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Getting eggs is the easy part. Getting fry to survive is the hardest part of it all. Fingers crossed.

Thats all they been fed the whole time they have been here. Im running low on mossies.

Prefer to own them. It is a three year study. I doubt libraries would be keen to loan that long. LOL

Albino Fish :sick:

There is some light at the end of the tunnel viewtopic.php?f=11&t=50149&p=547549#p547549 They have been in my care for three days and have spawned already. Female is in her cave with eggs. Too early to say if they are viable at this point but the male is at the opposite end of the tank and Mum is guarding them. Fingers crossed.

I dont have windows 7 Each to their own

My better half is about to start her Bachelor degree in Early Childhood Education. Part of the course as many would know is the huge amount of books needed for study. Does anyone out there have any books from study they are willing to sell? There are about half a dozen books that she needs. Childhood Development(8th ed) L.E Berk (2006) Ki te whaiao: An Intro to Maori culture and society (2004) Techniques for teaching young children: Choices in theory and practice, 3rd ed Doing educational research: a Practitioners guide to getting started (2005) Pronounce Maori with confidence (2009) Teaching and learning in a diverse world: Multicultural education for young children (3rd Ed) If anyone can help or knows someone who can it would be much appreciated. And before anyone says it, Yes we are watching Trade Me Thanks

Saves looking for the stuff I use regularly.

Xmas Moss Java moss doesnt have that same structure that you can obviously see in pic 3 Nice setup

I dont think that Corokia will be woody enough. Maybe a dried branch or as Zev said, a root. Good luck, you have inspired me and many others so dont be surprised if others attempt this.

Look to see if you can see any flowers or flower stems. This will make easier to ID. I am stumped.

Yes I agree spoon that the fish will return, what I am afraid of is the loss of fish friendly surrounds. I am serious, most would not believe how much fish were present in this section of the stream compared to upstream. This is upstream That photo was taken during the cooler months. I went there today and you can barely see the water and there is so much watercress its harvested by many locals. I guess for me there is a lot of emotion involved in my posts as this is a place close to where I live that I would spend hours watching and exploring. All the other places I used to go are gone or are polluted and overgrown. Wont stop me finding out more about it and trying to do something about it.

Yes and No The stream does carry a bit of water during flooding. But in the many years I have known this stream it has never flooded its banks. In fact it barely rose to a height of significance as the flow is restricted to the size of the culvert. The over hanging trees meant that the stream was mostly shaded the whole day with only dappled light reaching the water. This is the reason I believe there was such a wealth of fish and invert life here. Without the shade there will be significan weed growth as can be found upstream further which actually chokes the waterway. I have no problem with streams being cleaned up, but when it is detrimental to the well being of Native Fauna that I am against. I may see if I can find out if it definitely is council land(its on the roadside, I dont think it is Transit NZ land as it has water tanks. Thats what the pipe in the pics is from) and if it is I may suggest to them that it may be made into a fish friendly site.

It is a Xmas Moss tree not a Xmas Tree. Do you not keep Xmas moss outside of the season Josh?

Go to the beach. Heaps of wood to be found there. Anyone in the areas of NZ who have had recent flooding should be able to find wood along their beaches in the next month or so. Pine is fine if it is totally dried. It just rots faster than native Hardwoods do. Lets have a Xmas moss tree competition.

Yes this is the place I took you first. The one among the trees down the bank. Yes I do hope that it will re-establish , but the biggest concerns are the lack of shelter that the trees provided and the culvert. It is still early days and when I hear back from the guy at the council hopefully it will shed some light. One thing for sure is I will fight for the culvert to be changed if it is not sorted by the contractors. I will let you guys know what the council has to say when I hear from them

Firstly congratulations on the baby Koura. Did you have a Koura in berry? They carry te eggs for a very long time before they let them go. I agree with Stella about the whitespot. First thing that came to my head was the heat. Hope you manage to save them. Maybe you will have to put some form of cover to provide a bit more shade for them.

Not sure, At first I thought it was Sagittaria but the shape of leaf is different. Can you give a bit more info as to its location. Was it near water? in the water? Do you have any other photos?

Some of you who read my blog or have read some of my past posts about my exploration trips to some local streams may recognize the following pictures. These were taken about April 2010. The location was very rich in native aquatic life. Eels, Bullies, Koura, Shrimp, Inanga, Smelt and the list goes on. Due to a fair bit of rain during September and October and then being flat out at work in the lead up to Xmas, I had been unable to visit this location. Today I went back to see if I could capture another Inanga to go with my single one in my Native tank at home. I was in complete shock. The following pictures show what I saw. As you can see, the tree cover has been totally removed and the whole stream has been dug out. I has sent an email to my contact at the local Regional Council asking if I can have some information about the stream. Basically why they have done it, and what are they going to do with it. It cant be for flood prevention as the stream is about 8 feet below the road level and the culvit would not allow enough water through to cause flooding in this location. One thing of concern is that now there is no way for fish to travel upstream. As can be seen in the first photo of this post the water level is much higher and this was about as low as water levels ever got. Now there is a huge gap that will stop most fish from moving upstream. I went further upstream which is normally teeming with inanga, smelt and bullies and all I found was one Smelt and one large eel. There is an obvious lack of fish life upstream. This is a Giant Bullie who was a resident in the pool below the culvert I wonder what the fate of him and his friends was.

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Some of the W series Sonys are on runout from Sony ATM so may find some good specials if you look around. The DSCW320 fits your criteria but you may struggle to find stocks right after Xmas and it is soon to be replaced with a newer model. The DSCW350 is neat as it have Panoramic sweep mode. Quite neat feature, but again a runout model. We sold out a week before Xmas and cant order any more and just looking at my Sony pricing it appears to be sold out. Some stores may still have some though. HTH

Most of the new Fujis are SD or SD/XD compatible. is sort of being phased out POWERSHOT A3100IS would be the cheapest Canon with a lithium battery, RRP from Canon is $299 but you might find it cheaper if you shop around. When we last stocked it we sold it at $229.00. Kodak stuff is not really great. I recommend canon or Panasonic. Panasonic have one, DMCF2GN. Lithium Battery etc. It is basic but is a good camera for starters. We sell it at work for $149