Caryl

That's actually the bit I like most about meetings - meeting people face to face. Although participating in a forum is great and you have access to a wide number of people and their experiences, nothing beats actually meeting people and I love to put faces to names I have met on the forums. I have been lucky enough to travel the length of NZ at various times and attend a number of different clubs' meetings and also met a lot of forum members at conference. :happy2:

You mean you weren't her slave before this???

We won't be having a meeting but you are welcome to stay here (got 2 spare rooms and beds) and I can take you to visit a few members' homes. Nothing spectacular by way of tanks though you can have a cuppa by my pond :lol: Go down the Kaikoura coast and stop to see the baby seals at the Ohau waterfall http://www.trampingtracks.co.nz/Ohau-Waterfall-Walk.html You could turn off at Kaikoura and head to Hanmer or go over to the west coast (always worth a visit and totally different to the rest of the country) via the Lewis Pass then back to ChCh through Arthur's Pass.

Looking lovely but I have a suggestion. Move the water lilies. They do not like fountains raining continually on their leaves.

That depends on whether you wish to become an associate, or a subscriber. Check out the Home Page of our website and look under FNZAS. You will find details about both

We have just set up a Jebo 815 to cycle on our main tank for the Alzheimers' Society. They are setting up a tank in their day care facility. First thing we did was remove the carbon and add more ceramic noodles.

Yeah, what she said ^ ^ :lol:

Why not visit the pet shops and see if there is some suitable fish that catches your daughter's eye and go from there?

I would like to hear you all say Pterygoplichthys when drunk :slfg: For those wondering, I believe it is pronounced terry gop lick this :dunno:

It's men, they over estimate the size of most things You should quarantine all fish but I must admit I do not - unless one is looking ill on arrival.

These were posted this morning so keep an eye out for them arriving in a letter box near you (hopefully your own!) :happy1: This month's issue has; - Design a breeding certificate. We need a updated look. - Audouinella - black brush algae. What is it? What causes it? How do you treat it? How do you prevent it? - Find out why some our aquarium plants always die. - How do you set up an African tank? - Read about CTT's sausage sizzle to raise fund for Turtle Rescue & Rehoming. - See how CTT set up for the Christchurch Pet Expo and how successful it was. - Learn about MacMaster's dwarf cichlid, Apistogramma macmasteri. - Find out how to build a high tech planted freshwater tank. (Taken from the thread in this forum) - If you don't want to set up with Africans or freshwater, find out about setting up a marine tank instead. - PLUS THERE'S MORE! Including... Information on the FNZAS Conference being held this Queen's birthday weekend (1 - 4 June) in Hamilton. Sounds like they have lots of interesting things planned plus a link to register, and pay, online. :happy2: The conference stuff was supposed to be in the centre but I forgot I had added the cover to the main book (they used to be done separately) so instead of the centre being the usual pages 20 - 21, it is now 22 - 23 :facepalm:

Welcome I think anyone with a teenage son probably already has a small ecosystem in their home :roll:

Boesemani :thup:

Many thanks. I would like to name things correctly if they end up in the AW.

I have spent ages going through sites trying to match scientific names to fish but some contradicted others (imagine that!) and I got lost :facepalm:

I couldn't figure out if the 3 stripe and humbug were actually the same fish :oops:

Hi all. I have some pics from our club's tank parade but, as I am not a marine keeper, I cannot identify the foillowing fish, corals, enemones etc. Any help would be appreciated. Some pics will have 2 types of coral in them. The round blue things The anemone Any help would be appreciated

How was she a slave? She had minor jobs to do in the household and was expected to clean up after herself. Nothing wrong with that. She needs to be thankful I am not her parent!

&c:ry . You did your best.

Hmmm should we be concerned he has a syringe handy to use? :gigl:

Is it still alive this morning Nymox?

You need to reply to the TM ad with what is actually is now Ade and suggest he researches as well

I think it is preferable to use live plants in but some situations, like this, plastic are ideal.

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I have one of these things. My problem is we do not have strong water pressure and the tap is about the same height as the tank (and quite a distance from it) so it takes ages to fill (easy to forget it is running). It does not give a strong enough suck to clear the crud from the substrate as you work either. Because of these 2 things I rarely use mine these days as it is quicker with the buckets.