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The squid we kept were out of local harbour about 10 -25 cm avoided"butt burn" by having floating polystyrene or wood raft, they used as shelter, took longer to "tame" than octopus but put that down to living in open water - flight reflex - they go fast and straight when scared, kept tank darker for a few days in time they hand fed easily, all were started on live food young sprats and sweep, also shrimp ammonia levels seemed to be critical to there survival, even slight spikes put them off colour cant wait for summer so we can try some in the big pool

The longest i have maintained a squid for was just under 6 months high flow rate, chiller and lots of oxygenation in the water, good filtration. seem to only like very clean water, did partial water changes every week. before this i had kept squid for varying lengths of time. They eat all your fish as well. beautiful to watch with the lights out, look like an exploding galaxy. the red was a warning or angry colour

The FISH is certainly with you fihyT

I am currently using a 2nd hand water cooler and running the water from sump through it, working for 10 months now, took a while to cool it properly about 2 days but maintained an even temp ever since. cost me $40 keep rock pool stuff, triplefins, crested blenny, parore, spotty, seahorses. and a young leather jacket.

Hi hope this helps this from a 2006 department of conversation pdf The rainbow skink is an introduced species that is now well established in parts of the North Island. It may pose a threat to native skinks through competition. At present it is not listed on any schedule making it absolutely protected. Adding this species to Schedule 5 would make removal of rainbow skinks from undesired locations easier and allow regional councils to specify the rainbow skink as a pest in regional pest management strategies. It would also make it legal to gather this species from the wild (currently illegal). What are your views? - Being smaller and an egg layer would probably be a food source, this from this doc pdf http://www.reptiles.org.nz/Permitsandanimals.pdf Lampropholis Skink delicata Australian Rainbow - permit category A

watch the fingers when grating go hard or don't bother at all!! go hard or get out of my way!!!

yo rogan we cut ours up before freezing remove all the fat and tough stuff cut into meal size cubes then freeflo in the freezer take out cube partially defrost then dice up with knife bor thin strips (looks like worms) or cut off fat etc. then freeze then grate as you said for smaller fishes the turtles go through 1 oxheart per day and 1 cup of soaked cat biscats Teenage mutant oxheart munchers

have had the odd one handed in from the wild, nearly all have been underweight, we have never had an egg hatch in the ground yet after 18 years of keeping them outside, ground temp is not warm enough for long enough. so i also think it would be highly unlikely that they could "establish" in this country. google turtle traps - the indians used to trap them for food.

Is the new list a closed one ? I have helped in a small way with an ERMA application to have palms brought into the country. the process requires someone dedicated, who likes research and has some hours and money to waste. what makes it easier is if you can prove the animal has been recorded here before. an environmental impact report needs to be done, will it survive in the wild, what will it eat etc. so we have to be happy with what they allow us to keep. cheers mark

well said david Hi peter you write english very well, are you swedish or have you moved there from another country ? back to topic there are different grades of licence in new zealand for keeping native species after a long period of time and good breeding and record keeping you can climb the ladder. all native reptiles require a permit to keep, this was brought in as our native skinks were being sold in the pet trade, animals from the south island were being sold in auckland. Some from localised areas that were discovered to be seperate sub species. Many of our species are localised in very small areas and very small numbers, some so in short supply 1 rat in the wrong place could wipe them out. skinks brought in nth island shops were being let go by lazy owners possibly mixing genetics who knows. I agree that it should be easier to get your permit to keep native animals as in the right hands species have been saved by the hobbyist before - Princess of wales parakeets in aussie for one. I also believe that laws have to be in place to protect the animals and their genetic diversity from exploitation by anyone who doesnt have the animals welfare at heart. we also need to make more captive breeding programs to ensure some species survival, passionate hobbyists are one way the government could save spending their valuable taxes on their non funding of conservation groundwork. like davids post a percentage could be sold by breeder and a percentage into wild release programs, all could be dna tested as a control measure to ensure honesty. some could even be sold overseas with the money coming back to new zealand conservation projects to be put into predator control programs or other species conservation projects. i for one would be happy to follow regulations to keep and breed our natives to help ensure they are still around for future generations enjoyment, your average kiwi doesnt realise the fauna on his doorstep present forum excepted what is swedish for BIG BROTHER Cheers mark

Hi Iwould suggest a minimum of 3 foot long and as wide as possible for a saltwater tank, others on this forum are more knowledgable though cheers mark

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one of the lionheads is lucky to be 2cms but he darts from rock to rack and swipes some grub at feeding time. Some fish feel more comfortable in a busy tank, i think they hope to be unnoticed in the subway traffic

It usually takes two to tango, but there are recently recorded cases of reptiles laying fertile eggs without a male present. So you never know.

exactly the same senario here, though only twice out of 40 plus rescues, good advice reptoman

My post did read a rescued turtle - Turtles kept in a too small an environment develop very misshapen shells that may never recover properly We now have 51 "RESCUED" red ears housed out side all year round, our turtles lay over well over 300 eggs each year but we only hatch approx 60 so we can assure that the red ears we breed all get a good home. No sales through pet shops and all new owners vetted to ensure the young find a home wher the owners understand the requirements of keeping a turtle. Our largest female is called Truck, she was run over by a truck on the main highway near TePuke. this split her shell with an oval piece 40mm across displaced, we fibreglassed her shell with the segment in place. 8 years later she is one of our bigger layers with the damage now hard to see. We currently have a rescue penguin munching the fish in our 2.1 metre local marine tank

I have a rescued 23 year old female red ear, with a 12cm long shell x 12cm wide, was kept in a small tank its whole life, is that the smallest. Will probably be the lumpiest

Took them a while to realise what was going on, she only did it of a night, climbed into tank next door ate a crayfish then went back to its own tank. ha ha

Had many occiies over the years the first 1 for almost 2 years, started off the size of the old 50c piece, ended up being able to touch each end of a six foot tank. It went to an aquarium in Kuirau park Rotorua , where she used to steal the crayfish from the tank next door. She would tap rocks together when she wanted feeding, mimiced me tapping on the front glass. If they start to stress we put them back in the tide, cheers

Ganet caught an octopus the other day, so now the Parore has a new tank mate. he is probably 30cm from tentacle tip to tentacle tip. He has settled in and created a cave under the sandstone slab in the middle of the tank

A few years ago we emptied all the water and the livestock from a well planted 4 foot tank, we left the gravel bed in it and carried it into the back garden and under some trees, It was the middle of winter and 3 weeks later and 4 good frosts i gave it to a friend. when he came to pick it up we rolled it over to empty out the water and leaves that had collected in it, then put it in his van. the usual fish talk ensued and while we stood there nattering we noticed some movement in the leaves out of the tank, when we went through them we found 2 very much alive Horse Faced Loaches about 6 inches long, they had been put in the tank about 18 months earlier and forgotten about as they spent long periods out of sight. Both fish survived their icy stay and were eventually passed on to another fish keeper

10% discount if you want to view, dennis and anyone else local Out of town FNZAS members 50% discount, introduce yourself please cheers mark

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Good use for a convict, repto seriously they are tough and fast enough

Our turtles all really love having tank fish mates, the best place for Gambusia is inside a turtle. seriously though, fast fish with plenty of room or solid hiding spots seem to last longer, plecostomus of a size similar or bigger than the turtles. The Reeves seem to leave fish alone or maybe they're slowweerr. like all animals some turtles are better hunters.