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How do you know they don't use tap water or care about the fish?

If they cared about the fish they wouldn't promulgate bad practise in fish keeping. PS. sorry to shoot your heroes down but they make themselves an easy target.

They make some nice tanks on Tanked

You can learn a lot of something on Tanked

There are over 60 species of Hermit crabs known in New Zealand. Hermit crabs have a very soft, vulnerable abdomen so inhabit empty shells of marine snails for protection. As the hermit crab grows, it needs to find larger shells in which to live. NZ Hermit Crab (Pagurus novizelandiae) The NZ hermit crab has blue nippers with rows of bumps on them its antennae re smooth. Plankton hermit crab (Paguristes setosus) Similar to Pagurus novizelandiae but main distinguishing feature is the fine long hairs on its antennae, it uses these to catch plankton in the water. Halicarcinus whitei Easy to keep Does not create permanent barrows is nomadic and probably feeds on polychaetes I have seen mine eating mussel that i have dropped in to the tank. Must be a hardy species as has survived the cycling of my tank and having a Olive rock fish for a temporary flat mate. Can be found under stones or Buried in the substrate all over the intertidal zone Glass shrimp (Palaemon affinis) The Glass shrimp grows to 3cm it has a clear body and its internal organs are visible. It can swim forward and backward using its pleopods or rapidly with a flip of its tail, the Females hold their eggs under the tail between its pleopods . This shrimp is commonly found in habours and rockpools and is easy to keep. They will eat almost anything that you feed them and dont need to be fed to often eating dead animal and plant matter also seen them eating Brine shrimp and probably pods. Palaemon affinis has a wide range of salinity tolerance and regulates the osmotic concentrations of its body fluid. Reproduction: The male deposits spermatophores on the sternum of the female, Eggs then issue from the females genital openings.The eggs pass over the spermatophores and most are fertilised. eggs are attached to special setae on the four anterior pairs of pleopods (on the female). Unfertilised eggs fall off after a few days and the fertilised eggs remain until the planktonic stage hatches.. Camouflage crab ( Notomithrax peroni) The camouflage crabs get their name for their habit of nipping bits from seaweeds and gluing these onto their hairs. They eat almost any food and can damage anenomes by using their claws to pull food out of them. The Peroni has bigger nippers than ursus and is larger overall. One i had was about 12cm along the carapace. Hairy Decorator crab (Notomithrax ursus) Similar to decorator crab but smaller with smaller nippers and the carapace is covered in stiff hairs

Some of the critters that will help keep your tank clean, just remember that they need food to survive so a newly set up tank may not be the best place for them. Brown Creeper Zeacumantus subcarinatus Diet: Coraline and filementous algae Brown Bubble Snail Bulla quoyii Diet: Ulva, Sea lettuce,diatomaceous film and filementous algae Turret Shell Maoriculpus rosea Diet: Deposit feeder, filters sediment. White Bubble Shell Haminoea zelandiae colour variable Diet: Ulva, Sea lettuce,diatomaceous film and filamentous green algae Ducksbill limpet Scutus breviculus Diet: Ulva, Sea lettuce,detritus feeder Black Spotted Topshell Diloma melagraphia atheops Diet: Grazes on algal film and sediment deposits detritus feeder Cats eye Snail Turbo smaragdus Diet: Foliaceous algae and machrophytes Cooks Turban Cookia sulcata Diet: Foliaceous algae and Ecklonia radiata Glass Shrimp Palaemon affinis Diet: Almost anything, good for cleaning uo uneaten food. Brittle Starfish Diet: sediment deposits detritus feeder

Banded Coral Shrimp Stenopus hispidus , Difficulty: Medium Description: The Banded Coral Shrimp has striking colouration with the body and tail banded in red and white and covered in small spines, they can grow up to 60mm in body size with the antennae and periopods extending further. Habitat: They are found on rocky reefs off the northern coast of New Zealand in the intertidal zone to a depth of 15 metres. Temperament: Peaceful, they are a cleaner shrimp and remove parasites, fungi and damaged tissue from the fish. Minimum Tank Size: 100 litres, more as it matures. Tank Age / Maturity: At least 6 months Diet: Readily accept all frozen Pods, mysid, raw mussel, prawn and meaty foods. Special Requirements: N/A

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Common names get stuck on a few different frogs the binomial name ensures we are talking the same species.

The only legal whistling tree frog in nz is ewingii

It is Litoria ewingii which have orange thighs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma

With that minimum from overseas of 100 I have asked for 4 samples, paid for them then they have shipped them :smln:

that wouldn't happen in the far far north :gigl:

I thought you couldn't start your joint enrolment as you knew you couldn't have one with unidentified plants.

Is a joint enrolment a home school thing? It is hard to understand your postssometimes

:bggrn: same care as this viewtopic.php?f=5&t=45424

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http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co. ... /Book.aspx

You could sort through NIWAs database, or buy some expensive books :sage:

there is no complete list as some haven't been identified yet

http://www.fnzas.org.nz/?page_id=2379

Seaweeds are an important part of natural temperate marine habitats and provide a home for a diverse range of invertebrates as well as add movement to your display. Sub tidal red algae are the easiest to establish in a closed system, with many attractive species available that will survive in an aquarium. The slow-growing encrusting coralline red algae are particularly attractive and suitable for aquarium life. Encrusting corallines form the beautiful pink patches coating rocks and will survive quite well under aquarium conditions try to avoid exposing them to air when collecting. Other species of algae may be tried and often do quite well, but should be removed when undergoing rapid loss of color or deterioration. Temperate seaweeds that do well in the aquarium are generally subtidal species adapted to relatively low light levels. Most of these belong to the red algae group and make very attractive display additions.Green seaweeds need stronger lighting as they use a green pigment to trap solar energy through photosynthesis, I have found a simple light system consisting of T5 fluorescent tubes (one actinic blue and one cool white at around 10000 kelvin are a good combination) run on a 12-hour cycle should be adequate for a standard tank. Metal halide lamps are good but can damage seaweeds collected from deeper levels than a rock pool as well as add extra heat to your system. All seaweeds should be collected with the holdfast intact so collecting plants on small rocks in best. This attachment structure can be wedged into crevices or even glued with cyanoacrylic adhesives (super glue gel) onto the smooth surfaces of rocks (both surfaces must be dried before applying glue). In an aquarium with insufficient water motion, seaweeds may become smothered by detritus so a good varied flow in the water column is essential to keep them in their best condition. After all remember they are used to a more rigorous environment than can be provided in the average aquarium and will cause problems if they begin decaying. A few of the Sea weeds that do well in an enclosed system. Coralline algae Coralline algae are hard and come in encrusting and upright branching varieties, extra calcium can be added to the aquarium to enhance growth, when collecting rocks try to avoid exposing them to air for too long a period as they can die off. Velvet Weed (Codium fragile) Feels like velvet. it can at times be found above low tide usually found in sheltered harbours. Grows from a holdfast. Green Grapeweed (Caulerpa geminata) is sometimes found in healthy rock pools or growing sub tidally. Its roots form a growing network so can be lifted off the rock it is on in a mat, this can be bound with cotton on rock work. Strap Weed, Carpophyllum maschalocarpum Needs good varied flow , but slow grower. Sea Rimu (Caulerpa brownii) This derives its name from the resemblance to the New Zealand rimu tree. Found sub tidally in medium shelter, East Coast North Island. This plant grows from runners, use Super Glue Gel or cotton to re attach. green seaweeds Green seaweeds use a green pigment for trapping solar energy in photosynthesis. But some red seaweeds can look greenish too. Green seaweeds prefer shallow water, but some manage to live at considerable depths, to 30m.