Caryl

Welcome. Sorry for the delay but a number of us have been at the FNZAS conference this weekend.

It is always hard to photograph those tanks :-? Looks like that one is the focal point of the room ! (as it should be)

Wow! What a weekend! i think it was the largest conference we have had for some years. It was certainly the first to have a representative from every club in the federation. The weather was good, although a bit chilly. We met up with a lot of old friends and made some new ones. Raffled off over $1,000 of goods, kindly donated by wholesalers and retailers. Gave away a lot of spot prizes and auctioned off plants. Had a great bus trip and visited the World Of Wearable Arts, along with the classic cars. Went to the Mapua Aquarium, Redwood Cellars (boy did they do a roaring trade!) and Eyebright, the country store. Meals were tasty, even if we didn't get the custard for the apple crumble (as promised on our souvenir menus ) We had an in-house bar so those who wanted could go and watch the rugby, or attend the karaoke "White, Tight, or Bright" evening. Larnce Witchman, from Burkhart Fisheries, gave us a Powerpoint presentation on the production of artemia (brine shrimp) eggs for the aquarium trade. Very interesting. I would like to say WELL DONE to those Tasman Aquarium Club members who pitched in to make this weekend a success. Not only had they taken over the job of hosting conference at short notice but, being new FNZAS members, only one of them had ever attended a previous FNZAS conference so they were working blind. Talk about a steep learning curve! It all worked out in the end and I think everyone enjoyed themselves. We look forward to next year's conference which will be at Rings Beach in the Coromandel. Oh yeah, we had an AGM too :lol: Congratulations to our new president - Paul Billaney! (who also won most of the trophies) ...and I will upload pics as soon as I have them resized and sorted.

Why have the area name in it at all? Just be Fish Fanatics. Or be Bay Fish Fanatics. But please keep it a lot shorter than the previous name :lol:

Sounds like you are better off with your Asian name :lol:

Two Dunedinite attendees arrived here about midnight. Now have to remember to pick wilson up off the train then wait for 3 off the ferry. All have lunch here then we will be off too! :bounce: My son and daughter in law are looking forward to feeding the fish (they will be here while we are there so we miss their visit) but will miss Bud. Bud has had his cage cleaned out and is all ready to go. 8)

If you don't want them to breed then don't get girls. Are you sure you actually have 2 boys? It won't hurt him to make bubble nests all by himself

Me too but I think it was water based paint. Cover the top of the tank with a blanket or something and make sure the room is well ventilated.

Hey at least he's remembered! :lol:

Caryl A mixture cos my parent fought over the names Carol and Meryl :roll: Carol = melody, song (I can't carry a tune in a bucket) Meryl = falcon (I'm a bird :lol: )

and me Wait until you see what has been donated for raffles! Plus we have Caryl's Treasure Chest - full of second hand goodies available for a donation.

It was a first for me too! :lol: I put it on high then popped up to check the email. Dumb mistake. It was just as I remembered "Arrrgh the porridge!" and headed down the hall that I saw the smoke, smelled the smell, and then the alarm went off. :roll:

We are pretty much salt free here but porridge is one thing that MUST have a bit of salt in it :roll:

...and set off the smoke alarms burn porridge! :oops: Good to know the alarms work as they should I guess :roll:

All good places suggested. We loved our time up there a couple of years ago and never ran out of things to see and do. You have to do Driving Creek Railway, Waiau Waterworks and the Butterfly and Orchid Garden at Thames. We also enjoyed Rapaura Gardens and don't miss the Ngatea Water Gardens (not quite Coromandel but worth the stop). The Ngatea gardens have funny signs all the way through and very well set up displays. Kids love it (they love the waterworks too). I think it must be the only gardens in NZ with a pterodactyl nesting area! :lol: We hired a house for a week at Tairua and headed out in a different direction each day. Have a look at my Photobucket albums here

Hi and welcome. You have joined the FNZAS or just signed up to this FNZAS forum? There is a big difference.

Hi and welcome Carla. Adding 21 fish to a tank that is only a month old might explain the deaths Of course, you may have a 250L+ tank for all I know :-? Do you know anything about "cycling" a tank? Read up on the subject and you will find it very helpful and avoid more deaths although, as livingart said, if you have live stock you also get dead stock.

Hi and welcome Lester. I have been keeping fish for over 30 years and still have a lot to learn too :lol:

No, you said the mods were full of innuendo - just like the Simpsons. As a Simpson myself, I am not full of innuendo :lol:

Excuse me but I object to being referred to as a nazi. Nor am I full of innuendo!

I looked at the time it was posted and the time the post in the mod section said they had removed it :-?

About 5 hours I think 8)

Mine grows big leaves at the surface too. It is the light. I only have 4 daylight fluoros on my tank.

Obviously it's time you moved

My 250L tropical