Adrienne

where? I am in chch until friday night

heres a link - now theres been another quake it doesn't go straight to the article we want to see. cut and paste it to see the article. Friend of the fishes succeeds in rescue mission | Stuff.co.nz

I've heard about the 5.3 just before 6pm. Are you alright? I've been in touch with Jennifer who was talking to Alan at the time it happened but what about everyone else?

here as well!!

Agreed Sam - yes I got two then after a couple of weeks added 4 more. All was good for another 3-4 weeks and then about every 2nd night one of the newer ones disappeared until the original 2 remained. :roll:

Gorgeous! Welcome Devin and congratulations Mum and Dad. Life is sure going to change now!

they also get very hungry at night when the other fish are sleeping or so it seems :lol:

what caused their deaths?

:nilly: :nilly: :nilly: :nilly: Sorry fishie123 :oops: we've gone off topic.

Oiiii! I said 3 monthly Wok! Not enough chocolate cake yesterday? :lol:

Its happened 3x and we now have a burglar alarm fitted which can be set either in conjunction with the whole house or as a single room which means the alarm can be on when we are home as well

where are they being shipped from?

welcome - tips, a garage with windows and doors that are well sealed.

I take it you are at uni? whats the course?

and a hugely valuable support it is too A lot of time is given freely by a few to maintaining this site. I looked at the link Zev gave and would love to know more.

Check out ornamental fish list on the Biosecurity New Zealand website. Its not 100% correct but will give you a good idea.

As a financial member of a club (assuming there is one in your area) or you can become a distance member, you receive the club newsletter via email. You also, in belonging to a club, belong to the FNZAS and receive the aquarium world magazine 3 monthly. Its produced here, in NZ, so pretty much everything in it is relevant to NZ fish keeping. There are also small discounts available at some of the pet shops for FNZAS members on production of your membership card as long as you ask politely. Membership is not expensive. So, you get to meet other like minded people, share ideas, go to events like tank crawls, quizz nights etc, get a chance to swap things like plants, fish, at the local club meetings (this sure beats having to pay out every time you want something especially when you have a cupboard full of unused stuff). You also get to have a say in whats happening in the federation at a local level. Each club has delegates to the national body. If you want you can go to the conference held around NZ each year (this year its in June in Tauranga). To me its been invaluable. I now know a lot of good people with incredible knowledge. I have had the chance to visit members in other areas and have a look at their tanks, talk to them and swap ideas.

By the look of the tail I would say the ammonia problem is the issue. High ammonia tends to burn the skin. What caused the ammonia problem?

not those but I do use the similar shaped ones that are just sponges without the noodles and I really like them. IMO they are much better than the old types of sponges. I can't really see the benefit of the ceramics in that sized filter.

There will be a delay in answering until one of the mods or the administrator comes on line to have a look at the site. Its not attended to 24/7 as everyone is a volunteer. If you need your questions answered quickly you would be best to send a pm as it will pop up as an email. Administrator - Zev Moderators - Wok, Suphew, Alanmin & Living Art. Thats it I think. Caryl is away this weekend Oh, and - the website is not the FNZAS. Its only part of the FNZAS. You do not currently have to be a financial member of the FNZAS to be part of the website. If you are a financial FNZAS member you get more benefits than just being able to be part of the forum.

looking really good ! How are you doing the betta barracks?

My issue is not so much the time they take to arrive but the fact that when you ring back you are told they are still coming and then after an hour are told that they are not. Its not easy when you have a child with a damaged liver through a fall, a child that is unconcious (reason unknown), a child with their upper leg torn in half etc etc. In saying that, a definite head injury (as in you know what happened) and they do come pretty fast. Don't get me wrong, I really appreciate the volunteers and the work they do but its an awful lot easier as a trained first aider if you know when back up is coming! But being made to feel you should not be calling 111 is absolutely not right. As my husband says to me ''perhaps the person was having a bad day".

I think I would like one or two of those!

I suspect it was an ammonia spike. I have lost fish and bn overnight to an ammonia spike and when I pulled them out it was as if they had been bleached. Waterchanges should sort it out.

My experience in calling ambulances for the kids at the school where I work is that unless the person is likely to die they will take their good old time attending. We have had some major accidents where after an hour of waiting I have phoned again to be told they can not attend as it is not life threatening and I am talking in one case where a child spent 5 hours in surgery having their leg stitched up and then the hospital had the cheek to say to the parent that the time lapse in getting the kid to the hospital could have meant that damage may have been permanent. Goodness knows what would have happened if we had waited any longer for the ambulance to show, we waited an hour and several times I phoned to ask where they were - we carried the child to the parents car and mum drove him. Normally the phone operator quizzes you beyond belief anyway!