Caryl

Hi Macka, I wondered where super 12 country was. Is it some sort of football team? You can tell I am totally disinterested in sports can't you? I don't think I could even name an All Black! :lol:

3 cheers for daphnia! An easy solution and good to hear it worked so well.

I do hope you meant to TRY a worm culture, not DRY one! :lol: Worms like it a little moist.

Hi Shilo and welcome to the fishroom. If we can get them here in NZ surely John1 can also find them in Oz?

Hi Clare, Iv'e been looking at setting up a fish pond for almost 25 years now. One day I will get around to it - or get around to someone doing it for me.

If it is a veggie then try it. Make sure they have been washed if they have been sprayed! Nothing wrong with the nutritional value of frozen foods as long as it is not kept too long - like all frozen foods. My bristlenoses love peas - cooked and with the shell removed.

In that case, please don't show us your worse side! :lol:

Sister sites. What a great idea Bob! Will you have to change your name to Bobette? :lol: Sisters are doin' it for themselves!!

Check the FAQ. You have to have your pic online, not on the hard drive. The FAQ tells you how to insert the pic in your post.

A blue/black one actually! :lol:

I work for my doctor so he is used to some odd requests. When I wanted a couple of Erythromycin pills he didn't have any so asked one of the hospital doctors for them. That doctor asked "One of the dogs sick?" to which my doctor replied "No, my receptionist has algae!"

Hi Bob good to see you here too. At least I will get to see some of you now despite not being able to get into the CT AGAIN!! :evil: Would one of you from CT please tell bowhunter I have sent a PM to him on this site re his camera problem as I can't get into the CT to reply there? Thanks. Hey Goldie, only in America do the stalkers have stalkers! :lol: At least these ones seem to be harmless

And Pegasus says I'm a little devil? :lol:

So many fishy forums - so little time! You are right about the big ones being too hard to keep up with though. I like the friendly atmosphere here and in the CT. I followed your advice Bill and put this forum's url in my signature when I sign up to other boards. Great idea!

Welcome Danny! Hey Luv did you know someone is following you? :lol:

You have been a busy boy. I will be interested to see how your plan works out. Pics would be good!

Good point Bill but I am sure Ira could never forget us! :lol: There are quite a few crossovers between our forum and theirs now. I always visit here first, then CT (USA based), then The Tropical Tank (UK based) and occasionally Tom's Place (USA based). I also pop into the Victorian Cichlid Socs. board sometimes but it is mainly cichlids and I don't have any. I was able to get into the CT last night and again this morning so hopefully the problem has been sorted. Fingers crossed.

I never have to log in my password as it is automatically remembered. The site actually worked tonight. It took me 2 and a half hours to catch up on the posts! I tried all the addresses given but still no luck until tonight. Fingers crossed it is still accessible tomorrow!

I haven't been able to get into CT for a week now. It was ok when they first changed servers but now I just get the "Page Not Found" error. The last 2 days I have had the same trying to get into Tom's Place too. I thought it was just me but Goldie couldn't access CT the other day when she tried. Don't know if she can now though.

I wish you would take that bag off your head cram. We promise not to laugh

I haven't had a plec with one eye but have had one or two other species who had lost an eye due to damage. They seemd to be able to adjust to the loss of vision on one side and lived happily in their environment.

All you need to do is to put up posters advertising your proposed club. Local supermarket notice boards, vet centres and pet shops. Put an ad in the paper. Arrange to get a group of interested people together and get yourselves interviewed by the local free paper (if you have one) or as a special interest story in the daily paper. I am happy to design and print posters for you (I do it for a living) when you know when and where you will meet. Our club started with an ad in the local paper asking for those interested in starting a fish club to ring the given number. The person then contacted all those who replied and said we will meet at our house at this address at this time on this day - and that was the beginning. Get yourselves organised, don't sit back and wait for someone else to do it. If I can help in any way, either practical or suggestions etc, don't hesitate to ask.

The FNZAS is made up of clubs around NZ. I think there are only two clubs that are not members of the FNZAS. Each club has their own subs, meetings and activities which vary from club to club. There is a club in Canterbury but it seems to be almost in recess at the moment with very few members. You can either join them (they meet in Sydenham Community Centre 23-25 Hutcheson St. the 3rd Wed of the month at 7.30pm) or start a club yourself. I have been trying to encourage a few ChCh Fishroom members to start another club. You have so many fish shops in ChCh there must be a lot of fishkeepers there. There are 8 ChCh members of this board I know of. Why don't you get together? I am only too happy to help any new club get off the ground. If you then decide you wish to affiliate your club with the FNZAS it is just a matter of applying to them. If they accept (they haven't turned anyone away yet) you pay $5 capitation per member and a $25 Year Book levy and that's it. You then get free editions of the NZ Aquarium World magazine and a Year Book which lists all clubs and their members within the FNZAS, among other things. The FNZAS has annual conferences at Queen's Birthday weekend. Next year my own club in Blenheim is the host. The year after that it has been suggested a week in Vanuatu would be nice. We would get cheap bulk discounts and would probably be cheaper for the South Island contingent to fly to Vanuatu than it would be to get to Auckland. If you click on the FNZAS logo at the top of the page it will take you to the rest of The Fishroom. You will find a list of all the clubs and their contacts here.

Underwater World (which I think may have changed name) is a public aquarium they do not sell fish although you can fish for trout. They have the most awesome eels, over 8ft, and as thick as the (male) diver's upper thigh. Great place to visit and well worth a trip. They have all local fish from freshwater crays through to frogs, eels, whitebait and saltwater fishes.

Long time no hear PW. How've you been?