Caryl

Many aquatic plants are actuall grown emersed (ie. out of the water) as bog plants and can be slowly adapted to aquatic living. Baby tears immediately springs to mind. It is a common house plant and also found in aquaria. The well known spider plant can survive quite some time underwater although will eventually die off as it is not a bog plant. Same with the peace lily. Try getting a few bog plants from the garden centre and experiment. They are certainly cheaper to buy from a garden centre. They need to be slowly drowned rather than suddenly dumped underwater.

I don't even do that on my African tank. They get a 50% water change every so often and it is filled up straight from the garden hose dragged through the bedroom window :lol: . The fish love it and play in the current of cold water.

I haven't seen yours appear yet Dawn.

We had 18mm here today but the day ended nice and sunny. Aren't you up a bit late for a 5 year old - even if it is school holidays? :lol:

That is what we are here for. Whereabouts are you?

Looking good Dawn. Any spare? :lol:

All I know is if they die they pollute the tank real fast!

Hi and welcome blackcat. A tank that size is really too small for goldfish as they grow big. They would be OK for a wee while but would then need a bigger home. Mountain minnows would be good in there though. Would you be happy with just a school of them? Otherwise, one blackmoor would be ok for a while.

To me Wgtn, Upper and Lower Hutt, Wainuiomata etc are ALL Wellington!

I will have my camera with me next weekend mystic. Any chance of taking some pics for you? Of course, someone would have to volunteer to drive me :lol:

Dwarf neon rainbows would look good too.

If you ask me nicely I might take some off your hands next weekend Ira. I still haven't decided what to put in my 4ft and it is rather empty. It has 2 or 3 gouramis in it now from the Napier Show weekend. Don't think they are yours though.

If you click on the logo top left it will take you to the page with Clubs on it. Under that is a list of clubs and contact people. If you want to join my own club, send $15 for an individual or $20 for a family to C Simpson, 8a Faulkland Dr. Blenheim and I will sign you up Make sure you remember to send your full name, address, phone, email and a few details about yourself and your tanks. We take direct credit too so if that is preferred, send me a PM and I will send you the account details. All FNZAS members get 4 Aquarium World magazines per year (they come out in Feb, May, Aug and Nov). This is NZs only fish magazine and it is a 40 page, A5, full colour production - printed by me! at home on my colour laser, so do not expect a professional glossy like the overseas mags. Members also get a Year Book which, among other things, lists all affiliated members NZ-wide plus has a list of retailers offering discount to FNZAS members. Depending on the club, they also get a monthly club newsletter. Some clubs do not have one, some have black only, and some are full colour. Our club emails most of our newsletters to save postage. They get sent out as a pdf and members can read them on screen or print them out if they want. They are posted to those who do not have access to the Internet, or whose computers are so old (or connection too slow) they can't handle files up to around 800kb.

Hi and welcome. Look forward to seeing pics.

Sorry to hear that KM. Unfortunately the Sth Auck club is very small and they only meet occasionally at the moment. Two of their members are regularly overseas. If you want to join a club so you can belong to the FNZAS and get their Aquarium World magazine for free (plus other stuff) you can join another club. For instance, my Marlborough club already has members in Auckland, Whangarei, Tauranga, Wellington, Motueka, Nelson, Ashburton, Christchurch and Timaru. Not to mention Texas USA. We also have a few in the Marlborough region :lol:

Why not? Get a bit and try it.

It's funny how something you have bottled up for so long and riddled through with guilt can be forgotten by others affected. About the only thing I have done (apart from having a heaterstat stick and kill my scheelis but that was a faulty heater) is poured a few baby bristlenoses down the sink not realising they had got into the filter. I always check now.

Hi and welcome KM. Did you know there are 3 FNZAS fish clubs in Auckland?

What about that carpet they sell as artificial lawn? You could carpet the tank. After all, Jude has carpeted her garden :lol:

You are coming to the BBQ at Jude's aren't you disneyworld?

Ah that makes sense. Come to think of it I think I remember seeing the actual pic originally.

Welcome to the forum (that you Marcel?). Water lettuce is illegal in NZ and it will grow that far south as I know someone who had it in a shed where he breeds turtles in Timaru. He tried to get rid of it by telling MAF he had it (figuring they would destroy it for him) but they came around and said "That doesn't look anything like the pictures we have, it isn't water lettuce" and left again. So he was stuck with it. This was many years ago so I don't know if he still has it as he was going to destroy it by burning it. He was well aware it was water lettuce, no matter what MAF said.

I saw some for sale a month or so ago. Will check out if they have more.

Many of the shops do not sell a lot of their plants with names on, just "Bunched plants" etc. Stock comes and goes all the time too so it is a case of being in the right place at the right time. Try this place in Christchurch. It is a great place to visit and staff are helpful http://www.yellow.co.nz/site/thewatergarden/ Another Christchurch shop, where the staff are keen plant enthusiasts, is Organism.

I agree Dawn