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welcome you will learn alot from these forums and people! Enjoy

It’s that time of the month again! - Club Night Upper Hutt Aquarium Society March meeting is scheduled for the 9 March 2016 and is being held at 67 Clouston Park Road, Upper Hutt. Doors open around 7:30pm and the meeting kicks off between 7:45pm & 8pm. We enjoy all parts of the hobby, and our meetings cover topics requested by members, guest speakers, and projects every now and again. New members are welcome and are encouraged to come along, we will strive to help beginners to experts. Subscription to the club costs $10.00 plus $10.00 FNZAS Capitation fee. The capitation fee does not apply to junior memberships. Any queries can be forwarded to: [email protected]

Welcome and good luck on your puffer journey they are definatley around as I have seen them at my local. Maybe try places like new pupuke and hollywood fish farm and any of the other shipping pet shops Enjoy

can you get pics of them for me soph?

Hi... we have 2 clubs locally upper hutt and kapi mana. I'll let ya know if I have any spare plants I have some amazon swords you can come and collect if wanting some swords. ( I'm upper hutt) a few in my community tank need removing as some of the rarer plants aren't getting enough space. Other wise a local sells very cheap plants aquatic plants. Co.nz.

Hi guys I have 8 long finned peppered cories and I want to increase my group I think... luck has deceived me and I have all females.... I've had my group for 2 years almost and not once have the spawned... the biggest one is a whopping three inch wing span so I'm talking mature fish. Anyway if anyone has any they'd let go let me know. Thanks heaps

You can put a smelly shrimp in a stocking in the tank... that will keep Tha bacteria fed for a bit.. or if u really want I'm in upper hutt and can kick start ur filter off my betta barracks or can switch ya some seeded material... You could always just try it and thwn be ready to maybe wait one more week after u get back to check thw water fully to make sure... Also I know ya want to add fish slowly but cories are a social bunch and love having bigger groups aim for at least 6 I'd say even better is 8 but watch your stocking levels with a 100 tank. Plenty of us out there who can help if you want some help. Enjoy your holiday... ( another option would be to find a cheap auto feeder if u wanted)

Welcome

HI. .. welcome. I'M a local to you and am in both welly clubs.. ask if u want to know anything. There are a fair few members around. Also feel free to email either clubs emails if you'd like to know more also.

I'm breeding killies... can ship too.. not as much out there as their used to be but I'm always happy if someone else wants to help keep them alive in nz.... haha quick run out and buy 15 tanks....

KMAC February 2016 Club Meeting Wednesday February 24, 2016 Board Room, Tawa Community Centre, 5 Cambridge Street, Tawa. 6.45pm (for 7pm start)

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Thanks to Rodney I have an amazing pair of Fundulopanchax Gardneri Clauseni Akure. These fish are sooo friendly and barely hide away from me... the males a chunky monkey haha and is rather round. He has beautiful colouration as does the female. Food ... lucky for me these are the only fish I've not had an issue with if they are hungry they will eat but their fav is white worms and they gobble them down super fast. Breeding .. the set two have the sex life we all dream of hahahaha litterally they will swim by each other and cuddle up and lay an egg.. hahaha so I've been using spawning mops and two or three at a time as they like it thick... they spawn at the very top of the mops eggs start to hatch about 14 days later but as I only have a pair the number of eggs isn't great yet. Trios would be superior. I have about 15 babies ... they are now two months old they were removed from parents tank Dec 24 2015. The eggs were removed then... Good fish for learners the eggs are not as big as gold panchax but they are very motivated to spawning. Tank set up is divided killifish tank... full lids they jump. . Higher then I ever will also... 2 spawn mops... a tiny peice of java and currently this is now a potted amazon sword... which they try to breed on... and a sponge filter I have been trying to maintain tank temp at 24ish but this heat has been pushing it up to around 27 and higher and this also hasn't seemed to affected them. Water changes are often and I add black water extract ( my secret weapon) tonic salt and some peat to the floor every now and then.

