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What use is icecream if you don't have a tank to sit in front of while you lick?

It will differ in cost throughout the country as price per unit varies too.

You used to be able to buy a kitset kilowatt meter (Dick Smith, Jaycar outlets) which would measure the power consumption over a period of time. The problem is you don't know when the heater is on or not so you have to measure over a period of time.

Have a look under FNZAS Clubs for the thread entitled Marlborough's Great Driftwood Hunt. It gives all the details and pics! The river mouth at Hokitika Beach.

Good for you Anthony!

They haven't been eaten so far so I will leave them and see how they go. Not worried if they don't survive anyway. Most surprised there was fry to start with!!

Dimension limit is actually 640 x 480

Because the majority of people want pretty, brightly coloured, fish in their tanks. Males are more colourful and sell well, females don't. They can also keep the price up if they can stop people being able to breed their own.

Hang on Shae. Melafix is an anti-bacterial medication so how does it introduce healthy bacteria into a tank? This isn't to say it is not a good medication but it is made from Melaleuca (tea tree). Tea tree is commonly used as a germicide, antiseptic and disinfectant. It is also used in some acne medications. Aborigines use it for headaches, pain, colds and insect repellant.

Should look real good once those plants take off B.

Yes I know. Not worried though as they only have a bath to live in. One day I will build the pond (been saying that for 20 years) :lol:

To start, the bigger the better. Large tanks are easier to maintain than small ones. Trademe is a good place to look for 2nd hand set-ups or Port Nicholson glass (or any other glass merchant) is cheaper than pet shops to buy new.

Hi and welcome. There is a BBQ at Jude's (a membr here) next weekend in Wainuiomata. Perhaps you would like to join us? Lots of friendly people with lots of advice. It is a chance for members here to meet each other in person rather than just in the chat room most nights around 9pm If you want to know more, send Jude a PM or join us in the chat room.

It doesn't mean just one problem either Shae. It could be a mix of all the suggestions so far.

Depends on the driftwood . Some doesn't leach at all. I have never had a piece of driftwood leach but then, mine are wild caught, not store raised ones :lol: If you boil the wood it will sink faster and if you add a bit of baking soda to the boiling water it will sink even faster - but you must be sure to rinse it very thoroughly afterwards or it will stuff your pH.

Are there lots of plants to make them feel secure?

I hope it's still cool when, like Ira, you have hundreds of young fish to get rid of

The fry can hide in the green water and feed off it. It is that green because hedgehogs keep dying in it and polluting it before I spot them, lift them out with the garden leaf rake, then biff them over the fence into the reserve next door

I prefer the moss myself but whatever works for you - and you have it in the tank.

Put it in a container with few centimeters of water in the bootm and slowly raise the water level over time. Don't know how long though as I have never tried it :roll:

Hmm wonder if I should catch them and put them in something else - the barb pond perhaps?

When I set up my 4ft African tank, I cycled it with 4 medium sized goldfish. When the Africans were added the goldfish went outside into a bath. This morning I was outside photographing dragonflies in the barb pond (no sign of fry there but I think they would be too small to see and well hidden in the plants) when I noticed some goldfish fry in the bath. Never thought they would breed as there is little plant in there (and no flat leaves) for the fish to spawn under. The 4 big goldfish are all orange so the fry should eventually change too I hope. The fry are about 1.5cm

Are you sure its baby kiribs? Perhaps it is really what the marine guys call "live sand" :lol: :lol: :lol:

If this is the one with the filter running along the top of the back of the tank, a couple of people complained that if you didn't keep the filter clean it tended to bank up the water and flow down the outside of the back of the tank. Has anyone found this? Perhaps it is a different brand of tank. :roll:

I keep getting an orange spot indicating a new or unread post in the freshwater tank section but when I look there don't appear to be any new ones. I wonder if it goes orange when you submit the stuff, even if it hasn't appeared yet since it needs to be approved?