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if it was a male it might be Patrick Guppy, the Man from Atlantis tv series a few too many years back

8) sorry did i msspell that. :oops: Field officers are mostly passionate about what they do, but further up the ladder the gums just flap. He who lives in a glass house shouldn't throw parties.

sadly Alan maybe some importers take advantage of that fact

that is a big guppy, some females do get very large overtime.

100% right on that David. if the smugglers set up proper quarantine facilities and pretested birds wouldnt have been a problem, more interested in selling the birds for a quick return at big dollars probably. stupid thing is if birds are imported and exported properly no problems, especially with dna testing etc. we could be breeding native birds, closed rung and certified, registered breeders. 1/3 progeny back to wild, 1/3 for breeding and 1/3 for export, all birds tested. the export birds would fill the overseas market and make it not worthwhile to smuggle, with some of profits going back to support conservation projects in nz, predator control, onshore islands etc. means the department of conversation would have funds to spend on conservation instead of spending it on supporting beauracracy Common sense is an endangered species

its a bit like breeding a white peacock i suppose, hard to do wouldnt it be a nice base for some of the other colour varieties though?

nice set up on the cube evil one are you going through the cubism period of your artistic expression?

pbfd was brought in on smuggled birds just a few years ago, so maybe there is a case for control. but then who inspects the migratory birds every year?

how about a 200 litre sump with a 6500lph pump ultimate flowrate for your tank set up

eggs cant be rotated after the first blood vessels start to form inside as this tears them and egg dies have had snakeneck eggs laid in water the previous night and rolled around in tank, taken out and not set in hatching medium until 48 hours later hatch

many lay people have no idea of the volume of their tank might need to include a "calculator"

i remember that shop, felt ripped off too

same some money and keep the fish in the bucket

Have in the past got a picture or background i liked and went into copy centre and got them to repeat it and laminate, need some one who can handle bigger images and laminating, also will cost more but they print photos onto vinyl for signs, billboards or promotional cars, will do up to 60cms wide by as long as you like, i have been paying $60 per square metre in the past shop around, yellow pages signwriters look on internet for image you like, will have to be a high resolution though maybe one of the forum teckies would know exact DP.....I dots per inch?

maybe we scared him off Closed 3:16 pm, Mon 9 Jul. This auction used auto-extend. This auction was withdrawn by the seller before the expiry date. Auction Number: 108139106 or did the tank get busted?

the axolotl burgers are nice

probably the cat, with the damaged top the cat was being a cat, we no longer keep a cat newts are excellent climbers on glass they use the dampness of their body to suck onto the glass even upside down for a short distance can travel a long way but dust and fluff are a killer

ask if the tank is made of elastic glass

hard clay would be hard to clean you either need a bigger back yard or a lizard loving lady

perspex dividers with holes drilled might be better for water movement or strips of glass as a frame with plastic insect screening glued on as a divider

need more water movement between the 2 sides maybe

sand and rock from landscape supplies, dont get what they call sharp sand can sieve sand for cleaning have galvanised chicken mesh down then weedmatting over that then substrate square mesh over tanalised frame

heat pads under sand and that unnatural astro turf, need to keep pads dry as possible have clearlite on back and roof and roll up clear plastic fronts mesh floor under sand in case they burrow, they dig well could try solar panel on roof and alkythene pipe under sand for heating as well go outside in oct back in about march or april, when they slow down eating lets you know when to move them you could do indoor / outdoor off conservatory or house or shed the back garden is your oyster, no disrespect to any shellfish on this forum intended

beardies blue tongues and water dragons summer bach at the beach haven't installed the deckchairs and cocktails with those funny little umbrellas yet

if the tank is 92cms and the pacu grow to 90cms how long before they get too big for the tank