phoenix44

congrats! I like kribs. have any pics?

cocky is! he is 35 nears old or so and is real tame. he likes me and i sit there scratching his head!

awwwww. i miss my birdies you gots to bring them in! Ill take care of them myself!

at least roasted children cannot misbehave

JK - stereotypical mood much? :lol:

you have a rosella eh? I reckon you should bring her in. Ill make a do not touch sign. im willing to trade human being eating for more variety :lol:

her birds aren't clipped though and would fly right out. i thought of her, but the birds will also need to be semi friendly and manageable. i might go see if i can borrow some of the esplanade birds :lol:

normal ligt or high output light? always get more if you can.

:lol: We have them in store already (they steal rusty's toys).

We are running a bird education thing at the animates in palmy in a few weeks time. Rusty (lorikeet), Treo (blue ringneck), Kiwi (eclectus male), and hobo (short billed corella) will be in store, where we educate people about owning birds - what to feed them, living with them etc. Any one with birds apart from budiges in the area, that can bring them in?

Those charges are huge! But in saying that I do not know what their costs would be - having said that Fairfax is one of my favourite stocks - huge growth in price possibly coincides with increasing fees.

no but its really only some of us that pay those prices for some fish. members of this site in most cases do not form the majority of business for a store. also most breeders on here could not satisfy the demand that large stores need, and so lower prices as such do not really have an effect on the equilibrium prices that we have at the moment. also there are those that will only sell to retailers (this may be contractual or otherwise just to reduce hassle) and resort to selling on here for about the same price or on trademe if the retailers cannot purchase stock at that given time. just my views based on real time pricing of fish - sure its added competition, but it at the moment is far too thin a market to worry about.

$25-26 is the market price for dems. we seem to take for granted that breeders sell fish cheaply on here. they cost more than that wholesale... so remember that shops must pay for Insurance Electricity Equipment IT staff tanks variable costs- maintenance of tanks, depreciation of assets rent / other fixed costs - many many thousands a week in some cases the NPAT associated with each unit of livestock (aquatic) sold is actually marginal.

Here you go mate.

the leaves you see are emersed leaves. they live for upto 6 months or so under water. in the mean time new lighter green, softer leaves will grow. mine grew relatively quickly. all my plants are currently in a friends tank as i would not sell them ever :lol: the submersed leaves will not be as large these ones. morcs ill see if i can find a pic of the submersed leaf for you.

sorry, didn't read that it was a shop that was selling it. A reputable place like that will sell tanks with glass sizes they know are safe / work; so you should be ok buying it straight from them.

The aponogeton undulatus is doing really really well. It has sent out its first shoot. At first I thought it was a flower but now I see it is forming a leaf on it as alanmin had previously said. The new inhabitants of the tank seem pretty happy too.

welcome jamie. what sort of fish do you have in your saltwater tanks?

If you want to go rimless, use 8mm / 10mm for the base, and ask the glazier to support the walls of the tank with glass supports from the base. they will / should know what to do. Overseas you get 5ft x 1.5-2ft x 1.5-2ft high rimless tanks that look stunning but they cost a bomb.

yep. its hastifolia. chop those massive leaves off and the most beautiful plant forms in time. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=38436&hilit=anubias+hastifolia

look up dropsy and see if it looks familiar.

is there a male in the tank?

I think there is far too much going on, on the LHS

good light and co2. my mosses are doing that, but i dont have java moss.

world domination perhaps?