Caryl

I don't know about elsewhere but I believe our Mitre 10 and Warehouse BBQ spots are booked up many months in advance! :-? Grocery raffles are always popular. Anywhere your club can gather a trailer load of wood to raffle off?

They are one of my favourites. A lovely looking fish but highly under-rated. Pale cream body with green and black splotches. They are a cold water species and, as you say, a live bearer. Nowhere near as prolific as guppies though! They like good water conditions to breed.

Well Grant and I are halfway there! :lol: We had 2 patients here (I am at work at a GP's office) who was due to celebrate their 73rd anniversary when she died He died aged 93 a couple of years later. We had been joking about him having to save up cos the 75th was platinum (I think) and he had to buy her something real fancy :lol:

You only need one of each sex but they will be more likely to spawn in a group.

I like dark substrate too as it shows the fish's colours more.

Hi there and welcome to fish keeping (again) and the fishroom.

Those with individual switches are great. There is nothing wrong with the cheap multi outlet boxes if you plug the stuff in and leave it plugged in. It is when you are plugging and unplugging that problems occur. We have a number of heavy duty 8 way boards 8) This particular one has a 6 way and two 4 way boxes added to it :roll: All low power I might add - it is also dangerous to overload your multi boards! PS. You should have seen it before Grant tidied the cables :lol:

I have at least 5 adult males and 2 females. I never noticed any of the females change shape but I now have lots of BN fry zipping about and have no idea who did the deed, or where :-? Very heavily planted tank with large bits of driftwood in it. I got our club members to count them at the meeting to prove I had over 10 (they are over a month old) so I will register them with the breeding scheme 8)

You might have trouble with infrared outside on a bright, sunny day, depending how far away you are. For reliability I would go for a wired one.

A lot of the fish with the extra long fins can't do the deed :-?

Statler and Waldorf were the hecklers. I think I would be Miss Piggy cos she got to boss everyone around, had a good sense of self, and also got to karate chop those who annoyed her :lol:

I didn't realise magpies were kitting themselves out with spy planes these days! :lol: Ira I hope you realise the forecast for Sunday in Wgtn is gale force winds and rain

Clamping is often a sign of stress.

Cheap multibox with poor contact tension. A lot of the cheap ones do this if the plugs are pulled in and out a few times. Some are so bad the plugs fall out when you turn them over. When the tension is like this, the pins will heat up causing this to happen (Grant - electrical service technician )

They will fit nicely in the Aquarium World too! 8)

Mine's bigger than yours :lol:

I have oly ever used "daylight" or "bright white" tubes. Never bought fancy aquatic ones as I am a Scrooge :roll:

Have you ever given birth to multiple fry? It is very exhausting! She needs a rest. Keep her away from males for a while with plenty of plants for her to rest in and hopefuly she will come right again. Note the parents will eat the fry any chance they get!

They can drop fry every 4 - 6 weeks.

At least it doesn't need batteries :lol: He will only have access to it when he is free range as I won't keep it in his cage. Gotta win the auction now :roll:

Adodge do you have another financial FNZAS member near you? They could verify your breeding. I am sure there will be someone in Auckland who could help :-? It is hoped the registering of breedings will encourage more people to actually breed the fish they have and so keep many species going in NZ. With so many being banned, it is important we do not lose the ones we have.

Hmmm I wonder if I should reconsider this idea? :lol: He already tries to do unmentionable things to one of his toys :roll: Perhaps we should get him neutered :-?

Thanks! 8)

It's time to meet the muppets

Anyone know where to get these? The "people" with the weighted rounded base that when you hit them they fell over and bounced back up again. I want a budgie sized one for you-know-who (hope he doesn't read this or it will ruin the surprise) :roll: