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livingart

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  1. no not the photo or clever manipulation in photoshop he is definitely yellow no i don't know who the parents are have a well marked male i put in with the rest this year
  2. had this guy come through this year with his normal sibling less pattern on shell
  3. i got brought up with fish tanks in the house, so ended up back at the beginning 50 years later
  4. sorry but you need a permit for any nz reptile
  5. did you pay in advance? it might be a long wait for a short snake
  6. how much did it cost to set up so far Gannet? if thats not a rude question
  7. it would cost me 1,780 dollars to do a complete ASW water change on the big tank that is at wholesale rate too costs about 40$ and 2 hours to do nsw
  8. sump under tank still got each unit on self contained cycle, sump unheated will try running for 1/2hr through marine tank above soon flow through sump will be between 2 to 3 times per hour, as per article davidb posted
  9. gannets tank setup he still hasn't got camera going
  10. 3cms off on a pencil with even pressure, watch your hands and wear gloves, good ones
  11. if you have a pair and they breed they can take over a 3 foot tank
  12. have also found 7 different types of weedfish as well, 2 not classified yet
  13. come and see me and i will show you luke
  14. thanks for that wasp thought crabs and snails may eat pods and shrimp or the grass
  15. around the seaweed beds and wharves, elusive and hide as soon as a big shape arrives, when you catch them at 5 to 10mm the ones with red spots on the belly are blue mao mao the others are sweep at about 20 mm the blue mao mao have a yellow belly had 3 at 20cm in the big tank a beautiful powder blue from above, sadly the black shag ate them so have to catch some more
  16. new type of tegel chicken there bulldogod locust drumsticks at kfc or spicy wings
  17. DAy 5 water test on sump no heater yet but its been sitting around 20c pH - 7.8 Ammonia - 0.25ppm Nitrate - 0.10ppm Nitrite - 0.50ppm Po4 - o.0 running a Via aqua 1300 pump at the moment will start heater tomorrow and see how all these coldwater critters take it loaded more Shrimp and other types of pods into it today trying to remove snails and crabs, is this a good idea or not
  18. dried killies as an aphrodisiac?
  19. ran a saltwater tank in a restaurant here for a few years, had trouble with the water temp so i ran the sump return line through one of the bar chillers, no problems
  20. welcome back to nz and the forum
  21. surinamensis look like freshwater snapper, my favourite geo too made a bit of money out of breeding them about 20 years ago they bred in a 4x2x2foot community tank every couple of months
  22. may be can you crush viagra tablets and add them to the water no i am not being serious 8)
  23. good idea on the adjustable feet, they could still be fitted to this stand when i weld stands any thing over 1 metre long i use the 50mm x 20mm ews on its side for the long runners it helps prevent the twisting that can happen, weld middle supports in afterwards
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