kiwiraka

I'm not quite following.... But if you're getting at the fact that I chose to have duckweed in a pond, it's a medium sized concrete trough that is easily drained and cleaned.

Who?

I raised 10 in a pond this year (Golden Bell Frogs) and before I put duck weed in they would go pale browny yellow during the day, but became dark once I added some duck weed.

This is my remaining mystery fish (I think the other one got eaten) sorry for the bad photos but can anyone id it? (*cough bluether cough*) I'm thinking maybe koaro?

Thanks! It's a grey mullet I have 4, all doing reasonably well but they took a while to start accepting food.

Just some photos of my fish (slightly better quality than last time) The bottom bully in the last photo is deformed, doesn't seem to affect it in any way, but he looks funny.

Welcome! I hope you enjoy your time here!

It is for red ears, so I can't see why it wouldn't be for snake necks.

:gpo2: boiled veges are also good for fibre intake. A sponge filter with an airline is another option for filtration. I can't think of anything else to add to willyp's post.

Being an nz native there isn't much info (apart from this forum) your best bet is to look at videos of freshwater crayfish tanks. All you need to do is keep it cold, filtered but not too much flow on the bottom and make plenty of caves and if you want multiple crays plenty of objects to block line of sight.

Awesome! I still haven't seen either of them in the wild!

I made up a batch of fish food yesterday and tested it today all my fish loved it even my redfins which are very picky! So I was thinking that other native keepers (Or carnivorous fish keepers) can add recipes (make your own up if you wish) and post their results with them, I'll start! *300 grams of heart (Cut into small chunks and fat cut off) *300 grams of raw prawn (or shrimp) (with tails removed) *100 grams of Hikari sinking cichlid gold (ground to powder) *half a packet of unflavoured gelatin, I think I used between 50 and 100 grams *(optional) 100 grams of fresh snapper (from the days fishing trip) Put the heart and prawn (and snapper) in a blender and blend until well mixed, add gelatin and 1/4 to 1/2 of cold water and blend until it starts to thicken. Put in plastic bag and chuck in freezer! Can be broken into better sized pieces after 1/2 to one hour. Next time I'm planning on not using heart due to reading a lot of negative things about it, anyone have any healthier alternatives?

Do you know if the Cran's/Common and the diadromous/landlocked eggs were fertile?

The closest you can get will probably be java moss all plants need light and nutrition, and java moss is pretty hardy being able to survive at low light without fertilisers. It will need fish in the tank though.

welcome

Nice! :cophot: Can I have the money on the white board

Good to hear it's going well! Sounds like a smelt, did you sniff it? Bullies eat the same things as other natives, they also learn to accept food rather quickly so they will likely start eating the grated heart quite soon. As with the other fish they will get a fair amount of food from the bugs that fall in the water. Happy new year!

The quality of the guppies you're breeding is awesome, likely the best in NZ, keep up the amazing work! Also, I googled see thru guppy Zombies are real!

Happy new year, I hope everyone has a fun and stress free 2015!!!!

So common bullies breeding isn't unusual..... But I was watching my native fish and I saw two bullies spawning (fourth spawn I know of this year) but the unusual part is that the female is from a tidal stream (caught literally metres from the sea) and the male is a very unusual landlocked common bully (he has six fin rays and actually looks more like a crans bully) Anyone heard of landlocked and diadromous bullies spawning together? I'm positive the male is landlocked, there is no connection to the sea from the lake he is from. Also I unfortunately will not be able to remove the eggs, they are on a three foot peice of wood that supports most of the rockwork in the tank. EDIT: I just had another look and a second (diadromous) female has started spawning, I would guess that there are now close to a thousand eggs

Any updates?

Giant Cory

Oops, too late

Same thing happened to me and adrienne, it shows up in the topic review when you try to reply.