Yes I added all my pictures to Dropbox so I could add them here quickly and it appears they don't work. So yay.... And yes sometimes I read that also... This fish was possibly under a different classification ... which has been bought to my attention also. And sadly I'm reporting I have now lost both parents. I'm putting it down to the heat we've been getting. Don't stress I do have babies and they take 5 months to sexually mature so now I get to just enjoy having babies for a bit.

Volcanum Killifish babies -

Volcano Killifish - Aphyosemion volcanum A Beautiful longer bodied fish with a lyre tail effect - stunning colouration and colour varies greatly on where the wild fish have been caught. Size/Length: To 2" (5 cm) Similar species: Other fish of the sub-genus Chromaphyosemion. Aquarium: A tank measuring 20" (51 cm) with a capacity of 10 gallons (38 L) is sufficient. Use a dark substrate with subdued lighting. Plant the tank heavily and provide hiding places among roots and wood. Water chemistry: pH 5.5-7 (6.3), 1-10 dH (2), 77-81°F (25-27°C) Social behavior: Males are aggressive towards one another, otherwise this species is peaceful. Sexual differences: Males have longer fins and are more colorful. Breeding techniques: Use a spawning tank heavy infested with Java Moss and a substrate of peat moss. The moss should be removed weekly and stored in a plastic bag in a dark area with a temperature from 64-75°F (18-24°C). After two or three weeks the eggs can be placed in their own tank having soft water. Start feeding with Artemia nauplii. The eggs may have a better hatching rate if cooler water is used a first. So thats what the internet says, the internet also says that this fish is very sensitive to water conditions, I now know this to be very true So my adventure begins with a package from Rodneys tropicals - A Pair of Valcanum go into their new tank. These fish from the first day I got them I have struggled to feed. I know live food - but I honestly can say I dont think I ever saw the male eat once, and the female only when white worms were being fed - but gen two will be better as they will have grown with me. so my tank is set up with java moss, bit of peat floor, spoinge filter and LIDS hahahaha I got these guys early December and its with sad news im reporting today I have lost the adults, Both were showing dropsy symptoms and have not come through, but i do have about 20 odd fry to continue their legacy....... I dont use the breeding technique above (i kinda thought why would you kill a bag of Java like that!) - but this is what ive done. I used spawning mops - now generally I can see eggs and remove them from mops - but these two fish were sooooo fussy - they would lay on the sponge filter over the spawning mop - so since the spawning mops were failing i moved them to the hatching tank (just in case) and chucked java moss in - so this is the same technique I use for my clown Killies , Java in and in 10 days or just less it gets moved to the hatching tank and in goes a new lot. - this appeared to work very well. Amazing coloured fish - I dont recommend them to beginners as well even I dont think ive succeeded in these fish yet as Ive lost the parents. - pictures of parents to come

update on the golden panchax, have just gone through 2 weeks vigorus worming with both pravi and Levamisole, appear to be worm free again - onwards and upwards to breeding! So I will separate the males and females again, choose a trio or two and off we go again woop woop

Thanks I'm doing it my down time and I'm having to sort 2k pics on drop box too to post them but I'm getting there...

So 2 trios of clown killis arrived.. I have tank set ip as 9l with lids.. peat bottom and java moss and Indian fern sponge filter on low setting air ratio.. tank sits at a happy 23 24 2 males four females. Eating golden pearls aND also baby brine shrimp since I'm hatching every day anyway. The eggs are too small to try and collect so I set up another identical tank but empty. I know babies can be kept with parents but I wanted to ensure gen 2 also. Every 9 days I'd swap java moss out of one tank to the other I did this four times then stopped for a few weeks. Baby clown killis are super super invisible hahaha... and I'm used to betta fry so they are small. However I started to see more and more fry hatch and will add pictures to thread. Think my oldest babies will be a month old now. And theRe is plenty there.

I 1000 percent swear thw edit button isn't on my pc... but I can see it on my phone so crisis kept at bay. ... VINNIE don't swear at me... what this reading thing ahahah sounds like exercise. ... or running

Guys.... updates please

who stole my edit button I need this as I'm a terrible speller until I read what I write hahahahaha