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That's choice.... look at all those little guys floating around with mum and dad Congratulations! :nfs:

Shouldn't this chatter about poverty go into the solving the worlds problems thread? :digH: So apparently Apple are releasing an iPad mini...Isn't that called an iPhone. ?!?!?! Problem is... while apple fanboys keep buying this stuff they will keep creating it :facepalm:

Photos 3 & 4... been playing around with photoshop? Looks cool with the greyed out plants Thanks for sharing.

Kia Ora Welcome to the forums... Seahorses sounds fun... good luck!

Had acupunture for the first time ever... works really well, strangest thing is the "skin needles" that they leave in there! They aren't due out till Tuesday next week... Rather odd, but it is working really well, so i'll live with it

Nice photos... Clever Kiwi fish... hiding in long algae... which is the opposite colour to them :facepalm: Looking forward to the next photo set.

But which came first? The Hen or the Chicken? :rotf: Nice photos, and cool fish pics... most of the time they dissappear up here when I get too close for a good photo

Part of the preparation of the thigh pieces for cooking is actually to "pop" out the femur from the hip bone before breading it and chucking it in the pressure cooker. Sometimes you can snap the bone when doing it... either that or it is the drumsticks being treated roughly. *Used to work at KFC... got me through school and uni*

Went and saw Dredd 3D last night. Really enjoyed it. Great action sequences, Karl Urban portrayed Judge Dredd brilliantly even though you only see the bottom half of his face the entire movie. :thup: From Me.

Reminds me of Garfield the Cat... he hates spiders

Heh... police are just everyday guys and girls like us.... Wonder how many of them use it for personal use? Where you think the confiscated stuff goes :rotf: I guess you got some police out there which go hard out to the letter of the law and will forget the whole innocent to proven guilty thing.

Very nice tank... I always like seeing peoples marine tanks... they are awesome Thank you for sharing.

This might help you Jaide Leggy Blonde - Flight of the Conchords. Now you are free to use your song name

Agree with David here. My wife is German, and we went to Germany so she could show me off to all the relatives.... completely different mind set when it comes to alcohol.... could even buy hard spirits at the super market with your milk and cheese. I was there during a Fasnacht which is basically a big party celebrating the coming of spring... could buy alcohol everywhere, and people were drinking everywhere.... but no angry messy drunks like you see when going out to town or going around to your brothers on a Saturday night in NZ. Sure there will be some... Europe isn't perfect... they just have a different mind set generally speaking. Maybe it is the way it is in NZ due to the British influence? I know they get hammered in England, Aussie etc similar to NZ.

No spotlighting for Joe then :slfg: have fun in Melbourne!

No worries, more than happy to help out! Someone needs to wave the flag and hand out some native info while Stella and co aren't replying as much :slfg: Hmmm, well, it depends where he got his information from as to whether the research he carried out is any good or not... there are crays in the tropical areas of the world, which would happly live in warmer conditions. I reckon some "yabbies" in Australia would probably be happy at warmer temps. When talking about Koura from NZ... they might survive at the higher temps, but life span would be shorter, and they wouldn't be as happy or healthy. All the research I did prior to getting a Koura said "lower than 20 degrees C" as a rule. DOC website, Stellas book, this forum, field "tests" and several other NZ sources were what I utilised during my research phase. In terms of getting my temp stable as possible.... it is open topped (with a grill so Mr Cray doesn't escape), has poly on back and sides to insulate, and during summer windows are always open in house and ice bottles are always on stand by. Haven't had to buy a chiller for this set up... but I might get a chiller one day instead of having to fret about the temp on a glorious hot day in Auckland Hope this helps, and if you need more info, let me know.

I haven't started going out as yet... dealing with a sporting injury... it's slowing me down somewhat Wonder if Stella is noticing this on her NZ road trip spot light tour

Looking good Sophia :thup:

Because kitty is being hunted by a lizard! Awesome photos everyone :thup:

Fascinating thread! Bit of a summary of what has been discussed thus far: - Disposal of live unwanted fish - Animal cruelty regarding fish we eat - NZ Roads - country wide - Languages of NZ - Turning NZ into three states - What is a NZer? - National anthems, flags, patriotism - Southlands GDP versus power used and population present. I may have missed some Mods.... no need to move this thread, it is definatley in the right place... off topic is perfect :slfg: So my contribution to keep it all going... If you make NZ three states.... South Island, North Island, and Auckland... what do you do with Northland? :digH:

Hi team, My Koura tank sits between 14-16 degrees normally, at the height of summer it will climb to about 18ish... much warmer than that and I start chucking ice bottles in the tank. To anyone that wants to put native New Zealand stream occupants (Koura, Shrimp, fish) into their tropical tanks I always ask them to get a thermometer and measure the temp of the stream/lake they are pulling them out of... and then ask if it is fair for them to be placed into a tropical tank. Our stream and lake temps are not tropical in any way shape or form, so its not fair to pop the occupants into such a warm environment.... acclimatising first or not. Cheers.

Hi Stella Cool observation on the fish fins.... reminds me of a human with really tough skin on soles of their feet.... i.e. us when we were kids and didn't have to wear shoes everywhere Thanks for sharing.

*Pat on the back* Well done, you got it 100% correct! How ever did you know?

A virtual pat on the back to anyone who guesses why mine is what it is. :slfg:

Like the Swiss Alps and the Southern Alps? :digH: :slfg: :slfg: