Caryl
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Just wandered down the road to see where all the police and fire engines were headed. House on fire next street over. It is a dead end street and a poor pizza delivery boy had gone up there to deliver but can't get back out as the fire engines are blocking the only exit.
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Not all of them are done like that though. Mostly the cheap ones, apparently.
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I had been given a large bunch of stargrass. It disappeared overnight thanks to barbs.
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Tomorrow we will find out how many small poly boxes you can fit in a Holden's boot :thup: (Along with 2 large and 1 slightly smaller than that boxes)
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We recently flew in and out of Auckland and our hand luggage was not X-rayed, nor were we asked what was in it. In fact the only time my stuff has gone through X-ray was when flying overseas. I have heard others say otherwise though.
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I have carried these 3 bags as hand luggage various times with no problems. I have never thought to tell anyone what was in the bags and nobody asked either. In fact, I seem to remember my sister and her daughter taking 2 of the largest bags each on board from Blenheim to Hamilton (full of cichlids incidentally) with no questions asked.
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Do the links work now?
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We need to fix it first
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Hello, Newbie wanting to get into some fish!
Caryl replied to The Government's topic in Beginners Corner
Hi and welcome. You will see we have a native section and there is a lot of information there on setting up cold water natives, with pics too! Have a good browse, as most of what you need to know is there. Main thing with natives seems to be temperature requirements. Stella brings out her new book on native freshwater fish in December. I suggest you buy it and read voraciously! -
I would appreciate the Aqua Clear 150 impeller please Adrienne. I have one of those I use as a spare, or on Q tanks as required.
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I hope to be sending some down to Trilobite shortly - for free :bggrn:
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I have travelled a number of times with fish (and once with axolotls in an ice cream container) as hand luggage in one of those foldable cooler bags.
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Because he won't like being trapped in there, unable to reach the females he can see but can't get to. These fish also like to swim forward, not hover in place.
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I always found females stressed out in these boxes. Much better to provide plenty of plant cover so fry can hide. Putting the male in there is fine but he can't stay in there too long.
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Are you in a hurry for them? I think I know someone who will be heading down to ChCh at the end of the week. My sister's partner also drives trucks to ChCh and back on occasion. I could send several down wth him next trip if you want spares.
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I have a garage full. If only you had asked early Sunday, I could have filled my daughter's car when she headed back to ChCh. :-?
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ANOTHER MASSIVE QUAKE HITS SEDDON, MARLBOROUGH & WELLINGTON
Caryl replied to Adrienne's topic in The Off Topic Fishroom
Just been to one of the sites Grant looks after, to put a generator on it until power is restored. Look what the batteries did to the shelving. This site is almost above the epicentre (within 1km) of the major shakes... -
ANOTHER MASSIVE QUAKE HITS SEDDON, MARLBOROUGH & WELLINGTON
Caryl replied to Adrienne's topic in The Off Topic Fishroom
Another 5.2. They have been going continually, large and small. I feel for those in Seddon. They have a big mess out there. The main road between us is closed due to cracks in the road, boulders and slips and 2 bridges north of Kaikoura have sustained a lot of damage. :tears: -
How to properly clean a power filter and how often?
Caryl replied to discusnoob's topic in Freshwater
You have to clean them when they clog and yes, it does destroy some of the good bacteria. I assume you also have the ceramic noodles in there too? There will be a lot of bacteria living in that also so you will not lose it all by rinsing the sponges. Doing them alternately is a good idea but don't bother until the water flow slows down. -
ANOTHER MASSIVE QUAKE HITS SEDDON, MARLBOROUGH & WELLINGTON
Caryl replied to Adrienne's topic in The Off Topic Fishroom
Tis a bit wobbly. Over 30 quakes in the past hour. No damage at my place (minor stuff falling off things) but Seddon is a mess and cracks in the road. My brother was driving through Seddon when the 6.2 hit and thought he had 4 flat tyres then saw people running out of buildings and things falling over. Grant has been called out as Telecom and Vodofone systems are overloaded. -
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Hi Nathan and welcome. I thought it was generally a no-no to put angels and discus together. Hopefully someone who has kept discus can confirm or deny this. You will certainly have trouble if the angels decide to breed! They will also out-compete the discus for food. Come to think of it, the angels will eventually eat the neons :-?
