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  1. Kapi Mana Fish Club meeting - Wednesday 29th July 2009

    in FNZAS & Afflilated Clubs

    Posted

    Kapi Mana Fish Club - Wednesday 29th July 2009

    Venue is: Doris Mills Lounge, Linden Community Centre, Linden Avenue, Linden

    EARLY START 7.30PM

    AUCTION: Fish and Plants will be auctioned first - other items afterwards if time permits

    auction rules:

    1. Please supply a list with your name, each item listed and reserve price if any.

    2. Please have Fish & Plants bagged in lots or singly if sold singly.

    3. 10% commission on sold items goes to KMAC.

    4. Unsold items must be taken away.

  2. Kapi Mana Fish Club June meeting - Wed 24th

    in FNZAS & Afflilated Clubs

    Posted

    Kapi Mana Fish Club - Wednesday 24th June 2009 seating from 7.45pm, and starting 8pm.

    Venue is: Doris Mills Lounge, Linden Community Centre, Linden Avenue, Linden

    Topics: June

    FNZAS Conference Update - less than 10 mins

    Discuss any Fish items raised by members

    :bounce: FUN :bounce: - a mix of items, quiz, loolies, etc

    :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

    Hope to see you there ....

  3. Kapi Mana Fish Club - AGM - Wednesday 30 April 08

    in FNZAS & Afflilated Clubs

    Posted

    Kapi Mana Fish Club :D - AGM Wednesday 30 April 08, seating from 7.45pm, and starting 8pm.

    Venue is: Doris Mills Lounge, Linden Community Centre, Linden Avenue, Linden

    :D

    Topics: AGM and election of executive officers , Conference, Livebearers show (to be or not to be), & a Tank building/repair workshop.

    :D

    Subs are due for 2008 - 2009 - so don't forget your wallets, cheque books, cash. Family/Adult $20, Junior / Senior citizen $10.

    :D:D:D

  7. National Fish Shows

    in FNZAS & Afflilated Clubs

    Posted

    More photos from the Hamilton National Show can be viewed at:

    http://gallery.guppies.co.nz/thumbnails.php?album=39

    Sorry that a couple are a bit fuzzy. Camera doesn't do macro as well as I would like.

    A BIG THANK YOU to Hutt Pet's :hail::hail::hail: (Lower Hutt, Wellington) for the loan of a replacement air pump for the show at very short notice, All of the Judges & aides :hail::hail::hail: , all of the exhibitors :hail: :hail: :hail: and all of the people who put on displays :hail::hail::hail: , and MOST OF ALL the Waikato Aquarium Society :hail::hail::hail: for putting on the show. You all did a GREAT job and It was a GREAT event. :hail::hail::hail:

  8. Brown Bullhead Catfish - Code of Practice

    in Freshwater

    Posted

    Bumped into this on the MAF website today and thought it might impact some members ??? Especially those who go fishing in waters containing Bull head catfish. :bounce: :bounce:

    http://www.fish.govt.nz/en-nz/Consultat ... efault.htm

    MFish invites comments on a proposed Catfish Code of Practice that will

    support the regulatory measures recently introduced.

    The amateur fishing regulations were amended so that non-commercial fishers are now required to kill all catfish immediately on capture and only dead catfish may be possessed. The commercial fishing regulations were also amended so that commercial fishers are now only allowed to possess live catfish up until the time that they sell their catch to a licensed fish

    receiver.

    MFish has drafted a Code of Practice to help avoid catfish (of all

    life-stages) from being unintentionally released into new waterways. It is

    proposed that the Code of Practice will include the periodic cleaning of

    nets and fishing gear in salt baths and the inspection and cleaning of boats and trailers before leaving boat ramps. Commercial fishers are also

    encouraged through the Code of Practice to kill any catfish that are not

    destined for sale.

    MFish invites your comments on the draft Code of Practice by 31st August

    2007.

    Go to the MFish website to Download the draft Catfish Code of Practice:

    Brown Bullhead Catfish - Code of Practice (PDF: 64KB)

    MFish welcomes written submissions on the draft Code of Practice. Written

    submissions are due by 5pm 31st August 2007 and should be sent to:

    Eve Oatley

    Ministry of Fisheries

    PO Box 19747

    Avondale

    Auckland 1746

    [email protected]

    If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Eve Oatley at

    the above email address or on (09) 820 7696.

  14. Registering Breeds

    in Beginners Corner

    Posted

    Hello All

    I am the current FNZAS Breeding Scheme co-ordinator. Now firstly, I would like to say that when I accepted this position - I was NOT handed "The complete guide to accepting FNZAS breeding scheme registrations". Therefore I have also had to interpret the rules in the spirit of fair play - and when in doubt, by checking with the FNZAS executive. If anything I state below is wrong, I apologise for my error - and if there is any continued disagreement please notify me in writing (email is fine) and I will have the matter decided by the FNZAS Exec (as per rule 12)

    1st. To enter you must be a financial FNZAS mbr.

    2nd. Registration is made by completing a FNZAS registration form, or by providing the same information in any "signed" format to your club breeding scheme co-ordinator.

    3rd. Part of the registration requirements is completing the name of the Affilliated Club which you are a registered member of, and are registering the breeding under.

    4th. The witness is therefore the Affilliated Clubs nominated club breeding co-ordinator, or ANY other person that the CLUB "nominates" or accepts as a witness for breeding scheme registrations.

    5th. I will not accept ANY member witnessing their own fish.

    Only when it is not possible for a nominated witness to "personally view" the fry has it been suggested that photographic evidence would be accepted. This method of registration is NOT offered to any single club or member - and may be subject to FNZAS Exec approval on a case by case basis. PLEASE NOTE: To my knowledge photographic evidence has not yet been required to be accepted - we have always found an acceptable Witness.

