Caryl

Does your method involve threats by animals with sharp teeth or beaks? :lol:

Does anyone know where you can go to get someone to renegotiate your wages on your behalf, if you do not belong to a union? I gather some lawyers specialise in this but I wondered if there was some company that did it professionally on behalf of individuals. Bear in mind we do not live in a city

When a fish is not 100% it is easy for it to get tired then sucked up against the filter. Neons are not hardy

I would be bracing that stand before worrying about bracing the tank :lol:

I have heard of the Chinese algae eaters doing this. I believe they like sucking the slime coat off the discus. I don't know if it is good for them though (the whiptail or the discus) :-?

Has it done this from the beginning? It is possible it was damaged when being caught. This can happen. Also, did you say what sex the platys were? They need a sex ration of 1 male to 2 or more females. The one on the bottom may be a male being bullied by another male :-?

Best of luck for the future :-?

Has he considered an external filter? Goldfish produce a LOT of waste and I wonder if an internal like that would clog quite quickly.

Hi. Your other pets are welcome too We have other Nelsonians in here and some are also members of the Tasman Aquarium Club.

But then you have to get people to read the stickies before they ask their question

If fish are happy then leave the pH alone. Better to have a low or high stable pH than to add chemicals and have it swing. Chemicals only work for a short time anyway (depending on the reason the pH is too low) and it will quickly go back to what it was - hence the swing. There should be some nitrAte showing in a cycled tank 6 months old.

I prefer the glossy look too but at $1.40 cheaper per mag I think we can cope 8) Might have to go back to me printing them in Nov anyway since the shop here closed

Don't start that again! :lol: His was actually the first one bagged and tagged though. Jim I had to re-address yours by hand as I forgot tochange your address in the mail merge. Don't forget to send me your new one when it changes again I hope you all like the magazines as they are a bit different this time due to the different print process used.

Another board I suspect

If you need to use dechlorinator you just add it when you fill the bucket. I use warm water from the tap using my hand to guess if it is about the right temperature. It isn't critical and you don't need to be exact. Congratulations on your 40th. I will be up to 33 this year I think. :roll: Have a look through the various sections listed here for answers to many of your pH, cycling and test kit questions.

Yes he did Douwe and they are on their way :bounce:

All set and ready to go. Hopefully Grant will be home in time to lug them down to the post office for me. 600 or so magazines are heavy!!!

Makes up for the 3 people I know who have died this week :-?

The boy's name Devyn \d(e)-vyn, dev-yn\, also used as girl's name Devyn, is a variant of Devin (Irish, Gaelic) and Devon (English), and the meaning of Devyn is "bard, poet".

Congratulations to you both. I would not have been surprised if you had taken her out to the cow shed and hooked up the rope to the tractor :lol: Devyn is a nice name.

Ah thanks Rob. I was looking under North Shore :roll:

I have now matched the cards to the address labels and am having a break and a cuppa before I start bagging them all 8) Yeah Zev, will have to wait and see what to do for November and see what people think of the different look. I can get the job done through the same company via the Nelson branch but prefer to have a local place I can deal with face to face. There is another place here I can try so will do so.

OK, address labels are being printed and I have 3 boxes of magazines on the table. They do not have the laser gloss of previous magazines (because they are printed differently) but still look good and are nicely trimmed around the edges. Some of you will have glossy versions as we got another 30 members or so after the print job was ordered so I will have to run them off here on the laser. In this issue, have a go at the (mostly) fishy crossword. Read what happened when Matt was asked to rescue a fish Absorb the latest in the plecostomus series and learn about Hypancistrus There are a couple of items about snails See and read about Norman and Sharon diving in Dahab There is a conference report and lots of photos Learn about the Malabar puffer fish Read how Adrienne breeds those gorgeous Betta splendens she has How does Simon collect rainwater for use in his aquariums? See what a great job Tasman did of their week's display at the Richmond Mall (see Waikato's efforts in the November issue) and lots more!! :bounce:

First of all, I apologise for the delay but it is out of my hands. I managed to find a local print shop that could produce the magazines cheaper than I was able to and promised a 5 working day turnaround. The local shop is part of a national chain, Printstop (aka Same Day Print). The local personnel were great and easy to work with. The jobs were all organised, prices confirmed, and sent off on Thursday 29th July. On Monday Aug 2, I was informed the owners had decided it was not economic to continue trading and the shop would close at the end of the week. This had come as a shock to the staff I had been dealing with and they looked like this This was OK as the magazines would be back before then (5 day turnaround remember?). The membership cards arrived (faster to print) and looked great! By late Friday, and closing day, there was still no sign of the magazines but the staff assured me they were being done. Turns out the printer held off printing until the cheque cleared (in case the local owners' cheque bounced) then it appears they missed the courier! :evil: I have just had a call from the local, now unemployed staff person, to say they have arrived and she is on her way to personally deliver them to my door :bounce: A big thanks to Liz who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to keep me informed, as much as she was able, on what was happening and where the magazines were up to in the production and delivery - even after she no longer had a job. I don't know how long it will take me to ready them for post as I have to make sure addresses match the cards! Stay tuned and I will give you an idea of what you will find in this issue later on...

Craig and Sue bred these back in 1999 (the same year Trademe was founded actually). At the time they were members of the North Shore Aquarium Society - which no longer exists. Many did not believe them at the time as breeding these fish had not been known in the aquarium (in NZ anyway) and these two were also new to fish keeping. They were not too keen on letting people see the fish and fry either. Arrangements would be made then cancelled etc (from memory, I might be wrong) so some suggested it was a scam. They were apparently selling them but I do not know where, or who bought them. They finally managed to produce some photos as proof (pre fancy digital days remember) but, to my knowledge, they were not officially registered and I can't find them listed in the records as such either. They stopped breeding fish soon after and I do not know what happened to them. They are listed in the 98/99 Year Book but for that year only so were FNZAS members for a very short time.