F15hguy

Heat packs = pocket warmers from any outdoors shops, they normally sit around the 30 degree mark (depending on brand, it is normally written on them) and last around 12-20 hours depending on brand. they are not designed to heat a volume of water but around 1-2 in a standard poly box is what the commercial guys use (2 if its cold and going down south)

why does the crazy frog need a penis? dont most frogs have external fertilisation?

Im running some Glosso I collected as a mat of a rock in Rotorua, it is in a 20L tank with no ferts, no CO2 and a 20w cool daylight bulb I bought for $5 for 2 at countdown, the glosso, while not 'growing' much is not reaching, nor is it rotting, plus the milfoil that came with it is growing awesomely, also came with some cool native snails making my mini native tank a lot more attractive

ilwis, you had a problem with ammonites? I wish i had a problem ammonites,

if it only climbs to 20 degrees in summer you could go the route of hardy tough fish, you will have trouble with just about all inverts though. but many triplefins, Favinogobius, Olive rockfish etc.... would do ok, much above 20 degrees and you will have trouble, thats what forced me to close down my 20L mudflat tank, new house, un insulated garage, summer.... then again, I had a heap of clams in there that did well for over a year until that happened

you are better to blow down its mouth (fish cpr) as long as the gills are wet if you want it to get lots of oxygen in quickly (the air you breath out is heaps higher in oxygen than water). I would assume that the dragging it backwards thing is propogated by people trying it in desperation and not trying anything else. wet gills and oxygen is the key.

come to think of it they do. Or is it just the water they inhabit

anyone know of a good spot around tga for bluegills?, I have a corner in my tank with about 1000lph flow rate over some rocks that would suit a couple nicely

how very funky :happy1: , and very nice of the CPD to come check out what you were doing.

great news, is the drug subsidised yet?

hell yeah, im going snorting smelt tonight!!!! actually i am going to go looking in that river, hopefully for some bluegill bullies, might leave the smelt alone until I can transport them directly to their new home

bad photos I know, but best I got when i first collected it. also interesting to note is that the green patch in the second photo is as emerged as it ever got in that spot, just a green bulge. had better ones but didn't realise how blurred they were til i got home.

50mm is not that large, they can grow to 90mm. Parataya curvirostrata. if its over 4cm though its female., interesting little guys change sex as they get bigger

ok, might change my views here, the giant bully hotspot is Tauranga, found 2 more creeks today swarming with them, maybe its spawning time cause the females (?) are a heap fatter and have pink bellies. only caught a couple for positive ID's (way too big to be commons most well over 12cm biggest around the 18-20cm mark, all had 6 dorsal rays). and passed by about 50 -60 tonight. heres the photos of the 2 I got tonight. Female??? showing the pink belly.

a pic has been sent to the waikato uni for ID. might try that with the plant though

lol, just love the idea that a mosquito rasbora could be the boss of any tank larger than a coffee cup :rolfl: CPD's big enough to photo???

have you tried artificially raising the eggs?

make sure its a true blood veija, there are some horrible mutant things around that should have been feeders. if it is however it would be well worth the effort to keep it, heaps of colour, attitude and personality.

the ones I saw kept in fresh in aussie only had a 1 1/2 year lifespan. but that could have just as easily been due to the dodgy fish keeper. they were mainly marine when juvenile and brackish when full adult from what I saw in the wild.

got one here somewhere...... (cue waiting dog...)

tried both of those, still coming up blank. unfortunately not Hygrophoraceae, the caps were enclosed and not gilled. was in a doc reserve so wasn't able to take a sample, wasn't too keen to either

Koura????

It is not only illegal it is very risky to all the fish involved, it will most likely not survive in the wild, and it rund the quite considerable risk of introducing some rather nasty diseases into our wild stock. where are you, located im sure someone on here will either take him or know where he could go to retire.

had a class trip to Maungatautari yesterday and came across this unusual (and partially decomposed???) fungus. a few of us are trying to ID it as we haven't seen it before. anyone in here a keen mycologist???

:gpo2: kribs are one of my favs to breed, just the cuteness factor and the ease of raising fry. don't fuss too much, you'll soon end up with more than you can get rid of.