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Mikey

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  1. That is pretty cool... May be worth a trip to Kelly Tarltons... I haven't been there for years, and this seems like a good reason
  2. Pupuke Aquarium is between the dairy and the fish and chip shop (Irony) on the corner of Pupuke Road and Lydia Avenue. Small shop... but still cool to visit, and the guy there is happy to chat away about many subjects I'll give another plug for HFF in Albany as it is the one I go to mainly, they have been awesome to me getting back into the hobby. Animates North Shore is a bit hit and miss, I often go in there while wife is buying fruit and veges and there is often sick or dead fish in their tanks... haven't seen this happen at HFF yet. Just my 2c.
  3. This is awesome. I've been looking at doing something like this in a random patch I have at my property... this is certainly inspiring and encouraging me to give it a go, although my spot wouldn't be as big. Thanks for sharing.
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    Word Association

    Banjo (I chose to use Ukulele out of the above four)
  5. Sweet as...thanks for that rollergirl, I was looking for a good light shop... I work on target road, so can't get much closer to Hillside Road. I'll go check it out later today
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    Moths.....

    We get moths that find their way inside quite frequently... so if my nutball cat doesn't manage to climb up and do a kamikaze leap across the room and catch the moth first, then I'll hoof it (the moth, not the cat) into the fish tank and watch the fish come charging out from everywhere... I found some mosquito wrigglers in a bucket of water the other day... fish love them wrigglers too!
  7. I've been on the fishkeepers.co.nz forums since I got back from Europe in March... was only a matter of time before I signed up on here I guess Very accurate picture... you sure your not an artist? I like the way the right hand side is open like that... looking forward to seeing it with fish now
  8. I love that plant on the right hand side of the last picture. Coming along nicely. Good work Cousin
  9. Watched the video.... it's eyes seem to be moving around like it is looking.... Maybe it isn't blind but does have some sort of visual impairment.... like a depth perception issue? It looks like it it lunging ok... just not quite accurate. It could have just been worried about the pipette itself, because when you pulled the worm out so more was exposed it nailed it easy then... Or maybe it is just gumby
  10. Nice work... Reading these sort of threads is never good for keeping the old mutli tank syndrome in check
  11. OK bit of an update... The tetra that looked the worst has now died, and I now have transferred four of the tetras to a hospital tank... there is now one with bent spine too. Now my understanding of the glo light tetras is the males are smaller and skinnier, whereas the females a more rotund... all the "sick" fish thus far seem to be females... the males are fine, as are all the other fish in the tank (corys, rams, ottos etc)... so am I missing something? Maybe they egg bound? Some images of the ones in hospital: http://www.iforce.co.nz/View.aspx?i=s1d4b42w.jpg - Notice the flared gills on the one at bottom of photo. http://www.iforce.co.nz/View.aspx?i=ecexggkb.jpg http://www.iforce.co.nz/View.aspx?i=3dvdr3qr.jpg http://www.iforce.co.nz/View.aspx?i=wi42xcrt.jpg http://www.iforce.co.nz/View.aspx?i=q2rfb0oh.jpg So, I'm really starting to get confused, water parameters (ammonia, nitrates, nitrites) are all fine... The afflicted fish still seem to be breathing heavier than the others, even though I have turned up the air pump and pointed the spray bar on the filter up and caused even more surface agitation... Maybe I am overfeeding them? I have given peas in recent days which they have had a go at and eaten... or maybe there isn't anything wrong at all??? Help...confused On a positive note, I now have a little hospital tank so I can isolated sick fish faster in future.
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