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i have been to one of a prawn farm somewhere up north. i cant remember the name of it. yes, it is malaysian prawn they cultured, they said they grow a lot faster than the native prawn found in new zealand. it was a good tour, showed us prawns culture from eggs to adulthood. even a restaurant with prawns dishes.

really nice pictures there. thanks for sharing. if you look at the price tag say $120 / 5.5 = NZD 22 ???

there are many lfs here that sells them. animates sells them at $3.95.

wow...those are really top of line pure red albino strains. its a pity we dont have much variety here in New Zealand.

i have doing a lot of irragation fittings search lately, irragation warehouse in blenheim rd has quite a range of products. but i havent check out mico plumbing. mitre 10 mega has some hansens fittings too but sometimes they all sold out.

good luck. breeding albinos aint easy. suffering from weak genes, pre mature babies, deformities etc.

white clouds are great fish. i had bred them in a 9L tank successfully. will thrive in a pond!

hiya evil, dont know if i can be much help here, but check out bunnings warehouse, they got some good flourescent lighting range there. i got my 18w flourescent tube for $2.

hey....me too. my convicts wont breed too. how old do they have to get in order to breed? my convicts are like this big |---------------------------| including tails. may be are still too young

i would say chances are they are all already been fertilised by albinos males as they are all raised in same batch in a commercial breeding line?

that explains all, everything you need to know about guppies! :lol:

there are many guppy breeders out there that is line breeding. doing this will ensure the pureness of the guppy strains. to start line breeding is easy. you just need a couple of tanks to start with. to create your own strain, get a decent looking male and some neutral coloured virgin females. after the drop of the females, soon you will find many babies that resembles the parent male. as the frys grow to 3-4weeks of age, separated the males and females to keep the virgin females. at 3 months of age, choose the best looking virgin daugther females, and you can now cross the decent male back to his daugther. repeat that to their offsprings and cross again to his granddaughter etc.

from what i can see in the picture you have got yourself a normal male guppy. in short, he has black pigments cells which contain melanin. Melanin is a black substance that can concentrate itself in the cell or disperse throughout. albino has no melanin pigment at all, therefore if you cross them, chances are there are no albino at all and expect grey offspring. but the babies will be albino carriers, if you cross the albino females with the babies, chances are you will get - 50% albinos. Cross babies with babies - 25% albinos. but since they are imported albino females. chances are they are not virgin, so they might have been cross with an albino males. so the babies come out now could be albinos!!!!! :lol:

thanks caryl ....great idea!!

heck......nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks for sharing. very nice pictures. you have very healthy albino frys there.

those are really nice photos. thanks for sharing. is it easy to raise them?

a picture would be great morgie. cheers

you sure all got me thinking. now i have to find myself a reliable pump that is quiet and run long term. high capacity pumps at LFS are just so darn expensive!!

are you all using this kind of pumps? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pe ... 290680.htm by watering type hose do you mean irragation types hose? not sure of how would these connect to the pump. whats the diameter of the outlet pump? 20mm?

hi all, i am considering a stronger air pump which can pump up to 20-30 tanks. what brand or spec would people recommend? obviously a pump with 2-4 outlet wouldnt be any good for me.

Shae...that site is awesome. i recommend it!!

i think the taller one with 900mm long is $69.99.

i have a mesh covers on the pipe， so no fish can pass thru. i left the pipe open for adult guppies, none went out so far. hey Alan, i saw your DIY breeding trap tank where you can house several females in one tank the other day. does that trap work well?