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love the stones. what else are you planning to add to it??

yeah you need a permit to sell. though i think some of the people that farm them for the restaurants have licences to sell off excess. the people on 'the site that will not be mentioned' are either uneducated on selling them or have the permit, be a good idea to question them though. as for keeping them i think certain areas in the country you arn't allowed to gather them from because it is tapu (sarcred) other than that go nuts.

well I definitely do NOT want to hand pick out a bunch of nice goldfish to have their fins half chewed off. haha

wow. that looks really effective Stella and really keeps up the native theme you have going. Let me know how it goes

Yeah a lot of people do the same with no problems. my mum used to boil everything first so now that idea is just stuck. lol

I've always boiled stones etc to kill off anything that may not be too good for the fish and so you don't have any unwanted organisms in the tank.

next question; lol i saw danio's in a cold water tank? can you keep them with goldfish? i thought they were tropical too...

Oh thanks Kelsta that's some great advice. I'm not really fond of fantails. I like comets i've always had them and they're my favourite. I don't like big fish though so I doubt they'll be able to eat the minnows for awhile anyways. I'm in the "prefer goldfish over tropicals" category definitely. I have another question now; Can you keep Paradise fish with Goldfish?? because my friend said you can and I've seen some pics of tanks with both but another friend said you can't. So now I'm just confused. Though I definitely will try out minnows and goldfish.

Was just curious.... has anyone done this?? Fill it up with things you find in rock pools... have like a kiwi rock pool in your home. Would like to see if this works or if anyone has done this let me know! I wouldn't want to start with a big tank or anything at this stage though. Does anyone have an idea of what equipment i'd need to make this happen?? Cheers! Dan~

omg lol i totally posted this is the wrong place haha. how can i remove it??

Was just curious.... has anyone done this?? Fill it up with things you find in rock pools... have like a kiwi rock pool in your home. Would like to see if this works or if anyone has done this let me know! I wouldn't want to start with a big tank or anything at this stage though. Does anyone have an idea of what equipment i'd need to make this happen?? Cheers! Dan~

I have no idea at the mo.. havn't seen it yet. I think they may have over exaggerated lol

Was looking at natives but worried that I won't be able to find enough. Most likely goldfish. Always loved them though most people find them boring haha.

Hey everyone You've probably seen me floating around the forums and posting here and there with my 2 cents over the last few weeks but thought i'd actually introduce myself! My name's Dan, I live in Tauranga, I've had goldfish all of my life. I recently got given a 450(ish) litre fishtank as a present, complete with a $1200 canister filter and all the other gadgets... When I move in a month or too I'll be setting it up and I'm OTT excited haha. can't wait. Look forward to chatting! Cheers Dan~

heya! Welcome! I'm new too but this place is an excellent source of information and the people are very friendly and helpful =)

I always thought for some odd reason not to float the fish because they see all the water and plants etc under their bags and stress out about being in the bag stuck?? lol maybe i was lied too!....

natives would be a great option... however I don't have any idea about them at all. Are they difficult to look after etc? im quite fond of goldfish though. and can leopard fish be kept with goldfish or are the goldfish likely to have their fins chewed off?

Hey everyone... Excuse my ignorance! Ohk, I've kept goldfish my whole life. With much success. Ive just been given a huge giant tank. I think, could be wrong that its about 400L. Anyways. Thinking about what to do with it. Love goldfish so thats what I'm having, but I'd like to know what other fish I can keep with them. A few years ago I kept Kaura (small ones) happy in a tank with goldfish until they discovered climbing up the plants was an excellent way to escape so I released them back where I found them. But this tank has a lid! (mwha!) I also attempted to keep Bully's but found they enjoyed eating my Goldfishes tails! I saw at the petshop they had Leopard Fish in a tank with Goldfish... have always thought this wasn't a great idea?? But could I? Because I really like them. I saw some fish that I guess were minnows in a petshop... would they be ohk too? And I LOVE native fish! think they're great. Found some sort of Kokopu on my friends golf course (heaps of small streams and ponds - I was in heaven lol) But don't know how they go down with Goldfish - what about other kinds of Native fish?? Ideas and comments please!