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Thanks Caryl for another awsome edition of the Aquarium world and year book. You are a real asset to the FNZAS Thanks Again Dave

Hi Tony Deafently goldfish bowl , Tropical blues and Pet world are all good helpful shops for purchasing anything to do with fishkeeping. At the next meeting of the Waikato Aquarium Soc we are having an auction which club members bring along fish , plants and whatever they would like to place in it. You are welecome to come along and meet others which also enjoy the hobby. Next meeting is 7pm next Sunday 04/09/05 at link house , Te Aroha st , Hamilton You can pm myself or Rob for further details

Hi Candela My mum has just recentley got back from Malaysia and Singapore. My mum is from Malacca and i have 3 aunties , 2 uncles and about 16 consins arond Malaysia and Singapore . Mum and dad met while dad was serving in the veitnam war and maried mun and brought her out here to NZ. I should get over there sometime in the near furtue and met my realtives over there . One of my uncles breeds discus in singapore apparently they are on his porch without heating . I could only imagine if we could do that here in New Zealand. Anyway , Welecome to the fishroom and I look forward to sharing of fishy experinces Dave

Good on you Scalare for being involed in the pet expos . When the pet expos where here in Hamilton our club the waikato Aquarium Soc put displays on . What we found was really effective was useing black building paper on the walls and weedmat as a roof completly darking the display therefore really making the tanks look really effective. One of the best tanks that we done was a two foot tank which black gravel , Black out the back and sides , Had a blue light A air disk and placed 50 + small albino corys . We run a comp calling it count the corys it was a very sucessfull idea. Anyway good luck it is alot of hard work but aslong as you have a good group of people working together it will be well worthwhile. I think they are planning on coming to Hamilton in July Dave

August club meeting next Sunday 07/08/05 . We have charles mitchell the whitebait farmer from Raglan as our guset speaker . He is sure to enlighten us all on native fishes , their lifecycles and maybe how to cook them As a follow up on charles talk we will be visting the whitebait farm and out to raglan on the 20/08/05. If you can't make the club meeting but are interested in the trip contact myself , Rob or Polgara Remeber new members are always welcome Dave

Hi Tiden Welecome to the fishroom i am sure that you will enjoy sharing in the pool of knowledge that is oftered within this group of hobbyist. The waikato aquarium soc has i's monthly club meeting tonight at link house which is next to the church at the river rd end of Te Aroha st . Meeting starts at 7pm we are usually there about 6:30ish. Tonight we have mark and fee from tropical blues coming in to talk about water chemerstry and nutrion. You are most welecome to attend and meet a few fellow fishkeepers Dave Pm myself , rob or polgara with any questions

It was a great trip especially like the discus breeders as you don't often get to see a good parent fish . both Hollywoods and pupuke in the north shore are deafenly worth a vist good fish , good display and great customer service . Will be going back in the furture . Kribkrazzy are you coming to this months meeting ???

Club Meeting this sunday . Our guest speakers are mark and fee from tropical blues talking on water chemstriy and nutriction. Show table is coldwater fish . Dave

Great photos caryl Looks like everyone had an enjoyable confence i better make sure that i get to kapimana next year

Just a reminder that we have a club meeting this Sunday. We have a guset speaker talking on breeding fish in genral. Meeting details etc are on the oringnal posting. New members always welcome Dave

Hope everyone is having a great time . I wish i was there having a drink with you all . Look forward to hearing about it Have Fun Dave

Alan I have got Peter Cottles email address . Maybe you could send him an email and you could quite possibly get the article directlly from the source. Send me an email if you would like it??? Dave

Thanks Rob I forgot about that

June Club Meeting Gust speaker on breeding different fish species 26th June Auckland trip to NZ discus .com and shops July Club Meeting Tropical blues on water chemistry and foods August Club Meeting Charles Mitchell on Whitebait 20th August ip to whitebait farm the out to the Westcoast beaches September club meeting Back to basics night and Auction Mid September Members chioce tank crawl October club meeting Jolylen Kelly on restortinga South Paffic island Mid October Weekend trip to Rotorua , Whakatane and Tauranga . Staying overnight in Whakatane . Visting shops and breeders along the way November Club Meeting To Be confirmed December club meeting Christmas party Will be confirming dates for tank crawl and october trip ASAP Our meetings are on the first Sunday of every month starting at 7pm . Doors are open from 6:30pm . They are held at link House which is next to the old church at the River Rd end of Te Aroha st , Hamilton. We have a club libary , tableshows and sales tables at most meetings New Members are always welecome Any further information on club please PM Rob ,Polgara or myself Dave :lol:

