Caryl

One of our members made one. To quote him... 'The tank was made from 18mm construction plywood with fibreglass reinforced corners and resin coating on the inside of the tank. Over the fibreglass was epiglass 2-pack reaction lacer primer. The finish was 2 coats of black swimming pool paint. The glass front was 10mm thick. ' The tank was a corner one holding 600 litres. That tank was built in 2000 and is still going strong with no problems whatsoever.

Sounds stressed to me. Was he introduced slowly? Do you know how closely your tank parameters match what he was in before?

Its the click of a mouse as one of the tank inhabitants surfs through The Fishroom reading the saltwater posts

Tall narrrow fish = angels Always look good in a hex.

Hi Bluetom and welcome. A lot of members here can't spell so don't worry about it :lol: Tell you what has really annoyed me though. :evil: We have had a tagger at work overnight in one of our main streets. Now, you would think spraying "EAT S**T" would be easy but he spelt the last word wrong! And no, he didn't use ** either :lol: He did miss out the I though. For goodness sake! If you can't spell a simple 4 letter word don't display your ignorance on other people's fences!! Rant over. Welcome to the fishroom Bluetom :lol: I have a L Malawi tank myself. A few of meet in the chatroom around 9pm so perhaps we will see you there one night.

Sometimes there are little critters living on the surface of the water and you can see them leaping about just above the surface. Perhaps these bit you? I assume the only affected parts have been those in the tank water?

Looking good Shilo. May I remind you Myriophyllum propinquum is a Class B noxious weed? This means you can have it, but not pass it on. I thought Callitriche stagnalis was also a native. Half the fun of setting these biotopes up is the gathering of the inhabitants is it not? 8)

Anything and everything. First meeting, just get those present to introduce themselves and tell the others what their interests are, how many tanks etc and perhaps how they got into fishkeeping. From this, conversation ought to flow. You can discuss what they would like to get out of a club. If you ask everyone to bring a small plate you can easily chat informally over a cuppa.

Hi Peanuts and welcome. A friend with an uncle into fishkeeping in a big way...thanks to Paul...Billaney by any chance? :lol:

Hi. Don't know the answer myself but suggest you try ringing the Mapua Aquarium over Nelson/Motueka way.

I can't see how removing the charcoal could cause the problems either and the Fluval should be plenty. Did you do a water change or anything at the same time? Perhaps something was in the water? How long had the charcoal been in there? It only lasts a few months and perhaps as you removed it the bad stuff it had absorbed was released back in the tank?

But Minch, what about MY costs for conference and travel if I have to go and do this? I recommend everyone to visit the Tawhiti Museum as it is spectacular and the photos do not do the models justice. The detail in them is incredible! They have their own website too www.tawhitimuseum.co.nz

Organising a first meeting is easy. Get the venue booked then put an advert in the papers and posters up on as many noticeboards as you can find. I can do some full colour posters for you if you want that will be sure to attract attention. Give the title (eg. Northland Fish Nuts Meeting!), place and time then keep your fingers crossed. If you can arrange to have some fish and/or plants etc to swap, sell, giveaway then that would encourage attendance too. If you have local free papers get them to do an interview with you the week before the meeting.

Go ahead and organise a meeting then advertise it phillz and see how many turn up, rather than just ask if anyone is interested. If no-one turns up it will be no great loss (except for the cost of the venue). Is it possible to find a free place for the inaugural meeting?

Hi and welcome Chim Chim. The common plec, Hypostomus plecostomus, is brown with mottled markings and grows up to 60cm. There are plecs called zebra plecs but they cost big bucks.

OK it is easy to affiliate to the FNZAS once you have your club up and running. All you do is write to the FNZAS correspondence secretary H Goodin, 3a Fenton Tce, Te Puke requesting affiliation. It would pay to giver her the name of your club plus the details for your president, secretary and treasurer. She, in turn, then sends a letter to all affiliated clubs telling them of your club's wish to join the FNZAS and asking for dissenting votes. The clubs have 2 months to reply. If no-one objects, you will be contacted and asked to pay capitation fees (currently $5 per person but going up to $10 next year) and a Year Book levy (of $25 per year per club and may be paid for by selling an advertising strip in the Year Book). You will then be welcomed into the FNZAS. Easy eh?

OK, I have added a pile of sub albums to the FNZAS conference 2005 album... http://photobucket.com/albums/v144/cary ... ce%202005/

We have a factory that makes them 8) Try any company that makes refrigerated (insulated) rooms.

Have a look at the top of the page. It says Index, Search, FAQ, Chatroom (IRC) etc. Click on chatroom.When the cretificate thing comes up click on yes to accept it or you won't get into chat. You must also have javascript installed on the computer. I think most modern computers come with it already in there but it can be downloaded free off the Net from a number of places. Once in the chatroom you will see a list on the right telling you who is in the room. The main screen shows you what is being typed and at the bottom is a single line with your cursor flashing in it. Just type what you want and hit Enter and your conversation will appear in the bit above. You can change your font colour by selecting the one you want at the right hand end of the line you type in. Hope to see you there!

Hi and welcome. Check out the Plants section as dubbieboy was offering riccia to all and sundry. Aren't you a bit overstocked for a 120L? Although the plec, clowns and the shark will outgrow it anyway as time goes on so I guess they are all small fish at the moment. Keep an eye on the fighter and gourami as they might be a problem that needs one of them being moved.

Also keep an eye out for red streaks on the fin. It is possible it is a sign of something more sinister but here's hoping he has just scraped himself on something.

At least we are seeing progress Shae

Great pic catbrat!

"The two we had in it died again" ??? I didn't know fish could die more than once. :lol: Baby BNs seem to be very sensitive and sometimes will die for no apparent reason, even though conditions seem to be good.

That is what the liners are for. A popular water feature here is to use a half a wine barrel, lined with plastic liner.