livingart

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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

a fish with an inflated ego

i culled the fish as they weren't the best quality

A 3 oz (85 g) portion of cooked mussel contains 20g of protein and only 147 calories. It is rich in iron, manganese, phosphorous, selenium, zinc and vitamins C and B12.

a breakdown of some things for feeding zoo animals Insect Protein (g) Fat (g) Carbo Calcium (mg) Iron (mg) Giant Water Beetle 19.8 8.3 2.1 43.5 13.6 Red Ant 13.9 3.5 2.9 47.8 5.7 Silk Worm Pupae 9.6 5.6 2.3 41.7 1.8 Dung Beetle 17.2 4.3 .2 30.9 7.7 Cricket 12.9 5.5 5.1 75.8 9.5 Grasshopper 20.6 6.1 3.9 35.2 5.0 Grasshopper 14.3 3.3 2.2 27.5 3.0 June Beetle 13.4 1.4 2.9 22.6 6.0 Caterpillar 28.2 N/A N/A N/A 35.5 Caterpillar 9.7 N/A N/A N/A 1.9 Beef (Leand) 27.4 N/A N/A N/A 3.5 Fish (Broiled Cod) 28.5 N/A N/A N/A 1.0

looks like a good day some nice tanks on show

if they are lucky they will get a pat on the back when milking

i have had the odd one go like this when kept with turtles i think one of the turtes may have had a go at it, scratched the mucus layer or deeper then the columnaris has grown on there the fine lines on the bottom of goldfish in picture look similar to claw marks on mine with same problem just an observation

yep Glen Innes and panama road was a good upbringing

probably the most insightful post of the day