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Everything posted by spoon
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Hikari: Decided to get my fish onto this good thing!
ive been using the algae wafers for my pleco they are good they dont turn to mush before they get eaten
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help please
if only the lfs told u to go home and do a big waterchange instead of selling u all sorts of chemicals u dont really need!
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Fresh Lettuce
if theyt arent eating it all boil it for a few mins in a cup in the microwave they will go crazy for it nb if u have algae on rocks or driftwood u can boil it in a large pot(even black hair algae after boiling ur fish will pick it clean.
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MAF is NAF
if u ask the police to veiw ane information they have on u u will get ur crimainal record and thats it if they have other information ie reports on suspected activivties they will deny they exist . so the privacy laws dont really exist because these documents on come into 'existance' when its court time. also remember some maf depts have more power than the police to seize equipment and conduct searches
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Catfish - or similar tropicals?
silver sharks will eventually get 2 big as well bristlenose plecos are a good choice for a sucker fish look almost like a big pleco that will get to 40cm but they only gt around 12 or 13 cm . take into account stocking levels and plan for the future . 1 cm of fish per a litre is the ratio i think(some1 correct me if im wrong) and i think a ar620 is 160 l (again correct me if im wrong) so that mean 160 cm of fish but does not mean 4 x 40cm plecos either! big fish need big tanks and some small fish will get big fast Take silver dollars for example so weork this out on the maximum size the fish will get ,not at what it is when u buy it. the other thing is to avoid aggressive species of fish unless the tank mates are able to handle them. so pays to do ur research . having guppies and neons and other small fish (or having angels bigger gouramis etc) can limit the variety of tank mates somewhat as the small fish arent going to last . find some fish u like the look of on the net or in an lfs and find out if they are compatible in terms of water chemistry(no use putting a discus with africans etc) , behaviuor and size of the tank if u get stuck on certain type ask on the forum by the way great to see ur native tank doin well and that u have contracted MTS
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Caring for Inanga
with ur koura and inaga syphon a bucket or two of water put inaga in 1 koura in other completely drain tank get some 1 to help u lift it leave gravel in if possible and get it set up again at new place asap use tap water leaving enuff room for buckets of water with fish in it to fill it start filter chuck fish in and do regular water changes during 1st 2 wks
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can you legally catch and raise tadpoles from the wild (NZ)
i guess its no different from pet shops selling them just depends where u are getting them from i guess
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can you legally catch and raise tadpoles from the wild (NZ)
legally u can catch the introduced speices though im not sure bout wether u can catch them in say a national park or nature reserve tho. u are probably never likely to see a native frog or its tadpoles so u can pretty much say any tadpole u see will be an introduced species. however the ethics of collectingfrogs or tadpoles is questionable as frogs are an important part of the eco system and already their habitat is under treat from logging and draining of wetland etc also Chytrid fungus is killing a lot. a lot of our introduced species are also endangerd in austrailia look at these links http://sopa.clients.squiz.net/Visiting/Whats_on/events/venues/brickpit_ring_walk http://www.otago.ac.nz/zoology/research/bishop/frogs/ not saying its wrong but we need to be careful about collecting animals such as these when we dont know where the population is at
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Whistling Tree Frog or Bell Frogs?
or make sure u get females lol maybe only varanophile knows how to tell the difference
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Sunken Ship Model
epoxy will be fine yes it does yellow a bit but u wont notice that with darker colours
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Please can someone help
ira ur right on the button flemish giants while maybe not as cute as lops are so much better behaved and placid . i cant get my lops to sit still and they bite me occaisonally ,chew holes in clothes when u arnt looking too
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CHCH-water
dont worry bout dechlorinating despite what some lfs tell u 95% of the time there is no chlorine in our water and if it does get added we find out about it pretty quickly we have memmbers working in the water sector
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Small Gravel or Big stones - What is easier to clean?
is that the white silica sand 40kg for around $35
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Please can someone help
sometimes the mum will kill and eat babies too so keep an eye out but very cute sealpoints
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Any Fish Small enough?
dixon i have a flourescent tube for u small enuff to use on this tank!!!!!! it runs on 6 volts i will give u a transformer as well
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Frogs and mites
maybe harm some plants shouldnt harm ur frogs
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sand in a tropical tank
to colour aqua kneadit as its an epoxy product u will need an epoxy tinter uthere are products availible may be hard to track down try regis or nuplex or eqquis that deal with epoxy paints
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when it says add salt, what kinda salt?
if u dont want to shell out for proper marine salt an organic salt will be best a lot of ordinary non iodised salts still have a free flowing agent in them
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Frogs Shedding
they try to eat it doesnt always work out that way i occaisonally find old skin in the water part
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looking for some hay
better than buying a bag of hay at some pet shops for $8 when its not even a tenth of a bale!
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looking for some hay
better than buying a bag of hay at some pet shops for $8 when its not even a tenth of a bale!
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Cheap and easy tank stand! HOW??
i have seen somewhere on this forum(may have been one of caryls posts) block and board with a curtain attached to the board to hide the stand looked good also cheap
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Caring for Inanga
romeo do u want the other inanga i have in my goldfish tank or should i return him to the stream?
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Chch Totally Tanked September GARAGE SALE!!!
heya janelle i cant sign in to TT could u pm me my username and password to make sure i have it right
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Faces to Names
i dont drink it anemore used to skull a 200ml bottle of absinthe dedo(85%) after work(11pm) then jump in the taxi into town