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AGM 2022 Important Information

Notice of FNZAS AGM August 20, 2022, 10am (Virtual Meeting) details to follow

The FNZAS Executive is calling for nominations for the Executive for the
2022-⁠⁠2023 year.

To help people make a choice on becoming an executive we have attached a very brief overview and expectations of each position, please note the position descriptions are out of date and will need to be modernized.

Please note we need to ensure that the people who take on positions understand it is voluntary and they will need to commit time to positions and meet minimum requirements. The upcoming years ahead are vital to the FNZAS with the new Incorporated Societies Act being implemented.

All positions are deemed vacant therefore incumbents are required to re-⁠submit nominations as in previous years.

Patron
2 x Vice Patron
President
2 x Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Editor
Breeding Co-⁠⁠Ordinator
1 – 3 Committee members

Anyone seeking nomination must be a financial member of the FNZAS at the time.  If the nominee is not attending the AGM we also require written consent to stand for office sent to the Secretary prior to the AGM. No nominations will be taken from the floor, unless there are no nominations/not enough nominations for a particular position.

Please send all nominations to [email protected] along with a Bio and Photograph prior to 31 July 2022 to allow time for these to be distributed to clubs and their delegates given voting instructions by their members.

Remits

Please send any remits your club has to [email protected]

Delegates

Clubs have until 31 July 2022 to submit the names of their delegates for conference to me.  If you have changed your delegates since your last AGM, and you want your club to have a say at this meeting or be able to vote, it is important that I get this via email prior to 31 July 2022.   We don’t want clubs missing out.

Attendance

Owing to recent changes to our social structure due to Covid 19 effects an all-online AGM will be once again offered to our members. Observers are also welcome.


Thank you

FNZAS Secretary

rule of thumb is no more then a third total filter media at once. As Caryl said, if you change it / them over a few weeks it should be okay 
 
Are you sure its cotton wool and not the white filter sponge, which you may be able to clean in some old tank water and put back in and then replace when it starts to impact your filters flow

Hi Fishboy, I have a fish room in Upper Hutt if you need to rehome him or switch him for one of my many bristlenoses you are more than welcome, if he really is a bit like you say we have Multiple tanks so he can go into one of his own if needed.

Hi Fishboy, I have a fish room in Upper Hutt if you need to rehome him or switch him for one of my many bristlenoses you are more than welcome, if he really is a bit like you say we have Multiple tanks so he can go into one of his own if needed.

hi Bert - I think Maximum Pet Supplies in Naenae have some, if not I will see if one of Upper Hutt Aquarium Society Members have any to spare  and ill get them to comment on this thread. 
 
Thanks 

Anubias do not like their roots planted too deeply. Thy are often tied to bits of driftwood or rock. I see it still has the metal around the base. Remove this. Sometimes a plant will drop leaves when introduced to a new environment, due to stress.

It looks to me like the plants have been grown emersed and are having a struggle converting to submersed growth. You can sometimes have better luck if you put these plants in a glass of water on the window sill until they grow roots.

Facebook group for Killifish keepers in New Zealand.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1434208823548448/

Morning.. I can check if ours is still going.. normally we sell them for 10 as a starter culture but we have ignored them over covid so could be dead! 
 
Based in welly

Thank you to all who attended, nominated and congrats to those who got positions. 
 

Thank you to all who accepted nomination and commiserations to those who were voted in 😁

Our Executive Committee voted in at our AGM today. Congratulations to": Patron: Gael Eastwood Vice Patron: Ian Mills President: Mark Paterson Vice President: Mark McElhinney, Maxine Lynch Secretary: Danielle Jones Treasurer: Michael Jones, Editor: Darren Stevens Breeding Coordinator: Maxine Lynch Executive Committee Timothy Brewerton Aaron Gabb Danni Mokomoko

Ok people, we have our venue booked. 😁 Heretaunga Boat Club on the Esplanade in Petone. 
6th and 7th of June 
Now that we have a time and place, we are still needing an idea of numbers so we can plan what's going to be happening over the weekend and who may need to be billeted for the night 👍

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

Upper Hutt Aquarium Society have put their hand up to hold this years FNZAS AGM, we where hoping to "kick it old school" and have a weekend planned for a face to face get together for the  the formalities (elections etc) outings, activities and networking etc. Hoping to get an idea of numbers of those who would be interested so we can look into dates, venues, accommodation deals, activities etc.

Clown killies being moved to a separate aquarium as theres 13 more boys then girls 🤔

We would like to welcome our first online club to the Fedration of New Zealand Aquatic Societies
It is the facebook group NewZealand Reef Keepers https://www.facebook.com/groups/nzreefkeepers/
They represent the marine keeping side of our great hobby and being an online club also represent the FNZAS moving into the more social media pathway our hobby as taken over the last few years.

I'll post another pic tonight... I'm pretty sure we now have a sex 😉😉😉😀

This is where I will put progress shots of Albie my albino p82 who hatched from my breeding trio... hopefully more hatch
 
 

This is where I will put progress shots of Albie my albino p82 who hatched from my breeding trio... hopefully more hatch
 
 

Upper Hutt Aquarium Society meets this week wed
Our meetings not being held at the usual place so if you would like to come please let me know asap
Meetings are normally the second wed of each month and we are Wellingtons only aquarium society 
If you want to become a member or you are interested in any of the benefits like the breeding scheme or having a discount from our local supporters The Pet Centre then email [email protected] 
You dont have to join to come to a meeting to see what we are all about! 
Hope to see you there fishy friends 
For more info see www.aquariumworld.nz
 

For the moment, drop the water level to relieve the pressure. Your stocking level is low enough to take the smaller volume of water.
I was once told a tank should be re-siliconed every 10 years. My own tank is probably as old as yours and every time we have a quake I wait for the seals to give way 
It sounds to me like this might be a good time to pass the fish on to someone else and please your wife. She has put up with it for 20 years so now it is time to move it on. You could give the tank and all its bits to someone able to replace the brace.

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.