Nana Luke

I havent done a lap round the fish shops in Kapiti yet (I used to live there, but my parents are still out there). What ones have closed down and which ones are left?

I know the other day when I ventured into Animates Kaiwharawhara, they had a group of 3 small ones, if you dare to venture into that shop.

I'd feed it babies... yes babies.... the other, other white meat.

Cool. Thanks for the advice peeps! I've seen that name slung about a bit on this forum, didn't click that it was local! Excellent, just found him in online yellow pages. Chur.

As above. All help appreciated. Just weighing up my options as it's hard to find a tank that will fit well on the stand I am using, so I thought I'd get one made perfectly to fit. Any ideas? Chur. Luke

His words were "Theres lots of cichlids, theres also lots of oscars...." or something along those lines, but he mentioned Cichlids and oscars seperately.... Sounds like he was misleading me a little bit...

Yeah I was considering seeing what he could get for me.... I don't know why he would say that if he was unsure - because that could be truely disasterous.

Hi There, Was in a fish shop today looking at some tanks. Got approached by a salesman who seemed like he knew what he was talking about. I got talking about a couple of ideas I have for where to go with my next tank. I was looking at a 160l that was on special. I also mentioned to him that I was going to looking at getting maybe a 6ft tank and getting another pair of oscars and maybe some other large fish seeing as I lost my last pair of oscars and then sold the tank. He advised that the 160l would be fine for a pair of oscars. I mentioned to him, the fact that oscars can grow to about 12" long. He said that I had been misinformed and that there were 30-40 different types of oscars, some small and some big. I advised him that I knew of 2 types of oscar, being Tiger oscar and Albino Tiger Oscar.... He said he could import some smaller varieties of oscar that would be PERFECT in a 160l.... and I must say I'm a tad skeptical, so was looking for a second opinion. Was this guy full of crap? Or am I just really behind in the game since I last bought Oscars? Any help on this would be appreciated. Regards, Luke

I've got danios in a pond outside. They've been there for a few months now - although it was over the summer months... so we will see how they go over winter.

I just got some paradise fish. They've got heaps of character IMO.

Wow, wicked links - Cheers for that boss!

Churrs, I forgot how good of a friend Google can be for me. haha excuse my ignorance!

You may find it's the Spacifix, Don't ask me how I know that.

had a look in LFS today, and the baby convict they had in there had bits of orange on it? Is it really a convict or is it mislabelled or some kind of hybrid? I'd be keen to get a nice single cichlid in the 100 litre. They had a some sort of light blue cichlid in there too, there was other things in there too. Do Jewel cichlids come in blue? Cos there was a "melanochromis" in there or something, and it was just a baby.. and there was another label on the tank that said "small zebra" so the Blue fish, didnt look very "Zebra like"... so was it a jewel like the label said?

Jeepers. Sorry for the hassle, just chill you lot. It not a tall hex, It's a 2ft long. I'm getting a new filter to suit the tank. Will talk to my petshop boy tomorrow about filtration. Wasn't going to get a big group of convicts. Just wanted a pair or trio even if they were same sex. I'm not interested in breeding them. Said I was going to breed guppies to feed to a bigger fish, nothing about breeding cichlids. I'd rather not have a breeding pair TBH, as breeding fish is a lot of work, and so is trying to get rid of the fry. So maybe not convicts then? I've never owned Angels. What are they like as far as personality goes?

Wicked! Now that I know that I can keep convicts in a 100l that is what I'm definitely going to go for, they're great fish!! Thanks for your help Fellers!

Hi guys and girls. Looking to get a bigger tank and have found one that's 100l ish. I know, it's not that HUGE but it's certainly a start. Looking for something interesting to put in it. Not really keen on a small community tank, looking for a pair/trio or whatevs of interesting fish. Keen to get some more cichlids. I had convicts and oscars in a big tank when I was a kid and they're great fish. But what else is there? I want something that'll be able to eat the guppys i'm going to breed in the smaller tank haha. I was thinking Angels, Covicts, Kribs, or something else? that is quite readily available. All ideas appreciated. Churrs

I reckon that'd look quite cool. I'm keen to get an axie. just gotta find room for a bigger tank. There's a couple in the LFS. Hopefully they are there by the time i have a tank set up this weekend! haha. Cos you don't see them that often down this way.

I've been advised that gravel is OK as long as they are bigger pebbles that Axies can't swallow. Sand stresses them out apparently because they can get a grip on it and it freaks them out, same goes with a barebottom tank.

Betta will need a bigger tank than that. Just because they are in tiny containers in a pet shop, doesn't mean it's good practice.

went and caught myself a wee Koura today. hes probably about 11cm (edit: huge exaggeration - he will be 11cm if he has his claws stretched out, but he's really about 6cm) long and pretty feisty when i grabbed him!! I imagine it'd be much easier to catch them in the night time, because he had me turning over rocks trying to find him. and in the end i just saw some feelers and some beady black eyes hidden in the mud. So i put the net behind him and startled him in. Job done. Will try and get some pictures of him when he is happy with his new environment, hes finding all the good hiding spots at the moment - teehee. Most fun you can have with your clothes on, on a sunday morning. Yay for catching Koura!

I'm going to wait until saturday to try and catch one. That way - i can spend the day getting the tank set up right and then (as long as the weather holds out - looking like it will) I'll go for a looksie in the early evening in a little creek up over the rail way lines in waikanae. eeeep excited to get a new creature!!

I'm going to try and find one in a creek where we used to catch them back in primary school days! haha They're such groovy creatures.

sweet as - will go on a mission for it tomorrow evening as long as the little fella is still kicking round!! Thanks a bunch for your help everybody!! MUCH LOVE!!

The only place I can think of that will be open when I can get to it during the week will be the warehouse. They have a plant section - will I find it there?