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They look great. I'd love a monster tank like that. Thanks for the info

I would be keen for Pterophyllum altum. Any one got any true altum angels? They would look great with tea colour water with nice root systems and plants and shoal of neons

No it wasn't a bristle nose just a common I think.

i just googled sterbai they do look good in a big group. So im set on having a single species of corys 8-12 maybe bit i can still have other fish in the tank right? Not had corys before

would all that fit my tank? I have never had discus and I do like them. Can they live with angels ? I guess having one centerpiece species would look better. Thanks

i did have a pleco years ago that killed two oscars. It got to 17.5 inches long and really hard to catch! Spiky and very strong

I'm not new to fish but I dnt know what to do with a 1.2 Mtr (4 foot) 270ltr tank. So fill my tank as if it were yours. what would you do could be cold or tropical fresh water. I may just make your idear happen

Tell me more about this grub pie?

Dam you ! Now I have to do this to my tank. my Mrs is gona be mad at you haha Looks cool nice work

I think a lot of the public are blind or just don't know what we have here in new zealand. I stoped eating whitebait once I set up my native tank at home. I have met people that didn't know we had native fish! so I signed the partition in hope that it will raise awareness of at least what we have then how to protect it. I hope whitebait farming takes off soon to ease the pressure That's my 2 cents anyway

Looks like dad or the inanga gang ate tall the eggs. Oh well next time. Thanks for your help :thup:

One pair of my common bully have spawned on the side of the in tank pump yay! But in that tank there is another bully fish, two Koura and now 10 inanga as well (thanks MTI) so I'm picking they are all gona get eaten. Any ideas on how I can keep some alive?

That sound cool as haha I knew I wouldn't be the only one. Sounds like you need and old 60s or 70s house with a sunken floor lounge then fill it with water and fish

I put my face up to the glass at one end of my 270ltr native tank an just stare through it at the fish and crays going about there business and I kinda just want to be small and in there too. Surely I'm not the only one? Am I?

Good question. I was young and dumb and thought one day I'm gona buy a tank and keep gold fish how hard could it be? Water ,stones a few plants and fish easy right? Wrong! I feel bad now looking back at the poor fish that got stuck with me. The tank went cloudy with in a week or two and when I found out why I was gutted then I started to loose some fish. So I gave remaining fish to a friends pond. Years later and lots of study I set up a tropical tank and cycled it and slowly built up. Now I have natives and a guppy tank soon to be two and still have some empty tanks. Yikes I think I'm hooked!

Hi can anyone fill me in on where the waikato aquarium society is? I see past events but can't find anything on if it's still going or am I blind?

Yip I agree use a net and wait till dark and use a torch. There eyes make them easy to spot good luck

Hi ya I'm a noob too. My Koura go nuts for blood worms and peas and something new I have just tried was getting leaves out of the local stream and freezing them over night to kill any bad bugs ( i hope ) then Chuck em in. it's cool to watch them have a munch or carry back with them and stash it for later

Hi ya I'm just wondering how you guys and gals with large tanks collect or treat enough water for your water changes? In my old tank it was fine being only 100ltr and tropical I found it easy useing a 20ltr bucket. I now have a 270ltr tank with natives so I need more water to change and I have heard that the crays don't like the chlorine treatments. I find it hard to collect 60ltr of rain water so what do you do I don't think there is a huge load on the tank as I only have two crays and 3 bullies with live plants. any advice would be great thanks

Hey that's cool. So I guess that means I have happy fish? I'm really new to natives. Cool little characters really. Ive just had a Cray survive a molt too. Should I add a calcium supplement to the water or just test the level first? Thanks for your help

Ok so I have 3 commons and 2 crays in a 270ltr tank. Unfortunately I found white spot on the bullys around 4-5mths ago. I treated this well I thought with salt. When the white spot went I started water changes to lower the salt level. Is it possible that one of my fish thinks that the brackish water means the ocean is near and its time to change? It used to be a nice river bed camo now its nearly black. It's the biggest bully I have and it now hides and darts out at times like its protecting its patch. So is it trying to breed or go to sea?

Hi everyone Is anyone keen to meet up and go exploring for new fish to take home? I know a few spots for bully, koura and shrimp in and around hamilton I would like to find a pair of redfins and some banded kokopu. If you can help that would be sweet Only had my native tank 3months an I'm never having tropicals again lol

Hey aquamike I have found shrimp in the waikato river rite by a drain pipe near the Rowling club. I was stund last place I thought I'd ever see them