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Finding the right choice of words is the fun part I'm not lysdexic.

From my personal experience, both are good to keep, water dragons need constant handling to make them tame whereas beardies are really laid back and take to handling well. if they escape from cage, beardies are easier to catch, water dragons are fast, real fast and excellent jumpers. Its cheaper to build a large beardie enclosure as the waters need a well filtered water area. (they defecate in the water) means adding a tank or pond and filter or pump to cage cost, also building materials need to be able to take higher humidity. The waters being slightly bigger require a bigger enclosure. Water dragons are tough and really resistant to bacterial infections. Also as youngsters they are less inclined to eating each other. The beardie makes a better pet but i prefer the water dragons. My wife prefers the beardies, more interactive and better to cuddle. these are only my personal views.

sorry caryl was the tone a bit strong,

our "man" is a misogynist and still remains faithfull to his "old boot" he has promised that as soon as a real natural "woman" comes along he will give his current gf the "boot". He says he is starting to get tired of his leather fetish as his "sole" isnt in it anymore and he doesn't think it will "last".

thanks david well done. are you still breeding the alb koi swords?

pics of water dragon and beardie or blue tonge setup

beardie enclosure

how do you post pics

yES SHES BIGGER THAN OUR MALE and probably the same age

setting up 2 large tanks, 1 for penguin and possibly sea turtle rehabilitation so will need to sustain fish population. And 2 is for the fact that ever since i was a young fishkeeper i always wanted a tank i could swim in. lol my own private rock pool

I realise that, but nothing ventured and nothing gained, found out about one in tauranga recently, owned by very old lady, brought it out from england when she was girl, have been promised it, but i have to wait for the white coats to take her away

A state in australia - no it is Natural Salt Water I learnt this on overseas websites

thanks lduncan we are a 10 minute drive from the sea but have had trouble finding a tanker who will transport for me, so will be plastic drums on the ute, just a lot of trips, cheers

Looking for an older Spur thigh female for our lonely male, hes 52 years young and is sick of mating with my old workboot we gave him for company. looking for an active non smoker, with good sense of humour, preferably under 150 years old. Sorry to be racist but for cultural reasons must be another spurthigh although other races will be considered for neighbours

Need 25,000 litres of NSW, will be keeping mainly fish, one tank is for penguin rehabilitation the other as a 15,000 litre local marine set up. After researching on overseas sites will probably set up with 1/3 NSW, 2/3 sea salt then keep on adding NSW on a monthly basis. A lot of the more volatile elements are "lost" through drying process and can replace them but i need large quantities. otherwise Iam buying one hell of a lot of fish and chips in the future

new waterdragon enclosure made with a ranchslider bought from trademe for 50 dollars http://www.livingartwildlifepark.co.nz/ ... izenc1.jpg has plastic pond in mdf floor and walls water is heated includes tropical fish if youve got the room go for it

THANKS TO ALL FOR THE WELCOME the job is just a case of what happens when the hobby becomes an obsession and then evolves into a way of life, sorry but thanks to beauracracy the igs are no longer on display. thanks to gannet for adding to the obsession cheers to all .

Hi Les, no hatchlings, my bro is handling incubation no luck yet, we disagree on methods. got a red male and yellow female so will have a go myself. sad times on greenies the powers that be make descisions based on erroneous facts, then go in heavy handed. good to see you have got your feeding sorted out for babies congratulations

well i thought it was big but i got given a 30,00 litre water tank so have cut it down to about 15,000 litres, always wanted a tank i could swim in. Originally built for penguin rehabilitation but will be keeping local marines to allow penguins to learn how to catch their dinner before return to wild. Koi swordies are doing well. Idont know about being famous but I am a legend in my own mind. lol

No not a trick question, have been given 275kgs of raw sea salt want to know if i can use for salt water tank, if not what do i need to add to bring up to sea water specs

they are all turtles but tortoise is used to refer to terrestrial turtle, just remember they have to have a taut-ass to keep the water out. LOL

hI Graeme we have 40+ red ears, 10 snakenecks and six reeves, we feed oxheart, fish and kitten cat biscuits (biskats) soaked in water for 10 mins to soften. to get turtles eating them use the red ones and feed in amongst some oxheart, seems to get them going, thanks for the tip on pillies have a local baitman who can supply, cheers mark

does any one know the chemicals that are lost from seawater when dehydrating into sea salt,

Hi all just joined, have kept fish for many years work at living art wildlife park in tauranga cheers mark