blueether

The 8 that I caught would only eat diatoms and sift the sand for a very long time and slowly starved until there were only about 4 left. of them another two never put weight back on, then the cat got one of the last two when they were outside. The koura died about a year ago after a long ongoing infection in it's carapace

The first mullet I had were very problematic with only two surviving of the 8. I wouldn't ever recommend them for an aquarium. The small one apparently ate flake from day one from what I was told. They both eat pellet now.

Video: There are 2 mullet in there, the big silver thing and the much smaller one. Yes that is all fissidens - I must contact MPI or the like and see the legalities of distributing it into the trade. Two of the kokopu are still there. I had one die over winter, it just got thinner and thinner and was only eating occasionally. One of the other ones decided it would only take live food after a couple of years on pellets, so is now in my parents water lily pond where there should be plenty of live food.

ID this one

Which one? The male that is swimming is a Cran's the big one is a female common (probably, may be a Cran's but the headshape is more common) Edit

If you insist... Glass needs a clean as do the wavemakers again - tank as it is, no preening: Video uploading...

No, I have commons that are way stocker. So much so that Stella said something like "wow, is that a female common?" The only bullies that Ive seen that I wouldn't say could be stumpy would be redfin and bluegill, although I've not seen uplands but believe that they tend towards stocky as well

For above the tanks you could try spider plants. Mine has gone nuts since it was put in the native tank. Don't know how good at eating nitrates it is though.

I'd go cran's or common

it's not it can only be used to track fraud if it is suspected (or maybe by the GCSB)

depends on the koura to some extent as well I had two at one stage one was real aggressive (female) and it would attack anything and everything including the kokopu. The other (male) was very placid

welcome along I see that the tank you just got housed Giant kokopu in a past life, come on try something new in fishkeeping. I suspect the stream at the end of you road will have whitebait in it at the moment (along with bullies and koura?)- to start a native collection

I'm guessing they just use a magnetic couple drive (or what ever it really called), the tech has been around for a long time - sometimes I truly hate IP law and how far some people (particularly the US) push it

also koaro and shortjaw are almost impossable to tell apart at that size

inanga can have very variable patterns. If I remember correctly shortjaw are smaller, and have a very indistinct pattern (just like adults). banded tend to have longer patterning.

Other than the natives I have 2 pair of whiptails (red and panda), 5 sterbai cory, one gold spot and 5 glass cats (well I've only seen 4 at any one time for the last few months :ske: )

No beekeepers on here I would recommend Comvita honey, but nut real a cheap brand (I'm biased as they pay my wages). I don't know of any beekeepers in Auckland, but try the Auckland beekeeping association for a local hobbyist.

go out and look :f77:. read about the habitat of each and where they have been found before (google scholar) and base your searches on this. I have seen what I assume was a sponge turn up on a bit of river driftwood in my native tank, but didn't last long. Hydra can be found in most still water

sheesh that looks impressive, and the angles look nice. Wen I get my next house you'll have to come this way and help me set something like that up, riparian style native though (thinking about 3.6m x 1m x 600 in 3 sections)

I wouldn't hazard an ID off those pics. You need a good headshot and dorsal fin erect, but I suspect it's a female. 54L will do 2 - 5 of them of as long as you can keep it cool. A desk fan pointing at the water is a good trick, and keeping it in the coolest room. I'll have to turn my chiller and pump on very soon, my 430L is already getting upto 20.5 deg on warm days. as above for food, common and Cran's tend to take to commercial food better than redfins that I've had. small worms, snails, flies, moths, backswimmers, mosquito larvae, etc will all vanish. Try nutrafin discus max for a good commercial food that all my bullies and small galaxiids have loved.

the fissidens in that stream is nationally endangered, and in a park. both of which mean no collecting. If you want fissidens look for the very common F. rigidulus in any bush clad stream

hey, that's my secret tool :lar:

Callitriche petriei - I think I have this, not doing so well in with the guppies but is doing a little better in the shrimp tank where it is emergent Limosella lineata Pilularia novae hollandiae Riccia fluitans - common in the trade, not seen any wild Ricciocarpis natans Potamogeton cheesemanii - Common enough in ponds small lakes Potamogeton ochreatus - watchout for the imported ones Glossostigma cleistanthum - G. elatinoides is more common, look in lake margins Ranunculus limosella - not seen this around Elatine gratioloides - Don't get mixed up with starwort, look in small cool and clean drains/streams Isoetes kirki - I know where one patch is but it didn't convert to aquarium well, look for it at lake margins - consider some lilaeopsis sp

I use blender and povray when I play with 3d (in linux)

I think that explains it better than I ever could