blueether

ID : twinkles : Stella : Blueether 1 : redfin female : redfin female : redfin female 2 : crans male : Cran's male : Cran's male 3 : crans female : tricky.... markings look Cran's, head shape doesn't, but it also doesn't look like a common bully profile either, and doesn't have the 'whiskers' of a common..... argh.... going Cran's. (Gobiomorphus buggeredifiknow) : Cran's female 4 : common male : common : common (male?) 5 : common female : Cran's female : Cran's female 6 : giant male : common (same fish as in photo 4) : giant (male?) Not same fish as 4 7 : crans female : Cran's (maybe female) : Cran's female 8 : upland male : upland male (oddly pale) : Cran's male (Waikato catchment so I doubt upland) 9 : don't know but he's gorgeous : hard to tell, upland or Cran's male : Cran's male (he was the male that raised 3 lots of eggs in the spring) 10 : crans male : Cran's male : Cran's male 11 : : turtle food : Xmas Gift

Not bad, and their sex...

Although I don't think too much of the art, it has got depth and texture and not just in that it is mostly non flat. Some of them look like they are almost natural or decayed - man made. Could be interesting if they were photographs.

One thing about it is that there is no shear strength, and we do live in the shaky isles. S sheet of ply screwed to the back would help a lot in this regard {edit spilling}

Thread hijack Some easy, others well we'll see... Stella, you have seen most of these, although most have grown a fair bit Fish 1: Fish 2: Fish 3: Fish 4: Fish 5: Fish 6: Fish 7: Fish 8: Fish 9: Fish 10: Just because it wanted to be in all the photos:

I'll have to post some for you Stella, and not tell you where they are from :rotf: /me waits for camera to charge...

my guess is someone just found a wild population?

I have thought about attaching an airline to a venturi on the return pump, but mine hasn't failed yet. Pics might help if there is a design problem etc

I've seen the European ones in Italy, but never seen any like that in NZ before, maybe only in the upper north island/auckland area?

Looks (now in bold) to me like you were asking about money as well :dunno:

on last page :cofn:

MAF / DoC might be interested in that, looks to be Scutigera forceps or something like it (house centipede) Changed my mind... Looks to be Scutigera smithii http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/invertid/bug_details.asp?Bu_Id=65

I'm guessing that you are talking about your saltwater tank?

I can see a major flaw in this plan, it will make finding a new big tank too easy. :cofn:

koaro, and it looks fantastic... off to read the rest of the post [edit] On DoC land or the Landcorp block? We have bees on the landcorp block (runs from NP village all the way to the road to the 42nd traverse) so know the area well and have always wondered what was in the streams.

mighty strong towel :sml1:

am I the only koura keeper that never sees them? maybe I have too much current for them?

I don't believe that anaerobic bacteria are a problem to worry about, the accounts that I have read about "sulphurous by-products" are from when a deep substrate is stirred releasing "gas" and the fish died. stirring a deep substrate could equally increase the TDS and substantially change the pH causing similar deaths. I have had no issues with anaerobic bacteria in my tank (very deep sand bed). I would also not be worried about any dead spot under the shelf, it is a large open space and many tanks have much more enclosed caves/driftwood etc. I do agree that the filter should have sponge before the wool though.

have patience, good things take time. Are they spawning? I have not seen any action in the ones I shifted the other week, but the water might be a bit hard...

water will hide alot of scratches. have a test fill and see what it look like?

Looks to have a really interesting texture

nor will newspaper :digH:

What's the substrate?

well?