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awesome, looks like a tunnel web maybe or trapdoor

try laying him on his back as well, can take a bit of time to get used to it this will help wih doing nails i use an emery board and just rub the sharp point off you can make a game of it some will do it easily, some not

yes they are found in the wild, a quick internet search will bring it up

that is always a possibility a greater possibility is migratory bird species bringinj in disease or something arriving in 1 of the 1,000's of unchecked containers oh don't forget the unquarantined humans possible carriers of zoomotic diseases

I don't use restraint when clipping our pet birds wings part of normal handling is pulling their wing out so they are used to it when it comes time for a wing clipping

+1 Nav and the list can go on chicken fed on miro berries tastes almost the same

if you start looking for a 6 footer now and are prepared to wait the odd bargain comes up every now and again i know it is hard as you want to get fish now but having the bigger tank may allow your fish to grow a bit fasster also with a bigger tank you can have more small stuff you can grow on and swap later for other interesting fish by waiting i picked up an 8 footer for 400

did you post tank dimensions and filtration? will help with what you can run in it

i lost one of my containers to run off from tanalised timber this year

apparently you didn't think this through you are basically buying a ferrari but wanting to run it on CNG or diesel if these are young leps then what they are raised on while they are developing will determine the quality of the breeding animal you have later on and also the quality of the progeny you sell you may need to bite the bullet and either pay for feeders or make the time to breed your own

genetically recorded so you know where they go back too close ring and registered so record is straight

kea, kaka, kakariki thsat i have seen for sale on the web i think it will be surprising what is in overseas collections http://www.answersingenesis.org/creatio ... uatara.asp

they are available already

not just a food source if our birds werre bred in captivity, close ringed, DNAed then sold overseas revenue could be brought back in to sopport release to the wild and predator trapping % for release to wild % of money to registered breeders % to support conservation work making our birds and reps available overseas will help cut down the smuggling trade

they are still operating once the first batch reach saleable size then each year it rolls on

+1 to temperate

tried to suggest this a few years back and got shot down in flames if done poperly it will work needs to be tightly controlled or stock will be taken from the wild for a black market trade anything where humans are involved is open to exploitation

yes 20 plus years ago made my own, nothing available at the time good for getting those interesting blennies out of the crevices in the rocks also used an inner tube with a fine net tied inside it to tow behind me saved going back to unload a catch plastic bags punched full of fine holes and a hoop in the open end propped between rocks then pulverising a kina etc inside it worked well to catch things as well

sadly i have seen bristlenoses and other tropicals thrown in ponds outside because people were told they were cold water they didn't make it through winter

i can see both sides of the fence i am sitting on and can understand where both are coming from P44 is only trying to correct a misconception conjured in any novice reading your post and assuming there is a variety of coldwater BN in the same token you have explained your situation before and could possibly construe it as being an attack maybe the use of the 2 words together is what caused the reaction and could be changed your tanks are not truly coldwater being inside, neither are they tropical either, more of a temperate tank sometimes it is good to sit back and look at what we are posting from someone elses point of view before we hit the submit button or make it a PM instead

not that bad if you keep them well fed:wink: have never had one bite me have you found live mysid ? i think you need to build a suck gun

find the leather jackets in the same zpne well camouflaged and can change their patterning sit in amongst the weed or curled round objects on the bottom easy to keep

nice one

low tide, same method, very shallow water stomach touching the bottom and back almost out of the water 2 nets one big one small go slowly and watch around the base of rocks or weed no big fish in very shallow water to eat little fish, its their safe zone red and painted moki are found there only introduce them to tank all at once don't try to add one to an existing group they will kill it