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livingart got a reaction from sandysme in Touching base in Palmerston North
Hi Sandy, good to see you back with a tank again.
There is a facebook group called Fish are friends Manawatu I think.
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livingart got a reaction from Jim Sy in Congratulation HBAS
Well done to the Hawkes Bay Club for a very successful 2018 AGM, amazing effort by tem to organise this and it is much appreciated.
eldat the National Aquarium in Napier.
THANK YOU
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livingart got a reaction from jimee in Congratulation HBAS
Well done to the Hawkes Bay Club for a very successful 2018 AGM, amazing effort by tem to organise this and it is much appreciated.
eldat the National Aquarium in Napier.
THANK YOU
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livingart got a reaction from Fionasye in Congratulation HBAS
Well done to the Hawkes Bay Club for a very successful 2018 AGM, amazing effort by tem to organise this and it is much appreciated.
eldat the National Aquarium in Napier.
THANK YOU
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livingart got a reaction from DonnaM in Congratulation HBAS
Well done to the Hawkes Bay Club for a very successful 2018 AGM, amazing effort by tem to organise this and it is much appreciated.
eldat the National Aquarium in Napier.
THANK YOU
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livingart reacted to Fionasye in Capitations Template
Here is the template for clubs to use to fill out for the clubs capitations and they need to be in by the 10th July please, Thank you
Capitations-template.xlsx
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livingart reacted to Benjansss in Tank light flickering off and on
It’s 3 different bulbs they all starting acting up in succession
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livingart reacted to boban_nz in A few fish pictures
Skunk Botia - Yasuhikotakia morleti
Dwarf Chain Loach - Ambastaia sidthimunki
Redtail Botia - Yasuhikotakia modesta
Botia histrionica
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livingart got a reaction from boban_nz in Aquatic Expo 2018.
Aquatic Expo 2018.hosted by the Waikato Aquarium Society, 21st and 22nd April.
Video taken not long after opening at 9am Saturday morning.Video by Jim Sytema.
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livingart got a reaction from fmueller in Oxygen weed BANNED? the good and the bad.
For those buying or collecting Oxygen weed in N.Z. only one of the 3 species is not a banned plant.
Banned - https://aquariumworld.nz/databases/1-plants/103-Lagarosiphon-major
Banned - https://aquariumworld.nz/databases/1-plants/68-Egeria-densa
Good - https://aquariumworld.nz/databases/1-plants/77-Elodea-canadensis-(Anacharis)
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livingart got a reaction from Colour_genes in Aquatic Expo 2018.
Aquatic Expo 2018.hosted by the Waikato Aquarium Society, 21st and 22nd April.
Video taken not long after opening at 9am Saturday morning.Video by Jim Sytema.
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livingart got a reaction from Adrienne in Aquatic Expo 2018.
Aquatic Expo 2018.hosted by the Waikato Aquarium Society, 21st and 22nd April.
Video taken not long after opening at 9am Saturday morning.Video by Jim Sytema.
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livingart got a reaction from cooperelai in Sea Horses
They come in every now and again, ask Hollywood Fish Farm in Auckland.
Native ones need to be kept below 18 centigrade so need a chiller.
There is a care sheet pinned at top of saltwater section.
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livingart got a reaction from Caryl in Tank blow-out... heard a 'pop' the other night!
I have shared your post to the Auckland club page
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=auckland fishkeepers association
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livingart reacted to darcy in Tank blow-out... heard a 'pop' the other night!
Probably a good idea Caryl... Are there any enthusiasts out in Waitakere that you know of? What is the best way to go about re-homing the fish? I would think it needs to be someone fairly local. After that, I can sell the tank on TM along with all the bits...
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livingart reacted to Caryl in Tank blow-out... heard a 'pop' the other night!
For the moment, drop the water level to relieve the pressure. Your stocking level is low enough to take the smaller volume of water.
I was once told a tank should be re-siliconed every 10 years. My own tank is probably as old as yours and every time we have a quake I wait for the seals to give way
It sounds to me like this might be a good time to pass the fish on to someone else and please your wife. She has put up with it for 20 years so now it is time to move it on. You could give the tank and all its bits to someone able to replace the brace.
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livingart reacted to Zimbaliza in Emperor Tetra Bloat? or just fat?
little guy lost the battle this morning, managed to move him into a smaller tank with some metafix....
:-/
Guess Fishie Fight club is going to start up again, to find the next dominant male... (have 45+ emperors in the tank)
-Chris
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livingart reacted to Tiger Tony in Tiger tank
I purchased a complete aquarium set, useing low iron white glass on the front and sides, allowing viewing of plants and fish in 100% natural colour.
Matching cabinet, arrived with unexpected grey & black striped doors.
T5 Lighting – 4 x 54w & one strip LED night light
Nautilus 1400 Canister Filter
200w Glass Heater x 2, temp set at 25 degrees
Aquarium: 150 x 60 x 65cm
398L
Aquarium has been set up since December 2017.
