Caryl

Look I am working on it! I also have to get the Minutes finished and information sent to the new secretary so hold your horses! I am going as fast as I can. For those who have asked - yes I did take pics of caserole's fishroom!

He is so easy to mock I don't think you need my help

It isn't a warm welcome. It is down to 2C here and dropping

Ah I see you made it. Welcome to the fishroom!

It was the bits you were jiggling that we found funny

I do too but you are supposed to have separate stuff for separate tanks, or sterilise in between.

Yes you buy peat from garden centres. Be careful to get peat only, not the stuff that has been treated with mould inhibitors or other stuff.

I don't know. I thought wok's striptease on Saturday night was hilarious! :lol:

Brad we have found an Aussie site that will freight a Fluval FX-5 to NZ for $325 Aussie, inc freight. It is $314.95 for the actual filter. That is from The Aquarium Shop www.theaquariumshop.com.au. If you are able, or want to, match this we would get it from you instead

Brilliant weekend! Well done all. I will be adding pics (started a new thread for conference pics - feel free to add your own) as I get them uploaded over the next few days.

Only one to start with until I have time to enhance (we need all the enhancing we can get!) resize and upload the rest. Here is a group shot of fishroom members... Back left to right: Paul (billaney), David, Faran (blue), Caryl, Warren, Dave, Ira, Paul (wok), Stu (caserole), Errol (Amazonian) front row sitting or kneeling: Sarah, Chris, Kevin (kevin_wgtn) Mitch (minchton), Shane (HandS) Others were there throughout the weekend but not that night. I have pics of them to upload yet.

There could be a number of things wrong with him, TB being least likely I think. If he was sitting on the bottom when he was still in the shop you should not have bought him, despite his pretty colours. He may be sick or damaged from a net during capture. One sick, or damaged, fish does not mean the shop is not good. Even good shops have the occasional problem with fish. It is up to the buyer to make sure they choose good specimens.

Easy to do. When you get the fish make sure they are bagged correctly. Large fish need one to a bag but smaller ones you will get away with more. Less is better though. Use 1/3 water to 2/3 air. Double bag them if possible (ie put the bag inside another bag). Pack the bags of fish carefully into a polystyrene box or chilly bin if you have one. Scrunched up newspaper around them will help keep the heat in a stop the bags moving around. You car will probably be a nice warm temperature so heating won't be required but if you are concerend, a plastic fizzy bottle filled with warm water and wrapped in a towel or newspaper will suffice. Be careful of fish with sharp spines or pectoral fins as they will pierce a plastic bag. Put them in a solid plastic container instead. I regularly transport fish over several hours with no problems at all.

That's interesting Tim as I was told that a lot of the guppies imported over the past 1 - 2 years had bacterial infections that didn't respond to treatment, hence the heavy losses but from what you say, this doesn't sound correct.

I will be cruising them all next week Jude as I help my son and his partner stock the new tank we are setting up for their birthdays

Then I guess you weren't here long either :lol:

Hi Tesha and welcome. You are lucky living in ChCh as you have the best range of lfs in the country!

Oh dear, MTS already. Welcome and have fun. 8)

He accessorises!

Was sent these today...

I don't actually care - at least it would be an article. As I have no idea what zeovit is, or does, I have no comment on the sides taken in the debate. I would be happy to print an article from both sides so Layton, yes please, and you others who disagree - instead of just posting violin playing smileys, write an article about your views!! The other topics you suggested sound good Layton. Please, I look forward to your articles.

Guppies these days are not as tough as they used to be. A number of people have been complaining lately about guppy deaths and a seeming lack of reasons. Have you done any water tests for ammonia, nitrites and nitrates? This might help work out the problem. Clamped fins are a sign of stress and if the fish are not being bullied then 99% of the time the stress is caused by bad, or incorrect, water parameters. It may just be the guppies are more sensitive to whatever it is so are affected whereas the other fish do not seem to be.

Hi from me too Alice. Obviously Ryan is overrun with guppies :lol:

Thank you to those who have sent pics already. Billaney there is no time limit, it is an ongoing thing. I have pics from pies too - from when he had his website set up. Not sure if he would want me to use them any more though. I just like to use as many different people's pics as possible instead of the same person all the time - even if their pics are fantastic. What I want even more, especially from salties, is articles to go with the pics!

You only need water ager if your water supply is chlorinated. Ours isn't.