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  1. Sexing young leopard geckos

    in Reptiles and Amphibians

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    You're welcome.

    Just something I would like to say to all the leo owners on here. I agree with what was said earlier about us needing to help each other. I come from SA where things are very different when it comes to the attitude amongst reptile owners. I understand that SA is huge and there is so much available and that NZ is small with not that much to offer and people get paranoid about theft but we really need to be more of a community and share info. There is so much available on the net but personal experience shared is invaluble. People may disagree on some points but that's ok. It comes down to personal experience. C'mon guys....what do you say......

    I agree, Ive had help from one breeder, you know who you are!! and I would be completely stuck without their help!

    We should be trying to get more people interested in reptiles!

  3. Sexing young leopard geckos

    in Reptiles and Amphibians

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    Yeah if not it would look a lot better as a seller for them to just tell us their method rather than being so mysterious. It just makes it very suspicious. I hope my own comments warn any potential buyers hoping to breed from them.

    As for probing I wouldnt even consider it and I dont really think its something people would attempt at home?

    Temp sexing, be the person onto it or not, is still not 100% as they stated, plus they said they had another way.

    Reptilenutt - Shes great. My biggest of 3, good healthy appetite and very very curious. I have to keep an eye on her during feeding as she constantly climbs up my arms or trys to wander down the table. She has a lot of black spots on her, which I quite like as my others have litlle black on the,. She also has quite a bit of violet, more than Ive seen on others before, Ill see if I cn dig up a pic.

  4. Sexing young leopard geckos

    in Reptiles and Amphibians

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    Reptilenutt I think I actually have one of yours!!

    I agree I have found no information whatsoever on any possible way of being certain of sex at such a young age. It seems to me they are just trying to push sales which I think is unfortunate for people who may be just getting into keeping reptiles and may get put off by ending up with something other than what they thought they were buying.

    I would love to know if my juvies are going to be male or female.

  11. what is this synodontis?

    in Catfish

    Posted

    Sorry I cant post a link to my own auction. And I dont have any photos of the fish in question currently as he is being looked after by my flatmate while I house sit.

    But I am 99.999% sure he is a eupterus. He started off with the spots being longer like you described, but as they grow the spots round out and become further apart. Although no where near as far apart as you above link!!!

    I will post a photo of the closest match to him so others can see if maybe Im wrong.

    He looks just like the fish in this link.

    http://www.aquariumlife.net/profiles/african-catfish/featherfin-catfish/100062.asp

  12. what is this synodontis?

    in Catfish

    Posted

    Have you mixed up your auction link? You asked on my auction what my one was and I said eupterus. However that link is not to my fish and that link looks nothing like my fish either. Just to clear up lol. There are no comments on the auction you linked to that say "eupterus" he only says featherfin.

  17. Small dog advice?

    in The Off Topic Fishroom

    Posted

    Chihuahuas and Dachshunds are not good breeds to have with children. They get small dog syndrome and get snarly and snappy when frightened. In general children dont know to approach a small dog quietly and slowly so they are almost always scared around kids. As would anyone/thing be, and then get defensive when something huge, fast, loud and unknown approached them. This goes for most toy breed dogs.

    It is however unfair to label them all yappy and badly trained, that comes down to, and depends entirely on the owner, not the breed of dog. (plus big dogs bark too, but because their barks are not high pitched they are not yappy)

    Anyway, I would not get either of those two specific dogs especially when there will be more than one child around. If you google dog breed selector there are many options to help pick a better suited dog breed for your situation.

  18. Ooohh... Earthquake

    in The Off Topic Fishroom

    Posted

    Alan lives close to me and our house did not fare well. We lost all our fish, discus, featherfin, the lot. We couldnt get home in time to save them. Still no power So we had to grab the lizzards and head to my parents and put them with hot water bottles. Left our house with fish water everywhere. Hope someone can get to Alan soon

  21. New to Planted tanks, Help please :)

    in Aquatic Plants

    Posted

    Hi, I have a 125l tank that I am wanting to plant out more. It currently only has 2 types of plants (not sure what they are) one of which grows like crazy and I have been able to cut tips off and replant in multiple other tanks. Im after something quite low maint and I have a small budget. Im also looking into possibly making a diy co2 unit if it will help. The plants I like the look of are Amazon sword, stargrass, green tiger lotus, Rotala Rotundifolia, Rotala Macrandra.

    Any help or suggestions would be great!

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