VinsonMassif

While I support and agree Barrie's argument I would like to make a point. The people who already care are on FNZAS and NZKA membership. Seeing as you care so much would it not me more productive to be promoting these two clubs to inform the few other people in the community who care too. I am not surprised TradeMe doesn't care about two strains of a small fish being mislabeled, when the EXPERTS can't tell them apart sitting side by side. Perhaps a new tangent is needed.

While I am not a breeder and do not have a vast experience base I want to put in my 2 cents worth. Genes have the ability to adapt. Species of the same genus may be able to breed in a confined situation, and do. Most call this hybrid. Some can breed further, others are sterile. A lot are between cultivated line bred varieties so the difference are purely Visual and aesthetic. Some people like this ability, others shun it. But in the wild is this not the way species evolve? Another question I rarely see put forward in this discussion is: What is the breeding history of this fish I have in my tank??? At one point it came about from a crossing of two other different types of species of varieties of the same species. It may have been in the wild (whether it is accepted as not common) or was in an aquarium before your time. To not acknowledge this seems to lead to a one sided argument where the few line breeders on one side, and a few less knowledgeable/less experienced individuals selling on mixed line offspring. Dogs are mixed all the time and no one culls the mixed crosses and causes a big stir. The pure bred breeders still sell their wonderful creatures and the ones who don't care keep mixed breeds. It is all swings and roundabouts.

Seriously you have to do WCs! Otherwise just keep your Ember Tetra's. lol

Who need to invest in food for a pachyderm when a large booted foot works a treat?

It may be a shoot.

Something dark. Mud colour or grey or charcoal all look good.

Sold under the name Zodiak loaches. They only get to 5cm. Redwoods has them for $7.80 atm. (Really they are Zipper loaches though) They even eat apple snails. My female can clean up 2 dozen pond snails in a night.

I do not believe that was the intended implication.

You think?! lol Just like the ones for all the other exotic creatures they house.

There were tarantulas at the Akld Zoo last time I was there if I remember correctly.

Tack.

Lol. I can't wait to come see your large tanks in the near future!

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Is this so you can build me a tank??? 8)

If you press the red things against some wood with a stone or cotton thread then you will find out if they are Rhizoids or some kind of rampant Swine Flu that is waiting to take the world be storm - One Aquarist at a time.

The funniest burnt water story I have is: My flatmate decided he would boil a bone in ammonia to be able to carve it. So he filled my heirloom Nana's pot (80 yrs old) with ammonia and the bone, set it to boil, and went out for the day. He came home to the pot having a hole in the bottom, the element being blown apart and the bench smoldering. Such an idiot! But he called the Fire Brigade after he got home and nothing was on fire.

You better have bought that pot on special Ak! Sam there is a big wide world outside of JafaLand. Infact 75% of our population are intelligent (in the loosest possible sense) to live outside the Whole that is Auckland. LMAO

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Blame the Egyptian for worshiping the felines. The DOC manager of St Arnaud told us that the wild cats have a territory of about 20kms and one caught had 2 dozen native skinks and lizards undigested. < One nights hunt. They are an Alpha predator here to be sure.

We are looking after a lamb for a couple of days. Was rejected by its mother. Is so cute and friendly. Well when feeding it its bottle its tail was doing that helicopter thing and my cat stalked the tail and caught the end and bit down. He got a good old back kick in the chops, got such a fright he shot up a tree and didn't come down all afternoon. I am violently allergic to birds. My Lorikeet is now an outside parrot. My rats love peas and chicken drumsticks. My gba's prefer shrimp pellets. My EBJD is the coolest thing since sliced bread. DIY CO2 is amazing and I don't know why I didn't try it years ago. My fish are even more active. Since adding it my male BN has been scooting up the his GF trying to get a piece. ROFL. I fed my Apple Snails to the chooks and they had a field day. Mongrel snails. I fed my pond snails to my female Zodiac Loach and she ate 2 dozen in one night. Such a porker.

Hopefully both

You sure you weren't leaving too many short and curlies in the bath?! lmao

Oh and another >>> Don't flat with Phoenix' ex flatmates.

She is a female, she should learn this skill very fast :lol: :lol: Tear on Muppet.

Tips on flatting: Get every agreement in writing, including how ones will pay accounts. Get money up front for any transactions and bill payments. Have agreed on designated areas for storing everyone's possessions COMPLETELY separate from each others. Don't share food other than communal tea/coffee. Don't flat with best friends. Have a roster for cleaning and have repercussions for it not being done. Have rules on things like stereo's late at night. And my favourite: Have an agreed upon method of evicting flatmates. Mine was two strikes and your out. And always remember they are not family and 9 times out of ten they will annoy the H3LL out of you soon after moving in.