Caryl

Our club is doing a day trip to Hokitika on the 10th Oct (next Sunday) to see what we can find in the way of driftwood. The river mouth often has some nice pieces of already waterlogged rimu and rata.

Luke I just caught some in a white container and took a pic with the digital camera using a cheapie close-up lens

Are you volunteering to organise one luke? We have been asked to do it again next year but I think it may be too much work and perhaps every 2 years might be more manageable.

They are also good at sulking and not eating for a week or so when moved BG. Don't worry about it. As Kim said, he will eat something when he is hungry enough. Sorry I don't know who you got it from. Wasn't Graeme Antonievic was it?

What a pity you didn't see them being born! A great sight. Try www.photobucket.com as a free hosting site.

Good researching fins. Here are some of my daphnia...

Some fish travel better than others Luke. Considering what many pay for their discus, I guess they weren't willing to risk the stress. Discus are easily stressed. I know I didn't enter any of my Africans. Not because they wouldn't travel well but because I would have trouble reintroducing them back into the tank when I got home as they would have lost their territories.

I used to have them years ago. A beautiful fish.

The more food they have the faster they reproduce. Keep them under control by feeding them to the fish. You can also use dried yeast or blood to feed the daphnia.

Not only should it work, but I have added several more albums so there are pics of the Napier Aquarium and Wet Pets shop in Palmerston North too.

Ta dah!!! Link works again.

A day in which you have not learned something is a day wasted LB! :lol:

It appears someone kicked the bucket! Some of us lost our albums - one of them was me. All those pics I uploaded have to be done again!!!! :evil: Please be patient as I reload them all in between blowing my nose, hoicking up phlegm and coughing my guts out :lol:

All the FNZAS requires of a group is that it "has as its objects the assistance of those interested in aquarium or pond keeping or kindred interests". I think you need a president and sec/treasurer at least as you need to be contactable as a club. To affiliate to the FNZAS you apply in writing to the FNZAS secretary. She then informs all other clubs of your wish to join the FNZAS. If there are no objections within 2 months your club is afforded full membership - on payment of capitation fees and Year Book levy. The capitation fee is $5 per person. If you already belong to another affiliated society you do not have to pay this sub twice. The YB levy is $25 per club per year. It helps go towards paying printing costs. If you can get a business to buy an advertising strip for $25 this can pay your levy for you at no cost to your members. The YB lists all affiliated clubs and members with details of names, addresses, meeting times and places etc. It also details our trophies and competitions, club duties to the FNZAS, FNZAS duties to clubs, a list of retailers offering FNZAS member discount and all sorts of bits and pieces of helpful information. It also has our Constitution printed in it.

If you threw a few daphnia into that green jar it would turn clear overnight and be full of fat and happy daphnia!

When you have lived for as long as many of here have kept fish LB you may have a better idea of fact and fiction. I too have had a female sword produce fry and then turn into a male. I assure you it is a well known phenomenon in the animal world.

That is my understanding too Luke. Green water hosts the microscopic infusoria and, as anyone with a fishpond can tell you, full sun turns it green very quickly.

Green water is full of microscopic critters fry feed on, and daphnia. Most people ask how to get rid of green water, not start it! :lol: I collect mine from swimming pools (that have sat over winter with no chemicals added) or stock troughs.

I didn't know cuttlefish could scuba! :lol: They are amazing creatures and it seems a shame many end up, as fins said, as white slabs in bird aviaries.

I still can't access this album and can't contact the photobucket people either as it says page not found. I can get into my own album pages but even if I try from there to contact them it comes up with an error. I hope they fix it soon

Temporary problem with photobucket I think Bill. I know they were doing an upgrade of their server about now. Hopefully it will appear again later.

We used to have an octopus in our cold water marine tank. Not too good as an inhabitant as he camouflaged himself so well we could rarely see him! :lol: He got out one night and was found fluffed to death on the carpet next morning

Our club members usually give white clouds away.

A whole pile more pics added. All albums now have something to view except the Napier Aquarium one.

Here are the members of the Marlborough Aquarium Club just before we left for home. L to R back row: severus, scarlet, Ken, Marcel, Martiena, goldie, Deidre and bikiegirl. 3 in front: Caryl, Teecee and Grant