[Goldfish with growth from gills]

Damaged gill tissue from poor water quality?

[My Geos]

Love the Geos but hate bumblebees lol

[Kllifish on the current allowable import list]

Killifish we can import. 

Aphyosemion australe	Lyretail panchax
Aphyosemion bitaeniatum
Aphyosemion bivittatum	Twostripe lyretail
Aphyosemion striatum
Aplocheilichthys normani	Norman's lampeye
Aplocheilus dayi	Ceylon Killifish
Aplocheilus lineatus	Striped panchax
Aplocheilus panchax panchax	Blue panchax
Epiplatys annulatus was Pseudepiplatys annulatus	Clown Killie
Fundulopanchax amieti	Amiet's lyretail
Fundulopanchax filamentosus	Plumed lyretail
Fundulopanchax gardneri gardneri	Blue lyretail
Fundulopanchax gardneri nigerianus
Fundulopanchax scheeli
Fundulopanchax sjostedti	Blue gularis
Fundulopanchax walkeri
Jordanella floridae	American Flagfish
Nothobranchius eggersi
Nothobranchius elongatus	Elongate nothobranch
Nothobranchius flammicomantis
Nothobranchius foerschi
Nothobranchius fuscotaeniatus
Nothobranchius guentheri	Redtail notho
Nothobranchius korthausae
Nothobranchius palmqvisti
Nothobranchius patrizii	Blue notho
Nothobranchius rachovii	Bluefin notho
Nothobranchius rubripinnis http://www.fishbase.org/summary/49571	Redtail Notho
Simpsonichthys constanciae
NOT KILLI’S
Pseudomugil furcatus	Forktail rainbowfish
Pseudomugil gertrudae	Spotted blue-eye
Pseudomugil signifer	Pacific blue-eye

 

 

 

 

[specie survey]

Welcome back Barrie. sorry to say there are not many left locally now but they are still on the allowed to be imported list

[New Tank]

A good starting package maybe something like this

http://www.trademe.co.nz/pets-animals/fish/fish-tanks-aquariums/auction-1340135262.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/pets-animals/fish/fish/marine-fish/auction-1339590735.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/pets-animals/fish/fish-tanks-aquariums/auction-1337644679.htm

[Starter Tank]

The bigger the better when doing salt water, you will need to upgrade  it later.

this is good reading 

 

 

[900 Litre Native]

What type of rock have you used?

[Scratch]

A scratch is okay just unsightly but can be covered with substrate

 

[Halimeda]

As Adrienne said it was around a few years back in a few tanks but haven't seen it since.

[Time to give the Newts a bigger home]

Test drive

 

[HELP! THEIR ARE THINGS INFESTING MY TANK]

http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/identification/animals/freshwater-invertebrates/guide/jointed-legs/insects-and-springtails/adult-beetles

[Praying Mantis - The Lucky One]

LOL, good song choice.

[Time to give the Newts a bigger home]

Painting begun

Fairly happy with it

Clear water based resin to seal any gaps or holes.

Now epoxy and wait for it to dry.

[Time to give the Newts a bigger home]

Covered with Cemix concrete, same can be achieved with cement and sand mixed with water to a slurry.

Once dried will paint with acrylic house paint.

[Time to give the Newts a bigger home]

Attempting to build a small waterfall for the tank.

area for it to cover.

Start to hack at a bit of polystyrene.

Somewhere to put the pump.

Pump little tiny one, tested it for head height and okay.

carved out to fit in place.

now to sand , paint and epoxy it.

[WTB Paratya curvirostris- Freshwater shrimp]

Sorry it is technically an offence to sell native crustaceans without a license but you can catch them in most local streams or try your local fish club

[A few pictures from the Singapore Aquarium]

Awesome thanks for the share

[Time to give the Newts a bigger home]

 

[Time to give the Newts a bigger home]

My adults spend most of their time on land, they are quite a few years old now though

[Time to give the Newts a bigger home]

Time to give the Newts a bigger home so  got one of those blue planet tanks, 70 litre

 cut a piece of acrylic 100mm high and 10mm longer than the tank, curved it then siliconed it into place, I then sanded it for grip and stuck some gravel on it.

Put a layer of grave then covered in potting mix to form the land part of the enclosure and hopefully keep some plants and moss growing.

Changed loose fitting glass lid for a piece of acrylic, mounted a light on it for viewing and drilled 4mm holes for ventilation., now to finish and put dem newts in it.

[WTB Torpedo Barbs]

They are still on the allowed list under Puntius denosonii which is now a synonym of

https://aquariumworld.nz/databases/17-Tropical FWFishallowedinNZdatabase/1192-Sahyadria-denisonii-

[Where the money's at in our hobby]

There is always a market for good coloured zooanthids, look on trademe for what sells quickly or for a good price.

Like any business it is about supply,demand, quality, availability and service, So buy quality stock to start with.

Java fern, anubias, crypts and swords always sell well

 

[Where the money's at in our hobby]

It all depends on species of plant or animal you are breeding, the easy ones soon flood a market so need to find ones that are harder but in demand

[Silver arowana and oscars?]

As above advice

My old tank

 

[How do I breed guppies?]

Gravid = carrying eggs or young; pregnant.