minimal wage who dont know much about what they are trying to sell. I can only imagine the amount of customers who come in and ask questions about their sick fish etc and get the wrong diagnosis purely because the salesperson didn't know, or haven't had any experiences with fish or fish products. I believe that if they changed their approach by hiring decent staff and paying them a respectable wage, they have more regular customers due to the customers trust in the people they deal with. I know of a few people who were very knowledgable, yet left their jobs at these stores due to poor wages and lack of respect. Changing the workers outlook on their job (from a minimal wage drag day-in-day-out to someone who is happy to come to work) will change the look of their shops for sure. I bet that those tanks would be kept clean. My other rant is the quality of the fish they are trying to put through the stores. I went into a store just yesterday to find some very obviously disfigured fish, yet they were selling it at full price, with that I left the shop without spending a cent. Any self-respecting petstore wouldn't sell rubbish! :evil: :evil: :evil: I find it a lot better to deal with private breeders and try not to spend much at petshops.

do you think they would survive being couriered up to you? Maybe someone will complete the auction on your behalf and courier them up at your expense?

is it colourful?

"Robbin' in da Hood" bringing petrol to the common man. We all dream of being in parliament, driving around in flash new Merc's with fuelcards we dont have to pay, yet telling everyone else to be clean and green.

funny they dont go rushing to bring the price down when the price per barrel comes down. But when it comes down to it, are we all going to stop using petrol? No. Its more of a necessity now, so people will pay what they have to. Had a very small unselfish laugh at the news the other night when I heard the headlines of an increase in people driving away without paying. When everything is going up except our wages, what do they expect? I know how hard it is in my situation and I realise there is heaps out there worse off than me. I am amazed there hasn't been fuel tankers high-jacked yet, or is that they next step? :-?

is it a killifish of some sort?

another question to the wise then: If all the petrol companies are going on about how good their fuel is with its additives etc, how come they cost the same at the pump? one would think that it should be a bit more competitive? I suppose thats the same as the government selling the power companies etc a while back to " encourage competition and lower prices" seems to have done the opposite, just my opinion.

Just wondering if a standard Aqua One AR380 would be ok to start off with. (worried about lighting etc) Planning to have some sort of plant to create a carpet effect in the foreground, some taller plants to the back, and a piece of wood with plant growing on it to one side. Hoping to have a few threadfins and some furcatus rainbows to add the fish element to the tank. Any pointers?

one of my first ever fancy guppies Pity I didn't breed from him

has anyone noticed that the "biofuel" alternative offered at Gull stations is not only more expensive than normal petrol, but the prices go up with the price of petrol? Also the fuel that arrives in NZ takes how long to be shipped over here, therefore brought at cheaper prices, yet fuels prices go up over night with the american trend. No wonder petrol companies are having record profits for the last year or so.

maybe a heat lamp? it is a dragon warming party of course. :-?

2 Adults, 14 tanks, and lights that need to be on all day(we have a dark house), we average $150-$180 per month

I use the internet on my phone alot, get charged $0.01 per kb, when you change the settings from HTML to simple phone form it doesn't cost that much. Usually look at fnzas while at work, and just see it as type, not fancy pics or buttons etc, unless I want to see them, then you have an option too.

maybe a little lower still, try 23-24 then you will find out wether colder or warmer is better.

try a different temperature? maybe lower it a few degrees.

My 2 cents is it may be too late sorry Once I see fish going that bad its usually a good time to euthanise.

I would hate it if my missus could track me using GPS, not that I do anything wrong ofcourse

does anyone know where I could download it from without needing other programs?

trademe seems to be like the fuel companies at the moment - Revenue collecting. Trademe have added extra charges on a few things. :evil: As if they're not making enough money already.