Caryl

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?

Boy I'm glad I don't have the 18+ tanks I used to have!

Good to see you luv! I hope you enjoy it here. We are more fish orientated here and don't have all the extra fun bits the Community Tank has but you will learn a lot (hopefully). For those who don't know - MTS = Multiple Tank Syndrome

Underwater World in Hokitika has blue crayfish. I have seen them elsewhere too so they are definitely here.

We had 8 whitebait in the tank. My father (a West Coaster) was horrified. He used to ask how his patty was growing and suggested names for them - Patty, Fritter etc. He also hoped they would get big enough for one whitebait per patty.

I currently have a 4ft, 250 litre tropical tank of about 15 rainbows dwarf neons MacCullochii Melanotaenia lacustris M. trifasciata Boesemanii about 12 ancistrus 2 Siamese algae eaters Plus I am fish sitting a few tiger barbs, an angel, a chinese algae eater, some pristellas, danios, rasboras and a couple of leopard corydoras. I have recently set up an 18" 30 litre tank to house 4 dageti killifish one of our members bought by mistake at the Napier auction. Over the years I have kept a variety of fish (killed lots of guppies) and am thinking of setting up a 4ft African cichlid tank.

I am sure people get sick of me saying this but JOIN A CLUB! They are a great source of information and often know the best places to go for the best prices. Not to mention the in-house auctions and buying and selling that goes on too.

Oh that was way in the past Pegasus. I have been reformed! Yeah right! :lol:

I am visiting my son in St Albans, ChCh on Tuesday to help him move flats. I might take my pH tester and see what his tap water is. Wish we had more water pressure here. In summer we can't even have a shower as all the rich people up the hills run their hoses continually (even during water restrictions, no-one seems to get prosecuted) resulting in a real pressure drop. They water so much their lawns are permanently soggy. When my kids did leaflet deliveries I would help and take great delight in riding my bike through their grass verges and leaving squishy ugly wriggly mud tracks :lol:

There used to be a native fish group but I don't know if they are still operating. We kept whitebait once, a very pretty fish.