Caryl

If you want colour then guppies are certainly the fish to get. Plus watching them drop their fry is always interesting. Fast moving, shoaling, fish would keep his interest I think so perhaps a school of tetras. At least 6 or more. Tiger barbs look good in a group too.

Hi bikiegirl and welcome to the fishroom. I am rather intrigued by your 'coldwater tropicals'. Do you want to start the tanks again or add to the current inhabitants? Sometimes it pays to find out the pH of your tap water. If it is particularly high, or low, it may influence which fish you choose.

Shilo I don't know if you can get refill bottles as I use the kit so rarely none of it has run out so I haven't looked. The kit comes in a plastic carry case with several test tubes, bottles and stuff.

I won a JBL testkit (well, Grant did actually) at conference once and it has tests for pH, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, Gh, KH,CO2, phosphate & iron.

You will probably get several different answers. Many people don't use test kits until something goes wrong and then they are useful in helping pinpoint the problem. I use (when I use them at all) pH, ammonia, nitrate and nitrite kits. If you are having trouble with your tank or fish and post a question about it, these are the 4 things you will be asked about - along with tank size, type of fish, stocking level and temp.

I had just finished reading this post when we had a short sharp earthquake!! I don't think I will read this thread again :lol:

Hard to tell who from the fishroom is going as I don't necessarily know their real names but the ones I do know are... Caryl, Cees, Alan, Andrew, Warren, Janey, Pies, Derek, Mitch, Julie and Bruce

We will take everyone to the appropriate ferry at the appropriate time, no problem. There are already others on the later sailing as well. Luckily we have 4 vans available so don't need a huge number of drivers with cars.

You need to kick Bern out of bed earlier! :lol:

There will now be 29 conference goers on the same ferry. Hope it is a smooth crossing folks! We have vehicles organised to pick you al lup at Picton. I forgot to ask when everyone was returning home so would appreciate anyone here attending to tell me here what ferry they are returning home on.

An update for those interested. We have 44 attending from other clubs around NZ. 48 will be at the Saturday AGM, 52 will chow down at the Bamboo Garden restaurant, 50 will enjoy themselves on Sunday at wineries, breweries, and pubs and travel on a virtual flight, then 54 will tuck into the evening meal at the Beavers Restaurant, followed by the anniversary party at the motel. My lounge floor is covered in boxes full of goods donated by various wholesalers and retailers. ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO!!! :lol:

Hi hop2it and welcome to the fishroom. Are you planning on totally restocking from scratch or do you want to keep the existing fish? That Jack Dempsey will limit your choices. How big is it? Have you gone off rainbows? How about adding more of them? What are the fish dying of, just old age? If not, you need to find out what's killing them before you do any restocking. I think a big tank of gouramis always looks good.

Does that explain why you did not turn up at the meeting tonight, or put in an apology? Hmm? :lol: Good luck with the corys.

I heard back from Dominique but he does not have them anymore sorry. Look after your two Andrew!

I agree with Warren. Totally inert.

We had a coldwater rock pool aquarium set up and it attracted a lot of attention. We could not keep it cool enough in summer though as the room temp sat around 25C - 28C and this was too warm. They actually prefer up to 15C only. We got our crabs, fish, anemones and shrimps etc from the rock pools down the Kaikoura coast.

Well, WHERE WAS HE??? :lol:

We saw it too - very interesting. My boss rang to say it was on, otherwise we would have missed it. My mum has videoed it so we hope to play it at conference sometime for those interested.

If you mean the Pantodon buchholzi - butterflyfish, these are not a community species. They grow 10 - 15cm (according to my book, I have not kept them myself) and prefer a diet of live foods (large ones, won't notice small ones) like spiders, moths, crickets, cockroaches and small fish. These fish jump so need to be in a covered tank.

Thanks Warren but our breeding coordinator is now Chris Brew. His details are in my last post.

I am sure Stanley the knife didn't go around killing people like Mack the knife did! :lol: It is an old song I am sure you would recognise if you heard it. Robbie Williams re-released it on his last album of old Frank Sinatra-like songs.

Dear Warren You said you had updated our club details but you have not! Our V President is Julie Huntley, 148 Waikawa Rd, Picton 03 5736714 (no email) Deidre Wells is both secretary and treasurer. Ken is not secretary. Our breeding co-ordinator is now Chris Brew, 11 Faulkland Dr. Blenheim 5788431, [email protected]

Mack the knife! You know the song?

What about Mack or Spook?

I have been talking to the suppliers about these heaters as they have donated 2 of them to raffle at conference. She said they are a new product and one of the first batches was faulty and was recalled but they have had no trouble with them since.