Caryl

The yellow rump looks like someone has shoved a row of paint brushes up there :roll: :lol:

Hi and welcome.

Welcome and I hope all goes well.

If he really loved you he would buy you the large tank you want

I think he means you to swap the two rocks over so the left is on the right and the right on the left. Their pointy bits will both then be aimed towards the outer walls of the tank, instead of into the middle, creating a V shape in the middle. The centre will look more open.

Don't get sidetracked. She isn't allowed a bigger tank remember? What about an indoor pond 8)

Here is an article from Aug '09 Aquarium World. Written by Stu Lord (caserole), an NZKA member... As some of you may have observed there have been more and more people on the FNZAS web site’s forum saying they feed their fish Tiger composting worms, even though an old fish keepers’ “fable” says they taste bad to the fish. What’s the story? There must be some truth to the fable? Well, after hearing this a number of times from people I knew outside of the forum, I decided to get a culture of my own. Not only will they take care of my kitchen and paper (mail) waste but I will also have plenty of large live food for my King Killies – they love their food. What’s more, I can either chop them up for my smaller killifish species or feed the baby worms by harvesting some of the worm eggs. You can see the change in colour as the eggs ripen. After procrastinating over the winter, I rang Worms R us to buy enough worms to get the culture up and running as quickly as possible. I told the worm farmer what my intentions were and his response was a little surprising. He said that Tiger worms were no good as a food source for pets whether they be birds, reptiles, amphibians or fish as they produce a YELLOW SLIME that tastes bad! Bingo - truth to the old fish keepers’ fable. But wait a minute, how come people have said they feed their fish tigers worms and the fish go crazy over them? Well, I have a theory; just my opinion of course. Tiger worms do produce a yellow slime and it may well taste bad under certain conditions. When I was younger my parents had a compost heap. This was not turned regularly to create a fertiliser for the garden; oh no, it was used to dispose of green kitchen waste, law cuttings and any other organic green waste. It was basically a stinking pile of rotting greenery filled with all sorts of bugs including tiger worms. I bet if you fed your fish with worms from an environment like that they would taste very bad indeed. However, take the same worms and place them in a culturing environment that has a healthy earthy smell to it, where they get only enough fresh food that can be consumed daily, those same worms would taste a lot better to your fish. Well, it sounds good anyway. The worm farmer also said their composting worms were, in fact, only 60 - 70% tiger worms and the other 30 - 40% were blue composting worms. Blue composting worms are just as easy to culture as tiger worms but do not produce the bad tasting yellow slime. As a result of this statement I decided to go for it and purchase some worms and if my fish don’t like the tiger worms I can always sort them out leaving a pure blue worm culture. The following week arrived and so did a box of lovely worms. I placed them in their new home to settle down and grabbed an assortment of tiger and blue worms for my fish to sample. My adult female King Killi has no problems chomping on tiger worms; I’ve fed her both types with her showing no preference to either species of worm. So the answer to the question at the top of this article, IMHO… Feeding cultured tiger worms is a viable food source that your fish will love, not to mention a good way to dispose of your green kitchen waste. However, if you get your tiger worms from a smelly compost heap expect your fish to spit them out.

I have been told to be careful of the sticky tape holding the bag closed as it can rip the magazine if it sticks to it as you pull it out

It should go to your current address too Jim as I was able to update it before they were posted. Mine haven't arrived yet either :roll:

Is that a complaint? :-? :lol:

But someone has to take pics to accompany their article about it for the magazine

Part of the rally saw us in the middle of the wop wops near the Longburn Dam. I went for a walk (nobody else for miles) and a bird was hopping along in front of me. I wondered why it didn't just fly off and realised it was a skylark doing the injury act too Alan. I did not bother going the other way to look for the nest.

Is the water coming off the new roof? Is it possible there is a coating or something on that being the problem? Was it coated with a mould inhibitor or something? I agree with the others, a pH of 6.3 shouldn't kill those fish.

I am afraid the kids ate it all Joe 8)

My daughter's class loves it when her mum turns up with birthday cake Here is the cake. She has taken up roller derby... and here is her present. She has already sprained an ankle so I thought these items would come in handy... :lol: Not a neat and tidy cake I know but it was the best I could do. The bottom cake was banana and the skate was a vanilla gluten free one as one of the kids is gluten intolerant. Interestingly, those who tried both sections all preferred the gluten free. The icing was particularly tasty.

You were probably taking the top wavy bit they wanted to surf on

I have been informed the magazines were posted today :bounce: Enjoy. 8) and send me articles for the Feb edition. Thanks to those who have already done so.

Unless the printer lets me know, I won't know any more about delivery times than the rest of you - or when it turns up in my letterbox. Hopefully they arrive before the end of November! If not, this will be the first time in my 16 years as editor that a magazine has been late :oops: There was a lot of new stuff to organise for this this month, involving different organisations, but I am sure you will all think the new look was worth it. Feb should be fine as we have all the wrinkles ironed out. :bounce:

Hi and welcome. Neons are hard to sex. Females will be fatter. 60L is small so be careful how many, and what sort, of fish you add. Neons like to be in a group of 6 or more so I would get more of them for a start.

I certainly use fly spray but do not spray near, or towards, the tanks. Never had a problem. I tend more to use it on window sills etc rather than just spray into the room.

It is plecostomus and don't worry, a bristlenose is not a plecostomus anyway so no need to spell it :lol: Bristlenoses (Ancistrus sp) are egg layers. They lay in caves or under logs. You can't mistake their eggs as they are very large and bright orange. The male looks after them too. You will probably find more fry but they are well camouflaged. The white patch on the tail gives them away.

I look forward to the article and photos of the event

There's 4 of us in there at the moment 8)

Wow! The power of the written word eh??

Would anyone who has any anecdotes or information on John's years with the FNZAS please email me so I can put together a worthy obit in the Feb AW. We all know of his expertise selling raffles or auctioning goods. His ability to get money out of everyone and leave them smiling was amazing. His repertoire of jokes was astounding and his ability to tell them had everyone in fits of laughter. It often took a while to figure out if he was telling you something true or whether what he was saying would turn out to be a joke. Sometimes some were still unsure by the end of it :lol: Who could forget the enormous ice creams he used to get for Eddie each conference? The photo above is a favourite of mine. It was taken at the Blenheim conference 2003.