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bought a 12cm albino senegalus 12 months ago for 80 and 1 month ago paid 120 for a 32cm ornate, both on trade me, didnt know what they were worth but they are really interactive fish, The ornate hangs in midwater in the front of the tank, while "lurch: the senegal sculls all round the tank,

generally speaking like most animals the more handling and the younger when you start the more passive the animal. i have never had either of these species bite me

Well done, the end result shows the degree of care, the sad thing when keeping large numbers is that sometimes you lose part of that relaxing and enjoying the animals

that has been discussed already, her tortoise is her last pet that she is able to keep at retirement village. probably the oldest and most active one there lol

old (mature) people can become very set in their ways, and when you push too hard sometimes you can upset the apple cart. if something is meant to happen for you it will. if it dont fit, dont force it

LEAPING LOCUSTS !! thats a lot of hungry mouths to feed REPTOMAN

plenty of eggs, but i think either the male is infertile or my brothers incubation methods arent correct, we got ourselves a nice red male and yellow female off kim, female is gravid at the moment so will be interesting to have a go myself.

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 .