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livingart

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  1. kuhli loach in a tank of gravel
  2. 1m wide? would prefer the small blue spotted eagle ray
  3. yes that is OK don't be hard on yourself sam, a common thing done by people my fault for not noticing your request sooner :oops: now you have more knowledge for next time or you can pass that knowledge on when i was a youngster i thought i would give dad a hand to feed his fish so tipped a cup of milk in there :oops:
  4. Any fishermen/women in the Tauranga area? i am looking for small sharks up to 1 metre, stingrays, moray eels, legal sized fish for a large cold water marine tank can pick up from tauranga wharves if needed dogfish types are best as they don't need constant movement just fresh salt water live bait bins are good for transporting
  5. might just be a reference to the fact most others are listing a lot of species bred and they could only list one species the good thing about some species is you just need a male and female and fry can almost be guaranteed
  6. scrub cutting for the bushwhacking bogan
  7. think repto is refering to the fact a lot of people when rescuing birds give them milk and or weetbix they think of "baby" and of course human food is usually tthe first thing they think of the first thing i think of is what the parents would have been feeding it then feed appropriately as phoenix said chewing up worms for a thrush is a bit hard on the taste buds a zebie being primarily a seed eater will need some sort of grain, the health food shop is a good source of crushed grain, then mixed with water, allow to sit for awhile to let the grain swell food must be warm to go through the crop properly milk or sugars can lead to candida infections which can seriously hinder the crops activity google can be your friend in rescue cases
  8. that will work you will need to keep it in a shady spot to keep the temperature and algae down
  9. you have a good eye, it looks very natural
  10. cows milk is pretty hard to digest for most animals, goats milk is better but not for birds HTH
  11. may also be the stress of the move you will know when it settle down in a few days
  12. maybe limestone particles in the water and affecting their gill?
  13. birds don't milk cows therefore can have an intolerance to lactose parents won't sit on it once it has pin feathers weetbix is probably not the best as well finches are seed eaters, therefore original farex mixed with cold water till runny would be good google hand rearing zebra finch should bring up some recipes
  14. contact on the site i think for local lfs that sell it
  15. http://www.tlc-products.com/pages/10/index.htm
  16. needs to be a big uv unit to cope with the algae i stopped using the uv unit and the S.A.T did the trick
  17. have it setup to backwash but still have to dismantle every couple of months to clean properly there are a lot of turts in there though
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