livingart

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so you are just relaying what someone told you?

you are the Toyota Subaru of vivariums

Awesome stuff guys, great to see you getting behind the society instead of standing outside it and poking sticks at it................ i suppose at least the society has given you a forum to allow you to poke that stick and discuss topics like this :facepalm:

your interpretation of that please? i know what mine is

i really fail to see any of your points,

not my kind of clown more this has been known to scare smal children

wd's seem to do that a lot i put my light and heat source together so they get the benefit of both

the octopus includes the pump

they usually sit on top of it for warmth

not too sure but dog diseases don't transfer to any native animals bats maybe an exception whereas it is unknown at this stage how many fish diseases will readily transfer to our native fish

i think it would be more than a few dollars

well that was a big read and a comprehensive application to compile a document like that you either have to have a lot of free time and passion or an interest in making lots of money from it to make it worthwhile doing

is there no GST on fish and related products?

compliance costs have risen in most businesses for various reasons import of live fish is a small part of everything bio security deals with import or export of any fish or animal anywhere in the world carries a risk of introduction of diseases to countries where the native wildlife has no natural defence to a new disease regulations are being tightened up all over the world as countries have learnt that introduced fish/animals have become major pests in environments that have evolved without them some cycads were imported into the country only a few years ago, it was then found 3 new diseases had come in with them regulations were changed to prevent this happening again which meant more cost which meant those management costs were passed on

i still use my berlin air skimmer on the seahorse tank, 20 odd years old i am trying to to skim too much for the filter feeders though always best to get a bigger skimmer than your tanks capacity allows for that upgrade in the future

yes i have used air driven skimmers and they are alright for a light bioload but don't match pump driven

i call my big fish edible :lol:

obfuscation of the facts

yes it was a shame to pull them apart found 7 large white tails in the framing, a giant centipede that was too quick to catch and a nest of partially formed WD eggs :roll:

do the kingi's look good in your tank?

cold water marines rule :nilly: good post suphew

knock, knock

a couple of the old one while you are waiting