Barrie

is this the little black ones?

I have about 25 Visi-Therm heaters and not had a problem They come with a 5year garenttee from memory

to me Either the weight lifter that lifted for the memory of his wife, Valerie Vilai or Drysdale all joking aside, I do have a bit to do with athletes and can really feel for those 3 and what took them to the levels that were needed. Yes Drysdale didnt win but the guy had lost so much weight when he had no reserves and gave more than his all as Sarah Ulman did last time... Their guts is to me nothing short of inspiring and to be admired

would take a lot longer to chew through all my fat before getting to the vital organs... no doupt about it, I would have the best chance Look at it from a different way... all the rubbish within my temple would not be the slightest interest for the lion to eat and indeed, he may well not want to feast appon such discusting rubbish Yes on either count, I live

it truly is amazing the things that one can train a body to do... I have spent all my life thus far in training my temple to drink and eat more to such a state that my body is simply beyond belief

Covered? are they not covered at the moment? I use lunchon as well and indeed got my culture from Alan It works really well and I feed all my fish 2 or 3 times per week (thats 30 odd tanks as the others are fry tanks) Post a pohot or two so we can see and maybe help

totally useless question to be honest... not trying to give you a hard time of course... but to go to extremes, for a distance runner, the slight frame is the best human form and the heavey weight weight lifters need the bulk so they also have the best human form. I would like to see either both Phelps or Bolt do either. All this talk about who is the greater athlete is also rubbish as if say swimming was as hard on the body as marathons are, there is no way Phelps could have won 8 golds. In saying that, I do not want to be seen as taking anything away from either Phelps or Bolt. My favorite sports to WATCH are marathons and tri's as both show incredible endurance and mental strenght.

There are two theories to arguing with women. Neither one works. :roll: so true

better come and say hello again eh?

where in Auckland are you

none of my tanks are lit as they are for breeding. If you think about where they are from (Africa) and that they are often in a area that has over growth due to the rains arriving, They would be more comfortable with shelter of some sort. I (as does Erling) put Java Moss in with them and some will hide, some will not. Congrats on the hatching...

Now days its hard as newcastles desease has made all birds baned from being imported from Oz I have heard rumors of back door birds arriving again now which is very dangerous. I started importing racing pigeons legally to stop this years ago. At that stage, we could export from Oz, native parrots that had been bred in captivity provided they had life rings on them therefore proving that they had been bred in captivity. The problem I had was in getting breeders to belive that I was serious in wanting to import here to sell. I never got as far as to apply for an import permit here but I belive I could have work through that. One breeder over there couldnt stop laughing when I offered him $400 Oz for the cockys Cockys are breeding here in 3 locations that I am aware of and a guy I know, gets a few every year as young to sell on by climbing the trees at night wearing an coat made from coal sacks worn over a thick plastic rain coat and still he comes out with scars and bite marks

when I looked at importing Cockys and correllas from Oz they all had to have life rings on them... Life rings are placed on the leg at normall a week to 2 weeks old and cant be placed after that as the legs grow too big and wont go over the padding on the feet. I would guess that the same regulations would be in force here to export Its not too hard to set up a breeding coloney of cockys mind you

Cheers Thanks Im sure that it will be interesting and Zev will have a smile on her face for the artical

too cold here

I would guess that they would end up dieing in the shell so to speak. Best thing is to try it and write a bit on it in the Killi mag?... I would be keen on finding out

dont tell me your address enzoom

normally you can incubate for an extra week or 2 but for most common NZ specie, collect for a week then store for another 2 weeks... maybe 3 With some (Gardneri Blues and Scheeli) I can sometimes collect 50 to 100 eggs in a few days so do you really need more fry than that?

but where do you all get Daphnia at this time of the year Come on Mr Wok... let me know by PM

save money on feeding fish.... gesh!!! can it get cheaper? for all my tanks and fish, it costs me maybe $5 per week at most.... dont forget that I have 47 tanks Daphnia... if I could get it, I would have it with the fish almost 24/7 but its hard to get... Mr Wok mate... how about telling me where your stash is BTW My wifes doves cost $100 per month plus medicines and supliments

"there will be 4 or 5 adults in the house so say 8 showers a day " that to me makes a big difference.... how will a heater cope with 8 showers a day

we use gas bottles (the large ones) for water heating only... cost is $68 per month delivered . We go through a bottle every 2 months. Heating (and cooling) is via airconditioning and my monthly power bills range from 130 in summer to about 200 or just over (largest ever was $280) Beauty of gas is that the water never runs out provided you check the indicator every week. When we swapped to gas it was when I had all 3 daughters at home. Brenda (wife) would go out for a run and have a shower Lizzette would come home from school and have a shower (she was a grub and would get filthy in a locked room with nothing in it... all you mums know what I mean)Corin would come home from teachers trainingcollege and have a shower. I would come home from working all day stinking of BO and NEED a shower but there was no bluudy hot water so to change to gas bottles was an easy decision

I wish I could keep green water Great ready made food all the time Problem is that I put mountain minows in the tank an wham... all the green stuff gone and any eggs that they lay becomes live food

Thanks EJ

I hope that more than just those that attend the conferenceb write. To be honest, I love to see stories on what not to do... mistakes we all make