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Caryl

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  1. Caryl

    Keeping NZ Fish?

    and most of the fish are too big to be kept in aquariums. You can pick up 2nd hand chillers for a few hundred dollars.
  2. You may find, unless you have a "premier" insurance policy that they will not pay for the damage. We found this out after a 250L broke and flooded the lounge, dining and kitchen areas. They only covered damage done from normal house water supplies like pipes bursting or tap problems. They did pay for the tank itself though
  3. Sometimes they will get a light brown dusting of algae on them as they get established and this goes away after a while.
  4. Caryl

    Howdy folks

    Bet he likes the full search
  5. Caryl

    Howdy folks

    Welcome to the forum acara. I have just returned from Borneo myself but didn't go scuba diving.
  6. Are they actually attaching themselves to the fish and killing them or do you mean your fish are dying in a tank that also has free swimming worms in it? What size is the tank and what is in it? What sort of filter do you have and what is your tank maintenance regimen?
  7. Hey TGWH, feel free to say hello when you are up here. 5789390
  8. Look at a deep pond. The fish bask in the sun during the day but if something startles them they dive down to the depths. The difference in temperature between the top and the bottom of a deep pond can be a large amount and they go from one to the other instantly with no adverse effects.
  9. What size are the fish you are transporting? Fish over 5cm I would put 1 to a bag and double bag it as well. Make sure you have a quarter water to 3 quarters air. Polystyrene gives extra protection against the box being crushed (do not expect couriers to read the "Fragile" label) and keeps the heat in. Transport overnight as it is safer. How far south is it going? It isn't that cold yet in Marlborough. Packing with newspaper will insulate well. Do not feed the fish for 2 days before transport. This stops them producing so much waste and helps keep the toxicity down.
  10. BNs either breed, or they don't. They can breed like mad for months, then stop for a few years, then start breeding again. Well, mine did anyway! :lol: Try getting another female. He might like her more Mine always bred in, or under, a log. The hole will be fine. The pots are fine in tanks too.
  11. Nothing wrong with those temperatures. My pond fish live in hotter than that over summer.
  12. Caryl

    Hello

    Hi there. We are here to help with any questions. Try and join a local fish club too for added help and support.
  13. Caryl

    Hello everyone

    Welcome. I too tend to get carried away looking at the aquariums in the background of TV programmes and forget to listen to the dialogue :lol:
  14. Caryl

    hello all!!

    Hi and welcome Casper
  15. http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/viewtopic.php?t=2406
  16. She might be producing new and absorbing them constantly. I don't keep them myself so am not talking from experience. If the fish is eating well and behaving normally then I wouldn't be concerned, otherwise I would attempt to squeeze her myself.
  17. They do get fat with eggs. If there is no male she will absorb them eventually.
  18. Caryl

    cycling

    What sort of filter is it? Loopy could probably help, or my son.
  19. Caryl

    filter media

    All sorts of stuff can be used but they aren't as good as the noodles. I have heard of people using plastic hair curlers and cut up straws. Bricks and terracotta are used as caves in tanks, just give them a scrub first.
  20. An English site I belong to still often mentions tanks in gallons (UK) like we (oldies) still refer often to tanks being x feet, not cm
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