Silverdollarboy2

An interesting pairing this year, a friend has a beautiful male Blue Tongue Skink who has a goldish background with orangey markings, I have a female with the same background.
He is pictured below, named Garvor.

This is the Female called Goldie, they were paired up and within an hour had mated on the 5th October, they then spent a week together.

And on the 28th February 2020 she gave birth to

What a setup mate! Great to see such setups in the Bay, goodluck with the sale

Sadly needing to part with my native freshwater setup. My setup is an Aqua1 250L tank on plinth, though I run about 180L with rocks. That was $300. Custom made backdrop with planter $300. Eheim Classic 1000L/hr filter $490. Arctica chiller $1360. Eheim pump 1400-2100L/hr $330. Step down transformer for chiller $70. Total setup $2,850 plus. Would take $2,250. All about a year old. Hoses, intakes, etc included. Fish include three adult inanga, adult male redfin bully and juvenile redfin. All quarantined, water fully cycled. Fish and rocks from Wainui River, Southern HB. Hastings pickup only. 

Either visit a local stream or add java fern and java moss

I wouldnt add others I've always found my panchax to be agressive or out competed easily

Facebook are still removing groups for animal for sale posts so maybe post them in this website forum then share the link to the post to a facebook page. https://aquariumworld.nz/forums/forum/11-private-trade-and-exchange/ https://www.facebook.com/.../prohibited_content/animals Edit or delete this FACEBOOK.COM Commerce Policies Commerce Policies Animal for sale: Selling animals isn't allowed on Marketplace or buy and sell groups. This includes posting about animals for adoption. Keep in mind that it's okay to create a News Feed post or an ad about selling an animal. https://www.facebook.com/policies/commerce/prohibited_content/animals 6. Animals Policy Listings may not promote the buying or selling of animals. Examples   Animal cages   Products for animals (toys, collars etc.)   Any product or part, including, but not limited to, leather, skin, hide, fur, wool or hair from any dogs, cats or endangered or threatened animals   Live animals   Livestock   Pets   Prohibited animal parts, including, but not limited to, bone, teeth, horn, ivory, taxidermy, organs, external limbs, secretions or carcasses Edit or delete t https://www.facebook.com/help/130910837313345?ref=shareable Edit or delete this FACEBOOK HELP CENTRE What kinds of things can't be sold on Facebook or Marketplace?   Once you post an advert in private trade and exchange you can share the link on our FNZAS facebook page.

And to you and
yours. Thanks for the pics during the year.

Regal Peacock
 
 
 
Pukekura Falls
 
 

It is generally from banging it but can be a bacterial infection,make sure you keep the water clean

Bit of an update....
 
Full White Albino Platinum:

Have the same strain but in Blond which is not quite as nice.
 
Silky Blue:

Easy to breed.
 
Sulphur Lutino Endler:

Something new and the pictures don't do them any justice. Best yellow I have ever seen in a guppy.
 
Metalhead Lutino:

Another variety of the Lutinos.
 
Japan Blue Fire Tail:

This is something new I have been working on for 9 month now. Combines Y-linked JB with X-linked LE.
 
Koi Guppies:

Plenty of them around now in Albino and non-albino.

Yes thank you for getting it up and running again.
Now all we need is members to actually post in here and answer others' queries! I see a new member posted a question Sept 16th and nobody replied until I did so today (I have been unable to access the forums until this evening)

Next issue of the magazine features Barbs so you picked a good family of fish.

Got the camera out the other day after a Atherton change and snapped some pics ..
This tank has stayed fairly much the same for last 3 years. Very low maintenance. The planting is haphazard but suits. 
Stocking has changed a little over time. It would be nice to get some nicer and more variety of  Rainbows in there. I have what they call Eastern, splendid and striped ( exquisites ). They're expensive in shops and the bosemani, blues and reds  around me aren't that great  
Barbs- 7 Golden, about 15 cherry but did have lots more ( had a few breed and grow out when the Java moss took over the tank for a while one time)  
My Odessa barbs are my favourite 5M  and 3 F which I know is a wrong ratio but aggression is only a bit of ' chasey'.
They've been in the tank for over 3 years and all males are beautiful coloured with dominant male just a little deeper in colour. The females  can give as could as they get. 
Then there A few 5 stripes and a couple of checkered which I'd like more of as they are quite hidey
And. 3 Sae to clean up  and a small school of danios
excuse some of the photos I managed to do some creative cropping somewhere in the process of sizing and uploading  
 

very nice

Worth the wait 

Worth the wait 

I bred Australe and Gardneri in 2017 in decent numbers for the latter
Hopefully I will finally get Panchax today

1x 1400L monster tank
1x 300L community planted tank 
1 x 500L African tank (brand new, just started, and first time doing africans)
 
 

We now have at least 3 more gold ancistrus than before as I can see them scooting about. Could be more as the tank is heavily planted. Both parents are back out and about so there won't be a second batch any time soon. his is the first time the golds have bred in the 5 or so years I have had them. The browns will breed several times in a row then stop for a few years before breeding again so I have 10 - 12 brown ancistrus of varying sizes zipping in and out on the substrate.
The Odessas have been at it again too as I can see more of their fry out and about at higher levels. A few always survive being eaten due to the plant mass.
We are about to clean out the filter (don't do it very often) so will have to be careful there are no ancistrus fry in the casing as I have almost lost fry down the sink in the past!

Forum has been quiet lately so hopefully this thread can generate some activity.
What fish are everyone keeping these days?
I only have two tanks now, 270L with just a kokopu and a 60l community with some danios, livebearers, a pair of Rams and a shark (hopefully going soon)

only reason i have facebook these days

Killifish_The_eBook.pdfIntroduction_to_Killifish Nothobranchius.pdfKillifish the E Book in PDF format.
Killifish_The_eBook.pdf
Breeding Nothobranchius.
Introduction_to_Killifish Nothobranchius.pdf
 
 

I have never seen one but stranger things have happened with livebearers as I see mollie x guppy are a thing on google