kim

when you det any disease you have to look at why your fish got sick in the 1st place, eg check temp, ph, ammonia , have you put knew fish in? have the fish been stressed, new fish food, sprays, anything new put in the tank. with white spot it is common at this time of year because of the cold weather, turning your temp up does help stop getting it also not doing big water changes. but because you have it turn your temp up to 28 remove carbon if you us it (i do not like carbon so i would use it unless you really have to) i would have use white spot cure , tonic is not a good thing to use and i dont think it should be sold but thats just how i feel haha turn your light off as much as you can as that does help with white spot oh and also if your fish are sick they dont eat as much so cut down the feed.

and carly is the woman to talk to if you want to know anything to do with any of the clubs , hey shes a woman and we woman know all hehe

:lol: alan you are calling me smart hahaha first smart blond here hehehe

gravel, driftwood and rocks all play a part in ph!! alot of people use brightwater gravel because its cheap and they like the gray colour, but it goes down to a low ph of 6 sometimes even 5 i dont know if this is the gravel you are using but that could be the reason, as Pegasus said oyster shell works well but it only lasts for 6months so do check your ph, when you first use it check it daily because it can go sky high!

boys boys orange is a shade of yellow :lol: if the eggs are in a clump then they will be b/n's and thats great!!!! so kribkrazy how are the babies?

:lol: doesnt everyone know me :lol: i have been telling the members of north shore club to have a look at this site for months , and after they meet warren the other day a few have had a look

very very nice !!! but redwood always has nice fish!!! i had teecee in my shop on friday carly it was so good to meet her

its a lovely striata loach they are so nice

only one i can think of is sue who is goldfish mad she wins the pond comp every year, she is our secretary for north shore club.

monos would be dinner as the tiger got bigger, my tiger just killed a pictus cat so i have to try and catch the other one before he ends up dead. as alan said archer fish are lots of fun, gobbies are good fun as well , puffers are good but need lots of food

oh alan ment to tell you that there are some killie pairs in quarintine they are due out in a few weeks dont no what kind yet , but new stocks are always good

CatBrat - its the 3rd time , this time i had a young female in and by the looks of it she has only had 30 babies , but the dad is looking after most of the babies this time and stopping them from swimming away, every time has been easier :lol: , i cant sex my babies yet but when i can i can save you a girl or i could try and get you one or two in, shar - thats the same price as mine are :lol: but i have 60 + up for sale

hi donna good on you for starting big it saves money in the long run!! most people that start off with a small tank end up buying a bigger tank with in 12 months hahaha enjoy the masterton club they are a fun group of people see you round

welcome mono , you are so lucky having redwood down there i love that shop he always has something nice in. look forward to seeing you round hi kiwi saltwater are harder yes and its hard to get the stuff you want eg fish and live corals, the colour isnt round like their use to be. ask heaps of ? and you can work out what one or ones you want to keep, remember that you cant keep many fish in a saltwater tank, old rulz is 1 fish per foot. see you round the place

you can put some more in if you want i have 20 catfish in a tank that size , they do the house work for me hehehe, great pic did you save the babies? a tip i do with the eggs is get a bit of glass and slide it over the eggs so they have room to hatch out but most fish cant get to , it works for me

we had a great meeting was great to see warren , i didnt get much chance to talk to him one on one but he gave a great talk, so thanks warren Matt and Malawimad (terry) it was great to meet you im glad you came along , i hope you enjoyed yourselfs. bikiegirl i hope your son gets better soon and your foot does as well, put your feet up grab a glass of wine (or bottle hehe) and look at your fish, we have 11 meeting a year so you can come along any time.

if anyone gets lost here is my cell 0211498819 kim i have it on all the time look forward to meeting you

Welcome Spooky look forward to seeing you round

welcome Neopole i have always said if it ain't broke don't fix it! i still us a lot of the old ways and when i had my salt water tank i never had any of the sales man toys as i call them and my tank was great. each to their own and what this site is about is learning and talking about your tanks and sometimes helping people. look forward to seeing you round

yes i hand feed them at the moment that way they get a bond with people, but you dont have to you can put flies in , when they get bigger they eat lots of bugs anything and everything as long as you havent killed it with flie spray (not joking i know someone that has done that and have killed their pets)

i will hold them for you alan, i cant see me getting much work done for the next few days as i really want some and phill is being a bullie and saying i cant have one ..... i said ok i will not have one :lol: i want 2 of them ,

haha alan you know i can always find some more

the stud did it again!!!! kribkrazy- in other words they breed again yesterday :lol:

Australian i wish they were Asian Greens but they are so sooooooooo cute!!! i had 2 left but they are now sold , they are the last of the season so no more till feb next year bearded dragons are in some ways better as they can be keeped in 4ft tanks but the guy that breeds them only sells males as they have 100+ eggs a year, with the water dragons they sell both sexs and because they only have 4-12 eggs a time they are happy to get the breed going, the 2 i have just sold are a pair, i have them in the shop until wednesday. this years price was $1500 each but next year might be different fingers crossed

i didnt get much work done today i was playing with them so much :lol: