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I never went ahead with my fresh water skimmer Along with others here they seem contraindicated in a fresh system that has CO2 as in these systems you want less airation not more...to a point. Also it seems that in Salt tanks CO2 is bubbled thru other media to alter chemistry (never kept a saltie so not 100% here) ie sea shells or Calcium carbonate or something to alter both pH and Ca content. Finally some people suggest that better results are gained from other types of filtration such as FSB filters UV and denitryfing coils which are all able to work on Fw tanks and are remarkably less expensive. BTW I run sumps on nearly all my tanks and I find them great but not on any plant tanks which all have internal filtration or canister filtration or no filtration at all. Sorry I cant be of more help Navarre

I never went ahead with my fresh water skimmer Along with others here they seem contraindicated in a fresh system that has CO2 as in these systems you want less airation not more...to a point. Also it seems that in Salt tanks CO2 is bubbled thru other media to alter chemistry (never kept a saltie so not 100% here) ie sea shells or Calcium carbonate or something to alter both pH and Ca content. Finally some people suggest that better results are gained from other types of filtration such as FSB filters UV and denitryfing coils which are all able to work on Fw tanks and are remarkably less expensive. BTW I run sumps on nearly all my tanks and I find them great but not on any plant tanks which all have internal filtration or canister filtration or no filtration at all. Sorry I cant be of more help Navarre

I have looked into saltwater style skimmers in the past for freshwater tanks. On the net there are mixed reviews about how effective they are mainly due to surface tension I think. It would be trail and error as some people say they work and others dont. Navarre

LOL until now that is Caryl. :roll: And 78 of the blighters :lol: would have been great to see Navarre

Never really been my thing...livebearers... but I am finding both them and dwarfs more interesting. It has been a help to have spoken to some knowledgeable people and start with good fish of course but I am still working on "my" lines happy to try and get some photos Zev but that is definately not my strong point.....lmao Navarre

garlic and some kelp powder in his food maybe? Navarre

This might hapen to you if you are not lucky....cept you only have one runway http://msn.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/ar ... d=10583406 LOL Navarre

I class them as delta tailas that is what "the man" gave them to me as. Sorry Zev just calling them what i was given them as...lol as in African Rule Number 1 keep em seperate African Rule Nuber 2 call em what they are called when you got em African Rule Number 3 call em by their scientific names African Rule Number 4 someone will always disagree with rules 1-4 Navarre

Hi Vinson. I have a few guppy lines in development Blue Tux Neon Blue Red Tux Neon Red Tux Green King Cobra Yellow? and very recently I aquired some nice delta tails which I hoepfully will add to teh mix...lol Navarre

as you have seen with my fish my4age, sometime the finage takes a good knock when they are in community tanks and it is not until they are sperated that they show their true potential. Nice fish and Nice photos. thank you for sharing Navarre

Can Swordtails? I know it is possible for some spieces to change from female to male but I didnt know of any that can go from male to female. Usually if the dominant male is removed and there are no mature males to take his place then a dominant female will change. happens in some amphibians, some freshwater spieces, some marines and in country signing yodelling horse riding twins from the upper central north island ( frogs, d. filamentosa, clowns, linda and jools) Navarre

Hi my4age, Is that fish one of Marks or a rubens? The one labeled one of MarkLBs sunshines? Nice fish either way and great photos. Wouldnt mind some myself ...but P44 I have sunshines for sale...see my other listings Navarre

May be related to the low barometric pressure? But in saying that I am obviously oblivious to the current High situated over my fish room LMOA Navarre

Hi There, I went to the "royal" a few years ago and it was fantastic. Good luck and hope the photos make it here Navarre

welcome Nice intro Liked the cheese reference then the grate full thing Might help if you put your location in as that will help Navarre

Barrel man at riccarton market has both types Cam side has ones with two holes at in top Not sure what has been stored in them but you could ask. range of sizes and they have some cut down ones as well HTH Navarre

Or teh barrel guy at teh riccarton market on sundays range of prices and sizes is where I got mine from i think

cam side nursery greens road wood end 200 -250l $20 each hth

sadly in todays world most things get broken down to cost as everything has a cost attached no matter how altruistic the motive there are many factors in the equation of destroying the animals, the first as alan has said is to ensure they are in fact a rare species not a hybrid as an animal lover it is sad to see this happen but when you look at it from the other side things are different sad the world we live in and some of the humans who make up the general population

I have read this thread because as you may not be aware I petioned MAF early this year to import some reptiles. So the legal or otherwise import of any herpts interests me. You made a statement about costs in a post. I was not undermining either post or thread just stating that 1600 which is the figure you quoted was a once off and there are lots of costs involved and that they are sometimes variable to each shipment. On top of that we are lucky enough to have a lovely GST law which states that if anything that comes into the country has a potential retail value then GST has to be paid on the "projected" worth of an animal. So for example if you were to import say Whites Tree Frogs and they could possibly retail for 1500 but in each spawn you could have 100 live babies then you MIGHT have to pay the GST on that because that is the intrinsic value of that one animal. Or you might get a good MAF guy at livestock and when you say ohhh but this animal was a gift and here is the letter they MIGHT say oh well thats fine but its worth only 1500 so just pay the GST on that eh. Never mind the quarantine cost, or the buliding of a facility transport etc etc etc My comments were about figures quoted...you asked where the thousands came from and did anyone know actual costs. I know the actual costs so I know where the thousands come from. If it was as easy as it sounds there would be more than one wholesaler/retailer in NZ and more than just a couple of importers full stop. When I started in fish there were 4-5 people in Christchurch alone who imported there own fish. Now there is one. Economics is the major reason behind it. Let alone the physical and emotional involvement Just trying to answer your question. Sorry about the lecture Navarre

Hi Aquatopia, You are forgetting the other fees that are involved for a fish check like clerking in by the vet and or maf represenative @ an hourly rate the weekly visits if there is disease @ hourly rate the keeping of all dead fish in individual dated and timed bags in a freezer that can not be used for anything else 2 cost of freezer + cost to run + cost of fish + cost of bag + cost of exam@ hourly rate. You also forget the cost of the fish to get here in the first place and then their upkeep and that if more than a certain % of the tank/shipment dies then MAf takes the whole lot to Massy for investigation at your cost...last time ....I understand it cost redwood nearly 10 times the amout you are stating so it is swings and round abouts Navarre

was just going to say is it the tank that gives you a good sleep or something begining with jager, but you bet me to it LOL Navarre

LOL you guys are almost as bad a herp people Shhhhh wink Nod nudge Smile friend I know some one who know a friend who maybe saw someting LMAO

Or you could post on here and see if anyone has some available? Same for acaras or the such. Navarre

Buy another one. You know you want to Then you could have some nice chocolates or EBJDs salvini Wicked Peacock male display and so the list goes on LOL