As long as the shop knows they are going to be bagged for several hours you should be right. If they know that they should put less fish per bag for you.
We regularly bring fish up from ChCh with no deaths so far (you must drive slow and stop a lot as we do the trip in under 4 hours, inc comfort and food stops). We have brought them from further afield and had them bagged for up to 2 days without problems too for that matter.
Go to farm supply stores and get the stuff farmers use in dams. A lot cheaper than the "proper" pond lining.
Do they have any farm supply stores in or around Auckland? :lol:
If you are just running tropicals in a well insulated home the power bills don't alter much. We used to have 18 tanks running and our power bills were never particularly high.
Watch out for overhanging deciduous trees, or underground tree root systems (not to mention drains etc)
Try to build in a place with at least partial sun. Full sun will have it go green very quickly. Full shade is good and you can plant using ferns.
Check allowable depths with council. Over certain depth needs to be fenced.
Deeper is better as it stays cooler longer.
Ah thanks for that Tim. I sent instructions but said she might have problems if he had passworded the computer. Good to know you will help her directly. 8)
You need a programme to crack the password?
She was going to post here as she asked me how to do so. Since she hasn't I guess she couldn't figure it out
Keep meaning to ring her to see but have been so busy...