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Cleaned out the enclosure of some of the reps coming up to one year old.

No one sells them can be found in bush areas under logs, pongas etc, usually in leaf litter etc requires a humid environment to sustain them

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nice set up

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https://www.lernz.co.nz/publications/books/invasive-fish-management-handbook This handbook is a joint initiative between Lake Ecosystem Restoration New Zealand (LERNZ) and the Department of Conservation (DOC). In 2005 the University of Waikato initiated a 10-year research programme on harmful algal blooms and pest fish (the Freshwater Restoration Outcome Based Investment or OBI, tagged LERNZ). The invasive fish work stream has, over the last decade, contributed significantly to current knowledge on invasive fish management in New Zealand, as described in this handbook. Contributions to a joint LERNZ / DOC workshop held in September 2014 helped form the basis of the material in this handbook.

Welcome back,it stays in the blood.

http://grabyourfork.blogspot.com/2010/08/logan-brown-wellington.html

Totally different looking animal, they may have a permit to keep native marine

Very nice

Yes sounds about right from the brief description

Rearing Hippocampus abdominalis. Tank set up. 30 Litre tank. Air pump Sponge filter The tanks must always have pristine water, I use natural salt water at 1.026 salinity and 20c Any leftover food is siphoned out each day and a water change done of 10 to 25%. I use sponge filters on a low flow to allow the fry to feed continuously with a light on 24 hours a day for the first few weeks. Picture of fry tank with separate compartments to keep numbers down of fry kept together,Brine shrimp hatching bottles overhead and the orange is plastic plants for fry to attach to. Fry are attracted to light and go to the water surface and then swallow air to fill up their swim bladder, which then seals up. the fry can congregate and form intertwined rafts at the surface and expand energy wrestling to get free of each other so i use floating plastic plants or netting for them to cling to instead. Pic of fry at 6 hrs post hatch, note the air pocket in swim bladder. Feeding Seahorse fry .It takes about 20 hrs for the fry to use up their yolk sac and this is when i start feeding out rotifers as brine shrimp Nauplii shells harden which means the fry’s digestive system can be impacted resulting in mortality. I heavily feed out rotifers or newly hatched brine shrimp to ensure all the fry can feed properly as starvation is easy in the first week. After the first week the fry are able to handle baby brine shrimp. After about 3 weeks i change the lighting to a 8 hr dark period and move into a 30 litre tank. Picture of fry at 7 days old, they have darkened up and swim bladder is now silver. Clean water and lots of appropriate live food are the key to success with these fish.

Well done.

Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific UniversityThey grow up so fast! - Our Yellow Tang juveniles were just moved to their new grow-out tank yesterday (Day 75) and seem to be very happy with their new home! The final count was 187 juveniles from this batch, and more are on the way!

A 1970 publication based on Bob McDowell's PhD thesis on New Zealand Galaxiads at Harvard! http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/pdf4/044899800025014.pdf

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has released the draft Facility Standard: Post Entry Quarantine for Plants for public consultation. The draft Facility Standard will replace the current version and is now available on the MPI website: Draft Facility Standard for Post Entry Quarantine for Plants <https://mpi.govt.nz/news-and-resources/consultations/draft-facility-standard-for-post-entry-quarantine-for-plants/> From 28 October 2015 to 27 November 2015 the Ministry for Primary Industries invites comment on proposed changes to the: Facility Standard: Post Entry Quarantine for Plants Supporting information can also be found on the above website, including the following: Risk Management Proposal: Revision of the Facility Standard: Post Entry Quarantine For Plants; Draft Guidance Document: Post Entry Quarantine for Plants; Example Operating Manual for a Hypothetical Level 2 Facility, Comments are also welcome on each of the above documents. We are aiming for the consultation period to remain open until 5 pm Friday 27 November 2015.

He has taken a while to reply to all mine, his dad and I have talked on facebook with a lot quicker response.

Try the NZ carnivorous plant society

Yep just copy and paste works, thanks

Because of the theme we have chosen i can't see a way of changing it srry

it is in old format so all will need correcting by users I turned sigs onto on as default instead of having to tick it, can turn back off if annoying

Do you have, view others signatures, turned on in your account settings?

sorry to hear but that is the problem.

In your profile