Dave+Amy

happy b'day Mystic ... hope you got/will get what you wished for!

are the adults always that muscular?? that dog looks like it's on steriods lol CUTE pup though...jealous, Dave's imposed a no-more-dog ban until we get our own house

that reminded me of my teacher's brakes failing in his car causing him to crash into a hill and the insurance company said it was 'an act of god' lol...isn't religion a useful tool :roll:

that's so true! there are so many people out there that buy fish for their colour and appearance but don't know a thing about them...I get mad when I see Discus in horrible conditions on sale on TM..the owner obviously have no idea/not care

ours is a cybershot but yours won't fit our camera, the Sony guy tried the casing of a model up and a model down from ours and they couldn't fit our camera...it's just frustrating - as he reassured us that it's an older camera model so there's not really a high chance of people buying it since we didn't have the money then and there to buy it and get it sent down from Auckland

Hey Jim, we've got a Sony T70 and the casing which fits it is the MPKTHE. we would love to borrow yours if my cousin can't source a casing for us from Aussie (waiting to hear back from him), we've exhausted our search everywhere - China has them but the customs are a bit dodgy and I don't trust the warranty on the product if we purchased from China apparently it's even sold out in Europe and the States... cheers, Amy.

that's quite scarey Jim! THANK god it wasn't your Discus tank...did you have insurance on it? Hope you were careful to clean up all the glass

Getting my Hep A injection soon..don't know what it does but apparently I need it..can't believe one injection is $90 on top of consult $55 when we went to the Sony store to order in the underwater casing for our camera this weekend past (the guy assured us that it will still be there a few weeks ago), was told the last one in the country was sold and that they can't get anymore stock in. Does anyone know of camera places that you can order Sony products from? We are DESPERATE to get the casing for our camera otherwise we won't have any pics from my holiday

I didn't find dither fish affected my Discus - they're ALWAYS at the front of the tank when I walk in thinking I'm going to be feeding them but if anyone else walks in they're dash first then come back out, can they recognise faces?

bejewelled is really addictive because it's so competitive!

Jim r - thanks SO much for the offer but we thought we'd bite the bullet and just buy it so at least we've got it when we want to go diving again in the future, besides we wouldn't feel as bad if we flooded our camera as opposed to yours! Itinerary so far: - booking a bach on the beach for the two weeks, bach is between Edgewater and Rarotongan. - open water dive course (planning for the 1st week, we're picking up the booklet here so we can do the theory) - deep sea game fishing - horseriding tour and waterfall swim (my demand) - spearfishing ( :roll: dave's demand) - snorkelling + sunbathing without fear of the ozone hole - thinking about Pa's mountain tour..heard it takes 4-5hours? - hiring a scooter each for transport - other costs include underwater camera casing, food...souvenirs lol and that's pretty much all we can afford after a whole year's worth of savings lol

hard lesson learnt...was the Discus in poor condition in the 1st place when you bought it? Like pinched in forehead, really dark in colour with rough fins? Might have just been bullied? Have you treated the rest of your discus for worms?

lol after raising 5 discus from 3cm I don't think I will EVER do that again! so time consuming, would rather pay $50-$100 per larger discus

hey peeps, wanting to collect some driftwood from a beach in Wgtn but was told that petone beach is a no-go zone? Which beaches do people collect from and how long do you soak your driftwood for? Am wanting heaps of tangled looking driftwood (some thick and some thin) for my mangrove themed Angel tank, also other than thread can you glue java moss onto branches? just a little bit of adhesive? thanks, Amy.

how's turoa looking? was up there earlier this season aie pretty mint

it's someone's grafting experiment that's escaped! poor snake being beaten to death by a shoe

cool thanks guys!

I'm needing to remove some dividers which are siliconed in - just wanting to know the best/easiest way to remove them, also what tool I'll need and where to get it. Would I need to take my fish out before I do it? Cheers.

hahaha they are hardy aie!

when I was renovating my tank one of my dwarf laoches was hiding in a crevice of one of my driftwood pieces and i hadn't noticed, took driftwood out and had it out for about 10mins while I cleaned and replanted plants then looked and saw my loach staring at me on the table..I freaked out but it seemed fine after I returned it to the tank

lol...quality of MAF staff must be slipping..is it due to the recession that they're hiring less qualified people?

and will they provide that silicon gel when we buy the camera casing? that's the part we're both quite worried about our camera getting ruined but apparently camera replacement is included in the warranty for the casing as long as it's not our fault. we were advised to buy a lens to slip into the casing which filters out the UV or something to give a clearer shot/natural shot? the lens is $200 on its own :-? so that comes to $500 just for casing plus lens at the Sony store....but having said that learning to dive only happens once. May be a few funny moments to catch! the thing is neither or us have time to do it here since we're leaving for Raro RIGHT after our final exams lol..need to blow off some pent up stress! The course is only 4 days? and we can't fly within 2 days to allow pressure adjustment right?

hey Aquilam_11 -I just clicked on who you are! you took our class for a few 372 marine labs! thanks for all the advice..he's definately stronger now, the bites brings a tear to the eye every so often when he mistakes my index finger for food and tries to rip it away from my palm lol

wow thanks I'm going to copy and paste this info and print it and take it to raro with me THANKS CRICKETMAN a FNZAS diving team would be awes!! where are some good spots in NZ for diving? I'm quite keen to give spear fishing a try too - any spear fishers here?

are the dive groups quite big? and are the gear rental expensive or included in the cost of the dive cert?