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a forever home for some of these larger fish we keep should be at least 3,000 litres maybe, you need more than one of a kind to allow normal interaction within species to feed properly you would need to supply a lot of live food if we are releasing raised animals back to the wild we need to teach them to hunt proiperly so live food must be supplied, it does go against some peoples ethics though, but it is what is best for the animal. luckily we live in a country were peoples personal opinions are respected

a good word and rhymes with alive

thats the winter enclosure, will try to find the water dragon enclosure pic to post

i have kept a lot of animals and the best judge of how they feel is their health, an unhappy animal will go off its food or not generally thrive

beardie enclosure

basically that is what we all do, we can dress the box up to assuage our guilty feelings but it is still not nature. i think a bare tank may help to stop some territorial agression maybe all the fish thinks about is it can it eat it or mate with it or drive it out of my space. how intelligent are fish really? sadly a natural environment for many animals is no longer available or rapidly degenerating due to mans excesses.

just started a new thread in freshwater on the subject in question

"what do your fish really think about their environment?" does what the fishtank looks like really matter to the fish, or is it more important to our belief of what the fish wants? i have used bare tanks for breeding successfully, but i also love a aquascaped tank. thought i would post this here, if mods think it needs moving please do

maybe we should start a new thread on "what do fish really think about their environment?"

fish all look healthy and happy, you must be doing something right! you've had them for quite a while too

nice fish you are a tease lol

good spotting ryan

how old is fish? are there other males present?

is he getting bullied or another male taking over dominant role? nice fish when coloured

awesome pics, awesome tank, love the colour variation in the plants

we have a plaster centre here in tauranga, they sell polystyrene and resins for the outside of buildings. told them what i was trying to do and they put me onto some great products that were safe in the tank

congratulations, the buzz you get from setting a tank up and then watching the inhabitants does not diminish

Yes have seen some of our holding females feeding, thought they were taking in food for the young seemed to swirl it around inside their mouths

sorry, I don't know a Viv or Terry to take their pictures:D .

they come through with different markings on them, most not pretty the white stay mainly white though

have you met Gannet?

used to breed half beaks but kids came along and took up the fishroom (bedroom) space

speak for yourself repto i have trained a long haired guinea pig to sit on my head well actually shaved his stomach and use double sided tape to stop him sl;iding off the shiny surface

keen to help on a species or two do you have a template made up or previous submission to work off?

do you 'pet' it though?