    :wink:

    The intention is to make it as easy as possible to register your fish, using the "witness" to deter the accidental or deliberate breaching of the rules. At the same time the FNZAS exec do not have the time to witness/investigate all registrations - so we rely on the affiliated clubs to ensure registration details are accurate via their nominated co-ordinator or witnesses.

    As far as I am concerned, a club may nominate 1, or 100 witnesses, and they do not have to be FNZAS members - but they do have to be accepted by the club accepting the registration. It makes sense however to use people who have some knowledge of fish - to witness the breeding of fish as per the scheme rules. However it is also intended that the club nominates an Official Breeding Scheme Co-ordinator who accepts the club members registration forms, stores a copy of the original form, and communicates as the club representative to the FNZAS breeding scheme Co-ordinator.

    :D

    Now as for the FISH (the reason for the scheme), it is intended that you own the fish, and have either deliberately set out to breed them - or at least kept them for a period of time in conditions that have eventuated in their attempt to perpetuate the species. If the fry all die, or if only 1 or 2 survive - the chances of the species surviving are limited. Hence the nominal number of 10 fry was agreed years ago. This being a reasonable number of young accross all species of fish which would give them a chance to grow up and themselves breed. It was also agreed that to meet the scheme definitions of "breeding", the fry had to reach the age of 30 days old. This being a reasonable indication that the young are healthy, as well as a sign that they will continue to grow up and one day breed themselves.

    Now we could all argue that some fish have more young than others, that some breed easier than others - and you are all correct !!! But we want to keep things simple so that YOU WILL breed your fish and perpetuate the species.

    The requirement that the fish be registered (and witnessed) before they are 60 days old - is so that we receive a STEADY flow of registrations during the entire year. It also gives the "witness" a chance of seeing the members "Breeders" and "Juveniles" of the same species - indicating that they were bred by the member.

    And finally - the only FNZAS member not eligible to enter the COMPETION - is the CURRENT FNZAS Breeding Scheme Co-ordinator. This is for obvious reasons.

  16. Blue Ram Eggs

    in General Breeding

    Posted

    Hi Wok

    Congratulations :hail::hail::hail:

    I agree with Alan, leave the fish alone at this time. The first 3 spawnings I had in the community tank I didn't even see the eggs - fry were the first visible proof - and both parents were guarding.

    If you wait until you see the fry spiralling out of the nest area, then they have will have just used up the yolk sac and are ready for microworm and brine shrimp. At this time I syphoned the fry out and choose to raise them in a container rather than stress the parents trying to raise young in a tank with 50+ other fish. However if you have good parents, they should continue guarding a swarm of fry.

  17. FNZAS Breeding Scheme needs your support.

    in General Breeding

    Posted

    Hello All

    I am your current FNZAS Breeding Scheme Co-ordinator for the 2005/06 year. :bounce:

    So far I have received very few registrations for the year. If you have sent data and not received a reply - please email me immediately. If you have been breeding fish and not registering them - please register your breedings ASAP.

    Any new breeding details, or queries, may be sent to me by your club breeding scheme co-ordinators by emailing me at [email protected] (please ensure that FNZAS is in the subject so you don't get deleted as spam) or by post to:

    Kevin Rowe

    9 Ngapotiki Street

    Paraparaumu Beach 6010

    For further information regarding the breeding scheme please refer to the rules :

    http://www.fnzas.org.nz/breeding_scheme/rules0/

    Thanks

  18. Golden Rams

    in General Breeding

    Posted

    Awesome Billaney :hail::hail::hail:

    Last week I cleaned up my Ram tank only to find 1) a batch of eggs being guarded by pair #1, and 2) after I had squeezed the water out of the Killie mop - the newly hatched young from pair #2 (only 3 survived the squeeze).

    Surprissingly out of 4 spawnings, this is the first time that I have seen the eggs. The leaf covered in approx 150 orange/brown eggs. Placed in floating container. Approx 50% fungused before hatch. Young that hatched stayed on the bottom for 3 to 4 days with visible yolk sac. After which they started free swimming. Feeding with fresh hatched brine shrimp. Doing well.

  22. Blue Rams - spawning in Indian Fern ????

    in General Breeding

    Posted

    Rams spawned in the floating Indian Fern roots. Temp 75'f Ph 6.2. No air on the tank or babies containers.

    In all cases (1st pair x 3, 2nd pair x 1) I have not seen the eggs, simply the babies hatching and falling out of the nest before being retrieved by the parents. In each case I have caught the fry out and raised/raising them in clear floating containers in the main tank. Feed Micro worm and brine shrimp for 2 days, thereafter brine shrimp only. Regular water changes with main tank. Babies growing well. Of the main pair - 1st spawning now approx 10 - 15 mm in length (including tail), 2nd spawning approx 7 - 8 mm in length, 3rd spawning hatched yesterday.

    Apart from catching the fry, and feeding them I haven't done anything special - the parents did all the hard work in hatching the fry.

  23. Any ram breeders out there

    in General Breeding

    Posted

    Hi Saffaboy

    Yes people are breeding Blue Rams.

    I purchased some locally breed (Stokes Valley) rams mid June. Estimate they were approx 6 weeks old at the time. Just had my third hatching (1st are only a month old). Size to be able to sell would depend on if they are going into a tank on their own or a community tank, and if the buyer wanted them coloured up etc. The size and colour you buy them at the shops - probably about 3 months old if grown up on live food. All depends on the size tank they are in and how much food they get.

    I'll see if I can take some photos, unfortunately my digital camera does not do close ups well.

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