Substrate: bagged Glengobal pond mix, mixed with a cup of ironic iron sand & a handful of slow release native fern mix prills.
Terraced and sloped toward the rear using new plastic unprinted corrugated signage board, then capped with at least 3cm of fine aqua one natural grit (just shy of 20kg)
Planted heavily, here is my best guess (as they were sold under fanciful names)
-Hygrophila Polysperma Corycombosa, -H.P Difformis, -H.P Sunset, -H.Polysperma (Blue or narrow leaf).
Unidentified plant maybe Rotala Walliichii (red pine)?, Tropical Lilae St, Louis Gold, Elocharis Acicularis (needle rush), Echinodorus Melon sword?, E.Tenellus, E. Unknown little thing ;-).
And plants just hanging in there: Didiplus Sandra (star grass), Bacopa Monnieri (dwarf Baby tears), Cryptocoryne Wendtii and 2 lilaeopsis, Brasilinesis & Nova Zealandae (if there was a difference its lost now).
Of course I also spent a wad of money on non aquatic plants I watched some rot, then tried to i.d the rest and hawked them out if they were unidentifiable.
Month one, I added 7 Otocinclus, that is all they had at the pet store, 1 was dropped from the 2nd story tank on to the tiled floor, that poor sod died after 2 weeks. The others are still with me I believe hard to find them all in one count, I have 3 different subspecies marked by different size, spots and dorsal fin size, also 1 ventures out more by day the others under the night light.
Month two: I added 10 tiger barbs from a different pet shop 3 hour round trip and it was an unreal, untidy smelly mess. I took home 10 Tiger Barbs (tetrazona) and when added they where exhibiting signs of early ICH so I raised the temp high & fed frozen brine shrimp, bloodworms & mosquito larvae (which I bred) 3 weeks later (approx) I added another 20 making 30, they spent a week in a plastic tub set up as a quarantine tank (I know thats not long enough).
Questions for any readers:
1/ I have read that ottos can not be with Tiger Barbs, it has only been a short time but the tigers exhibit no interest in anything but food, dominance behaviours & perhaps some mating rituals? Will I loose my ottos or have I got enough water & distraction to keep them otherwise occupied?
2/ People have commented on the lack of fish stocking, I was happy to leave it low but now am considering if I should either get 6 equally sized barbs sachsii or padamya or 6 Botia Striata, I have 3 excellent hide holes built in at construction time (bet they are full of snails) I do have snails, but not disproportionate to expectations.
3/ I purchased a cellulose capsule making machine and have been making my own root tabs, which I push under using pinsett/long tweezers these are working well. I have apart from the initial fill been using R.O.R.I water and have only now just started adding in a mix of some aged & dechlorinated tap stuff (I wouldn’t drink the Levin goop) and now I have some black algae appearing on the foreground lilaeopsis. I am not going to co2 and even excel carbon, which I have used in tiny amounts which will be too expensive. Any ideas? Or should I just wait & watch.
4/ I have 4 species of Hygrophila Polysperma -I am wondering about the possibility of this family of plant releasing anti-competition chemicals or is it simply a matter of these being hardier and the other plants perhaps not so much?
Thats it, only low res photos loaded, but enough for you to get the picture (pun intended) please feel free to comment. Thanks Tony
2 month tank
If only the tiger stayed this still
Tiger lily
Tigers in the grass
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate
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livingart reacted to Adrienne in What are my German Blue rams??
Two clear side on photos with the top fin raised would help. Males generally have the second ray quite a bit longer than the first.
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livingart got a reaction from Silverdollarboy2 in Frogfish in New Zealand
Got a call at 8.45pm tonight from a young guy Kees Tucker that hehad caught a strange fish so he sent me a pic of it.
I quickly raced dwn to the marina and picked up what appears to be Histrio histrio or Sargassum Weedfish.
Now in te seahorsetank tilli can sort anoter tank out.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/190183/0
Before he went in the tank
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livingart got a reaction from Caryl in Frogfish in New Zealand
Got a call at 8.45pm tonight from a young guy Kees Tucker that hehad caught a strange fish so he sent me a pic of it.
I quickly raced dwn to the marina and picked up what appears to be Histrio histrio or Sargassum Weedfish.
Now in te seahorsetank tilli can sort anoter tank out.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/190183/0
Before he went in the tank
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livingart got a reaction from lizardlover in Frogfish in New Zealand
Got a call at 8.45pm tonight from a young guy Kees Tucker that hehad caught a strange fish so he sent me a pic of it.
I quickly raced dwn to the marina and picked up what appears to be Histrio histrio or Sargassum Weedfish.
Now in te seahorsetank tilli can sort anoter tank out.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/190183/0
Before he went in the tank
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livingart reacted to alanmin4304 in Frogfish in New Zealand
That would be some distance from home I would suspect.