livingart

if you mean live rock for a marine tank then you wll need to keep it "live"

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updated pics of this tank from here http://www.reefkeepers.co.nz/forum/view ... &start=120 pics were too big to load on here

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the more attractive a fish the more it can be seen by a predator

someone has probably had enough of the way they go about their business

nice setup ar keep us up to date on progress

yes it has probably slowed down now

welcome yogurt, there is a section where you can introduce yourself i think tropical mantis shrimp can't be imported there are nz mantis shrimp, web research bring up different scientific names for them though (Lysiosquilla spinosa), (Squilla armata), (Heterosquilla tricarinata). a thread here on mantis shrimp viewtopic.php?f=5&t=36628&start=0

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about every 6 to 8 weeks IME if they are growing well

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The massive BTA, bubble tip anenome, i got off Chimera went for a wander under the rocks last week i had changed a halide bulb above the nem as it was getting old, put the move down to the change in light it stayed under the rock and momma maroon started hassling the clarkiis again for their nem about 3 days ago the Bta appeared out the other side of the rock as well, thought yeah its big enough to stretch that far Oceandose came down from auckland and confirmed my suspicions that it looked like it had split turned the rock abit this morning and found there is now 3 BTAs a sad day as i liked the big one

giardia

go into the hills young man the water has come a long way to get to you

touch wood haven't encountered that little beastie

got to love stream water

yes barrie i remember the big lumps of writhing tubifex in the fridge to feed the fish

mums are good matto buy her some flowers or cook dinner for her

can be a bit of trouble indoors as you need more than one laying box and blueys can dig in to the laying media or if you miss a laying another female can dig them up

don't think endemic is the right word but definitely introduced to new zealand in a few areas, then a 2nd lot introduced a few years later not recorded in the wild in the last 30 plus years saw them in johnny walkers pets in K rd auckland when i was a youngster then in aussie years later, they called them dumpy frogs because of their appearance

http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Live%20Food ... kworms.htm

you make a nice enclosure sneaky2

yep do the salt nice fish worth saving