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Grässlin Rondomatic 400 Automatic Fish Feeder
Comes with EU power plug and an adapter
I have 3 of these available.
$100 ono.
Thanks, Thomas
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As I have now come full circle with this species I thought I would share the journey on here as inspiration to others.
For the record I am not selling these fish privately so please do not pm me about buying some. They are currently being sold exclusively by Hollywoods Fish Farm who also ship country wide I believe.
First some pictures of what the fish look like now a little over 2 years after I bought them. They are fully matured and the male regularly spawns with one of the other females. ie. they do not form lasting pairs. The largest fish are around 15cm in length and are relatively peaceful towards each other. It is important to keep these fish over a fine substrate such as sand to allow them to sift the substrate through their gills when eating.
October 2015: I bought 7 newly imported youngsters. These were the first fish ever to be imported into New Zealand:
March 2016: Growing quickly but still not a lot of red on their forehead:
Dec. 2016: The dominant male is now showing full sexual maturity colours and are starting to impress the girls:
May 2017: First couple formed and the female's forehead is as red as the male's. Their spawn on the glass bottom but end up eating the fry:
Sept 2017: The male has now spawned with another female and has been removed from the tank as it was him eating the fry. The fry has just started to swim freely but often seek shelter in their mothers mouth:
A week later and the female has been removed as the fry are now capable of seeking food themselves:
Feb 2018: The young has grown rapidly in an 800L tank with sand substrate, heavy filtration and weekly 50% water changes. The have now reached the same size as the ones I originally bought. Circle completed:
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7 hours ago, fishyNZ said:
(3ft 230L) for just a dozen fry.
Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo
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Awesome!
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6 hours ago, Rob Fey said:
thanks hovmoller , but i hate the idea of shipping fish , ill do my best to source them here but if that doesnt work ill place and order with hollywood
I got mine from Christchurch so they can definitely fly!
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Pumps are in good condition.
I have 3 available. $40 each, all 3 for $100
Courier anywhere in NZ for $10
From web:
- 11w
- Flowrate: 150lph - 600lph (min-max)
- Pumping height of 1.3m (max)
- Dimensions: 84mm x 45mm x 65mm (lxwxh)
Note: This comes with Euro plug, I will include a nz adapter
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Selling:
1x Hydor Koralia Smartwave Controller (http://www.hydor.com/eng/prodotti-tecnici/controllers/smartwave.php)
2x hydor koralia 5200 Wavemakers (http://www.hydor.com/eng/prodotti-tecnici/movement-pumps/koralia-evo.php)
$300, will courier NZ wide for $10
Note: These have Euro power plugs. I will include an adapter to nz plug.
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If you can wait 3-4 months I will have some Geophagus sp. Tapajos "Red Head" (see my avatar) grown big enough.
They are just as hardy and interesting as G. "surinamensis" (actuallly G. altifrons but that's another story) but don't grow as big as altifrons and are more colourful.
I will not ship them but you will be able to buy them from Hollywoods in Auckland if you are keen.
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10 hours ago, Tread50 said:
I have two which are quite a bit bigger than the rest and spend alot of time flaring at each other I am guessing they are both males hopefully there are some females in the rest of the group.
Yeah definitely a few male "personalities" in there.
Looking at the video again, to me it looks a little bit like they are just a tad slim? as in maybe slightly underfed... Don't get me wrong they look nice it's just my thoughts.. maybe I overfed mine! hehe.
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Hehe Feisty Convict!!
Any spawnings of the Geos yet?
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Is it running full siphon?
How big is the tank? 15k lph is A LOT
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Sorry to be the bringer of bad news but the fish definitely has bloat and in my opinion is very unlikely to rescue.
Not sure what the bubbles are, have never seen those, could be a symptom of the bloat.
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Great tip thanks! Interesting it works on so many types of plastic
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Long bloody list alright! Good work!
A shame many of the names on MPI's list are outdated and sometimes wrong but I suppose you have to call them by that name or they would be illegal.
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I recently bought a large Anubias barteri (40-50cm tall) from "the fish room" in nelson.
Good guy and fair prices and shipping.. you could try him. He has a facebook page
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Yes I have used same style. Also for tanks of around 100kg. I bought mine not from Bunnings but Mitre 10 and the shelves were rated for 300kg.
I can't speak for what will happen in an earthquake but under normal circumstances I would say they'll be fine.
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No. not if it has enough room to take the initial back flow from the pipe.
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I have successfully connected those same two fitting before using teflon tape.. Not that I'm a teflon expert but I always use lots and lots of teflon wound tight on the thread and then screwed almost as tight as I could.
Good luck!
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Nice.. what species of cory is that in the video?
FS - Rondomatic 400 Fish Feeder - Auckland
in Private Trade and Exchange
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Hi,
yes I still have 1 left.
regards
Thomas