Barrie

I met one in the murk of the Manukau one day when looking for crays. He swam about 1.5 meters right in front of me. If he was hungry and wanted to chew of a fat guy, he would of had me but he had far greater respect for his heath so I knew I was safe. Simple thing is that they really dont want to chew on humans when there are fish to eat so any attack is normally a mistke on their behalf

" The bill's architect, Green MP Sue Bradford, says around 60 percent of the population has either not voted, has spoiled the ballot or voted "yes"; which she believes adds up to a majority on her side." This was the quote I was refering to Note the 5% that I mentioned is not mentioned in this so Im sorry if I have missled anyone

I read a report this morning that quoted Sue Bradford as saying that as 60% of people had not voted and that 5% had made a mess of their voting papers (I may be out a bit on the percentages) if you add that to the 11% that the yes vote recieved, that gave her bill a huge vote of support Now that is a real worry!

Firstly I was only born the once 2nd I have never had a slave 3rd I have never had herion but was breast fed 4th I see no colour as supream 5th I have never persecuted any race let alone Jews 6th Child murders and beatings have increased since this law was passed 7th my children were smacked and I have a very close family that is also successful eldest = well respected teacher middle = dental nurse that is harrassed by others to come and work for them. She is offered all sorts of great money but chooses to work for a little less as her employer passes these savings on and is known as one the the best and cheapest third = about to leave school and become a speach theropist but is a coach, dancer and ice skater as well as a person that is sort after as a babysitter because she can control children extremely well. 8th = my children were never beaten but no law would have stopped me if I was to loose my temper and lay into them. So where is the real problem? The problem is that people have children without knowing what being a parent is. They think bad behaviour is cute or boys will be boys. They allow their children to but into discussions that dont concern them as the children seek attention. They allow children to get away with what ever they want to. End result is that the children knows they can get away with it and transfer this attitude to the general public Look at the disrespect that the " boy racers" have to the public. look at the disrespect that burgulars have to their victoms Simply put, some parents should never be allowed to have children untill they are aware of their responsibilities. This have been going on for many generations and what was once taught to grandchildren by grandparents has been lost as a lot of young simply will not respect those before them who have been there and done that.

before shinal went in, Kerry showed her a wetsuit with a bite mark in the shoulder she still didn't change her mind The " bite mark" may or may not have been made with a knife Her fear isn't with sharks, its with rays

If I dont know someone, I will charge $5 but if there is quite a lot, maybe $10 depending on the persons attitude Not a bad idea to charge by the meter though with a minimum charge Your off cuts cost us to dump for you as well at about $80 per bin full

depends on what you call expensive Keep in mind that who ever is cutting it needs to charge you as thats the way they put food on the table sounds like you have about 10 minutes work It would be all care taken but as glass is breakable, if it does break they cant or wont be responsible

Im on my laptop with wireless connection so its a bit slow early next week beware

Just got back for a dive with the sharks at the National Aquarium with my daughter Shinal A big thanks to both Kerry and Rob who looked after us as they always do Cant thank them enough Cheers guys

:oops: Gesh I owe you a beer Thanks :oops: Sam Any glass cutter can cut glass Im more than happy to help but Im in west auckland (well in Napier at this moment)

Just sent a couple down there yesterday (Wainuiomata)

and what specie Oeminx is 100% correct, They are trying to spawn

Cruelty that bird teasing the poor little putty cat Shame on you Phoenix!!!!

just as sick as me in typing that :oops:

yes I was pulling your leg :oops:

would it not be better simply to super glue a string from the tail to the head so that they swim in circles? Thant would solve the room problem?

LOL sorry no name changes are allowed... read the rules My nickname use to be Bulldog as I would not let go It honestly pays to stick to your guns untill proven wrong Tuesday 4th August saw my truck broken into and the Navman stloen. They broke the drivers window and reached in and away it went. I phoned the local police station to report it and was pushed from department to department with no-one at any stage taking my name address or phone number. I could clearly see marks that looked like finger prints on the dash and on the door. This was mantioned but the response was "you will have to bring it in here if you want it printed. We do the printing inbetween 12 and 1" I mentioned that I would have to clean the glass up so I could drive the Terrano which would distroy the prints. "well we dont send people out to do cars any more" I asked to speak to some one with more authority and was put through to a sarget who told me basicly that they were understaffed and under paid. My comment was that I have never earnt what they start off on so I suggested that he start a bussiness of his own to see hard the private sector is. End result was that I got no where so I wrote to the minister of police who got action for me. I'm never going to get my stuff back and I know this but to not take any details and to ignor finger prints was wrong as when this offender finally gets caught he would have had a string of crime and would have recieved a harder sentence but by not taking simple step like printing, he will be thought of as a first timer and have his hand slapped. BTW My daughters school does finger printing as a study at school and Im sure that if asked, they would love to do real life printing. May not stand up in court? but at least the prints would be on record. I love trying to help people but if they step on my toes with no reason and ignore what I am saying buy trying to rip people off they will find that "Bulldog McKoy" has lock jaw I have the same morals with my company and will never knowingly do a bad deal to anyone. The recession has not effected me at all

UPDATE I have laid a complaint with TM about the're lack of action. They have replied that the seller has assured them that its just a bad photo. I have pointed out that there is a difference more than the body colour and mentioned the lack of colour and stripes showing colour in all the lower fins. They still have decided not to do a thing about this. I have passed all my contact details to TM so that I may be able to help either TM or the seller but again, TM keeps its head in the sand and wont do a thing about it TM simply does not seem to care I have a copy of all my emails to them that I am happy to pass on to anyone that wants to see the lack of any interest Be very carefull when dealing with TM as proof simply dosnt matter to them so you must be well aware when buying that you will get no support from them

I would not risk it at all

I mix males that can be easily told apart

+10?

yes that site is accurate but maybe if I put a list of Fundulopanchax that we have here in NZ it may help Note that we dont have Gardneri Gardneri here Fund. gardneri albino Fund.gardneri aquarium (we call these gardneri Blues as well) Fund. nigeranuis gold Fund nigerianus jos plateau Fund nigerianus P82 Fund scheeli Fund. sjoestedti The first thing you should do is get Killis from a member of the club if you are planning on breeding them. Listen and write down the name for future reference. If you dont plan on breeding them, simply call them fred or jane, it simply wont matter but dont look at overseas sites and try to guess what you have from those photos. A heck of a lot of Killis look very similar and its easy to miss a marking that may be the difference between two seperate specie Im starting to confuse my self now and have deleted part of what I had written

The comparison in here was inbetween P82's and Blues The thread started with the miss nameing of P82's and Gardneri Aquarium strain If you look at the photos, you will see the difference. P82 has orange tips to the lower fins and has a deep blue body The Gardneri has a thin white line on the lower fins and is a very pale yellow/steel colour in the body The Gardnrei will not get much bigger than 55mm but the P82 will get 65mm Hope this explains. The confusion has come about as the thread has "elvolved"

the Blue is the Aquarium strain so your safe with that anyway P82 is the pure wild collected strain so that is the one that needs to be kept even more pure if that makes sense The Blues came about with a traffic accident around the desert rd and some fish became mixed (I think) so the killi people could not be sure of the purety and hence the lable Blue and Aquarium strain Im sure that the Killi specie controller will pick up on this and correct me if Im wrong

I cant tell the difference between the 2 even when side by side in twin tanks. Who did you get them from if you dont mind me asking as most of the better breeders would know their own fish. I have thought about getting rid of the Blues so there is no mix up but the way do things leaves no chance for a mixup anyway. Every tank is labled and blues are never in the same tank as P82. Females are never ever placed with any other female