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A 4.8 this afternoon and not very deep

Most of us start spreading before we sag! :roll: :lol:

Grant is good at the last minute/second bids too :lol: I don't trust autobid. :roll:

I suggest you start with a budgie. They are a lot quieter than cockatiels. My nana's budgie could recite nursery rhymes and a number here met Bud, the wonder budgie. He had quite a repertoire and was free range every evening. We still miss him (and Pepper). Budgies can be taught tricks too.

One of the pet shops we visited recently had signs explaining price changes due to GST. They finished with "We thank you for your patients" :lol: As to sellers writing from the animal's perspective. If it is done well it can be very clever but most are not :roll:

Budgies are a good start and can be fun without costing a lot either. Bear in mind at your age you will be going to school then possibly uni, where you may not be able to take a bird with you. If you get a larger, longer-lived bird than a budgie, you might run into problems. Larger parrots bond to their owners.

Never bred them myself but from what I have read, you separate the sexes and feed them up on good quality foods then put them all together, They swim and spawn in a group dropping eggs everywhere. Fish need to then be removed so they don't eat the eggs.

I usually get Grant to bid on my auctions. Too much excitement for me a lot of the time. It depends on how badly I want the item though :lol:

I do not think a raised pond ever looks natural. In nature, a pond forms at the lowest point, not the highest. Just a thought.

By putting the males in one tank and the females in another, or use a tank divider. If you want to tell the boys from the girls, the males are smaller and slimmer. The females get more rounded with eggs.

no. I have them and I love them.

Good tank maintenance, quarantining new fish and keeping the water as good as it can be

What next with what? What size is the tank? How long has it been running?

Mine never got particularly nasty and only had a rumble when food was involved :roll:

Yes, it belongs to FishBen or his dad FishMarc 8)

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There are several different species of fish all commonly called "whitebait". 5 Galaxid species and 1 smelt I think

There's always 1 :roll: :lol:

Have answered this in your welcome thread. Others may add their suggestions.

Snails easily find their way into aquariums, usually via plants. You can leave them, get snail eating fish, or squish them against the glass.

These were taken by Grant and I. I have not loaded other people's pics as they can do it themselves. Have a look here

Work does not supply him with a vehicle. All they had to offer was a 2WD stationwagon!! :roll: I am sure a Range Rover would be very nice - if we could afford one :-?

Interesting that both places recommended doing both (and one does not do the work so wasn't looking for a sale) but both know where Grant goes and the stress put on his vehicles so probably figure if one has gone the other isn't far behind :roll: This is one 4WD that gets hard off-road use, not used just to take kids to school or to get groceries.

Grant is away on a course today so took the opportunity to send me down to the tyre place to get 4 new tyres on the Kia 4WD. That was expensive enough but when I went to pick it up I was informed that when they jacked it up the left front shock lost all it's fluid! The vehicle ran out of its warranty on Sunday on the way home from Hamilton The local agent says he will see if he can get it replaced under warranty as it is so close and he knows how well it has been serviced - since he has been doing it. He will also have to do both shocks but we will have to pay for the other. They have to order the shocks in so it will be a day off the road and I think Grant is fully booked so will have to cancel something :roll: Oh well, as of Wednesday night he had already worked a 44 hour week so perhaps he will get a break. Most of the places he goes requires the 4WD so he can't use one of our other vehicles instead.

Trailers are cheap to hire from most garages.