Vinegar may help your situation https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140225101501.htm#:~:text=Summary%3A,international team of researchers reports.
What you are proposing will definitely work, they are the best escape artists and finding their way into filters off limit areas etc.
Having access to 3D printer will help with tight fits on structure and support ledges on the walls to avoid collapses.
Can probably get away without heating and minnows make good tank mates
Search in the reptile/amphibian forum for some previous builds
Yes social media is for instant gratification, every man and his dogs opinion and a few good answers lost in a parade of misinformation lol
We still have a lot of traffic on the site but not a lot of interaction sadly
These are for sale but I did this mainly to see if it would comply with Facebooks "no live animal sales" rule
They allow links to an outside link and the FNZAS is a legal entity
For sale Leopard Geckos Born January 2023,
A -Tremper Albino,
B - Tremper Albino,Bold Stripe
C - Tremper Albino, Jungle
D - Chocolate Albino.
E - Chocolate Albino.
Open to offers.
Giant vallisneria and straight vall have been banned
https://aquariumworld.nz/databases/1-plants/188-Vallisneria-australis
https://aquariumworld.nz/databases/1-plants/189-Vallisneria-gigantea
Twisted is okay though
https://aquariumworld.nz/databases/1-plants/190-Vallisneria-spiralis
Yes sadly many stories perpetuated through social media and if someone disagrees a witch hunt starts and people get burned at the stake.
It is like the school yard where they all rally to the call and harangue some poor unfortunate soul who just wanted a simple answer to a question
Saddens me too, it is one example of how the world has changed
I am worried for our grandchildren and wonder how many more generations humans will last
A little light reading LOL
Activities like pet shops, non-commercial domestic aquaponics, and ponds:
do not need a fish-farm licence
do not need to be registered as a fish farmer.
https://www.mpi.govt.nz/fishing-aquaculture/aquaculture-fish-and-shellfish-farming/setting-up-a-land-based-fish-farm/