carla

Good question. One of many questions we have actually asked them when we had a visit from them recently after buying some plants from a former chaplain...

Warren - is this the list you mean? If all the stuff on that list is forbidden then what about Vallisneria spiralis? This is readily available in a lot of fish shops.

Ahhh - the Molly Hunt! Fond memories for me. Unfortunately still on crutches (2 years later), so we won't be able to come

thanks fishboi. And who manufactures them in NZ?

So if Myriophyllum propinquum and Myriophyllum triphyllum are NZ Natives as written here how can they be "Noxious B" as written here??

Growing New Zealand Threatened Plants New Zealand Plant Conservation Network Would think that threatened plants are legal??

There are NZ native ones which you can have. Am trying to grow these immersed at present with mixed success. Grows easy emmersed with just the feet in the water.

Used to - not any more (at least up here). Flashings are all aluminium nowadays. Lead is being phased out everywhere. Bought some old lead band from a plumber who was glad to be rid of the stuff. So soon we need to use something else I would think.

Is anybody of you in the know going to tell the name of the manufacturer of these pellets? I am currently paying $15 for 800g and that is not sustainable in the long run. So anybody out there naming the company please? PM is fine too. Thanks, Carla

If you are still chucking stuff into the bin, then could we please have some too? I am very happy to pay postage, not much in the way of plants to offer apart from the common things like Java Moss etc. Many thanks

Do you cook the courgette slices snowman? I tried raw and cooked and mine won't eat them, neither do they eat lettuce nor cucumber. Any ideas?

what I would like to know is how come that the FNZAS plant survey says: "Vallisneria Americana" - Availability: Noxious B "Vallisneria gigantea" - Availability: Occasionally seen while the http://www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/pest ... ord.htm#s1 says: "Vallisneria gigantea" - unwanted organism for the time being from 1 October 2001 until 30 June 2006. A review will be coordinated by MAF Biosecurity Authority before 31 December 2005. So who is right MAF with the banning the gigantea or FNZAS with telling us the americana is noxious? - or are all long-leaved Vallisnerias now temporarily banned? And how come that some Pet shops still sell them under both names in big quantities throughout Auckland??? Are they only banned outside of Auckland?

Don't use normal potting mix as it is pine bark based and quite unsuitable for under water plants. There is a clay-based potting mix for aquatic plants which most garden centres stock. It has some slow release fertiliser added. In addition you can buy fertiliser spikes (like the jobe sticks for your tomato plants) especially formulated for waterlilies and the like which can be pushed into the gravel beneath the plants every 2 months or so. They are supposedly releasing very few nutrients into the water so algae-growth should be limited. Good luck with your new tank!

platty kids maybe? They are live bearers like the sword tails. So it could be either. Good luck with them

sounds like our cactus club trophies and competitions. Ah well being clubless up here means no trophies and no nights out. Not sure if I am happy about that or not Although i must say the fish club secretaries and presidents have rallied around us at the molly hunt to get us to join "their" club. Not sure which one is going to give us the best deal....

We have just counted (by shifting them into another tank) and there are 17 so far, with at least another 5 sighted in the big tank. This is the first time they have bred after being in the tank for about 8 months now. Very exciting! We now have a baby tank with baby guppies, baby cories and baby bristlers including 3 surviving paradise babies. Why do we need to have them registered Caryl?

hmmmm somethings wrong with my date. its now sunday nite 11.40 pm. Must check where to set it proper again - tomorrow!

Yes we did get mollies. Ours travelled for 10 hours and almost all arrived in excellent condition. Some of the small fry didn't make it, but they are all settling in nicely and eating already!!! Also stopped at Fees on the way home - caught some more fishies there, then onto hollywoods in Auckland to land the catch we made on Friday on the way down... and now for bed! Where were you Dennis?

only 5 more sleeps

I do like the "Lake Tanganyika driftnet coalition"

I have microworms and white worms going and can bring some into town for you if you like. PM me if you are interested. You can also buy all that stuff from Bio-Suppliers in Auckland or visit their website: http://www.ak.planet.gen.nz/~bio/page3.html

better not dig in the garden either without gloves then, could die of all sorts which lurk in the ground there...

10 Fish Species Discovered in Venezuela By ALEXANDRA OLSON Associated Press Writer http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld ... -headlines August 28, 2003, 4:24 PM EDT CARACAS, Venezuela -- Scientists discovered 10 new fish species and a previously unknown species of shrimp in a southeastern Venezuela river basin, a U.S. environmental organization announced Thursday. Conservation International said it hoped the discoveries would ensure preservation of the Caura River Basin, about 300 miles (500 kilometers) southeast of Caracas, the capital. The Washington-based group called on Venezuela's government to designate the 4,500-hectare (11,115-acre) area a wildlife reserve. "For its size, it's incredible what the area has. It's a hot spot that should be protected," said Antonio Machado, a Central University of Venezuela zoologist and fish expert who helped direct the research. The species were found in 2000 during an expedition that included 13 local and international scientists and 17 experts from an organization representing Kuyujani Ye'kuana Indians who live in the area. Scientists named one fish -- a 2-inch-long (5-centimeter-long), green and red, bloodfin tetra -- "Aphyocharaz Yekwanae" after the Ye'kuana. They also discovered a piranha they call "serrasalmus" and a tentacled armored catfish called "Ancistrus." The new shrimp species was named "pseudopalaemon." The Caura watershed -- an expanse of forests and rivers -- is in a pristine pocket of highlands known as the Guyana Shield, an ancient geological formation. The region is under threat from mining and illegal fishing, Conservation International said at a Caracas news conference. Conservation International sent its findings Thursday to Venezuela's Environment Ministry. The government has been supportive, said Franklin Rojas, director of Conservation International's Venezuela branch. Rojas said Venezuela has all but abandoned a proposed hydroelectric dam at the basin's Para Waterfall. The dam would seriously deplete the Caura River, he said. "If it ever happened, it would be devastating," Rojas said.

Climate 'destroying fish stocks' A warming climate and not local fishermen is to blame for the falling fish harvests in Lake Tanganyika, according to new research findings published in the British journal Nature. morehere: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3147769.stm

Very good thoughts Dave. Would second that.