awsome as per usual

I Agree with the other members of the exective who have responed to this topic in regards to people always wait untill the last few days. So DON'T PANIC MITCH . As for the Death of the FNZAS I do really think you have it wrong especically when we have such a awsome tool like this website with over 1000 members. The question has to be asked do they all belong to the FNZAS when all that is required is joining an aquarium club , Surely that is not a bad thing . Confences i always look forward to especially catching up with the many fishy folk that i have met over the years . Remeber confence is not only for the delegates to attend but anyone that belongs to the FNZAS can attend. Anyway , You should have Jude and My regestrations along with Rob so that is at Least three from Waikato for what i am sure is going to be a good weekend . See you at confence Dave

The Waikato Aquarium Soc is having its Annual Tank Crawl this Sunday the 17th of April . Start point is Daves house at 10am . We welecome fishkeepers from the Waikato area to join us for an enjoyable day looking at each others Aquariums . Ph Dave (07)8495275 or send a PM if you will like to come along Dave :lol:

hi Robyn and Jannie There is a waikato aquarium club meeting this Sunday . It is at Link House which is next to the church at the River Rd end of Te Aroha st . The meeting starts at 7pm but the doors are open from 6:30pm . This meeting we will be veiwing a couple of fishy videos along with some discussion on the upcoming tank crawl on the 16th of april . Tanks crawls are something that i recomend people to participant in as you get to veiw different types of tanks and get a few ideas . I am always interested in what other club members are keeping. Anyway i hope to see you at the meeting . Send myself , Rob or polgara a pm if you want any other information about the club Happy fishkeeping Dave

Come on team lets boost these entries up !!!! We all have spoken about national fishshows for the last couple of years and now the Hawkes Bay club have put in alot of time and effort in organising one . And all we need to do is provide the fish surely this is not an impossible task or is this the final attempt at something which we will only talk about without doing anything .17 entries is very poor that means with my 7 entries i have got a good chance of being well placed . I am sorry if i do sound dissapointed but i am especiallt when i personally want thisto be a sucessfull and contnuing event . Look forward to seeing everyone next weekend and can't wait to see everyones fish ???????????????

Just a reminder that the next club meeting is on 5/9/04 . Details of venue and start times are on the fist posting on this tread . This month we have hiretwo videos from the FNZAS libary One is the National fishshow 1990 held i think in Auckland . The second is a interclub trip from Northshore to Waikato which hassome footage of the Ruakura pest plant centre and a waikato tank crawl . Both videos will be great viewing and i sure will encourge particapation in the fishshow next month . Can't rember what the tableshow is this month . Any quires contact Rob , Polgara or myself . Hope to see you there

Our FNZAS treasuer only goes by the information that is recieved by clubs therefore it is really important that those details are correct . Your club treasuer is the person who will recive the FNZAS membership card long with recpit of caption of club members . Yes it doeshelp if you can make it to the meeting folowwing the arrival of FNZAS cards but sometimesthis is not possible therefore i would think that you will get your card along with the nextnewsletter . Anybody that jions a FNZAS club should get a membership card even if they can't make the meetings .

Ducan. The trip has been postponed untill next Saturday . You are most welcome to come along if you wish . Just let me know . Dave

There was a club in Tauranga a few years ago but is no longer . The closest is the Waikato club which a few members of the fishroom belong too . Don't Hestiate to send PM with any questions

Bruce Sounds like you and your team are doing a great job putting this weekend together. Still alot of intrest in the waikato . We have a club meeting on Sunday where we will get a better idea of numbers eg . Contacted kenadey park and ask them to send some info on accodation prices etc . Hope to have this by the club meeting to hand out to our members . Keep up the good work Dave

Next meeting of the Waikato Aquarium Soc is 13/06/04 at link house , Te Aroha st , Hamilton. Starts at 7pm doors open 6:30pm. We have Peter Mccleod as our guest speaker talking on line breeding guppies . This will be interesting as i am sure that some of the methods will apply to other fish aswell. Tableshow is livebearers so bring your guppies , swordtails , platys or mollies along . There are tanks provided for this . We also have a libary avaible for members to take books to read monthly. Most importanly this is where a group of waikato fishkeepers get together a share our ideas , experinces and genrally catch up. Everyone is welcome so hope to see you there. Feel free to PM myself ,Polgara or Rob with any questions