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I missed joining in on the group molly hunt , and jim and his wife are ANGELS for waiting for the two clueless aucklanders to show up... But my friend Ben and i went down and had a good muck around, and kept at least 30 mollies - some bubbas at .5 cm, and the rest at around 2.5-3cm. I got a surprise in one of my nets - the fish we saw were all about that size, but then i got a big fat one, about 4.5cm long. Had to bring him home... I came home to find i was minus a heater - it was sitting in the bottom of the tank i had ready to go, with the bottom smashed. Only one of the suction cups were still on the tank wall, so i guess it fell :-? . So the mollies are back in their bucket in the spare room (which stays nice and warm, especially with another heated tank in there). Not ideal, but it will do until i can nip in this arvo for another heater. So while they're in the bucket i haven't been able to check out their colours yet (Nice pic HandS) - at the moment they just look a kind of creamy yellow/grey It was great to meet everyone that was still around when i got there :roll: - a fantastic day, despite going completely mad and anxious between 6:30 and 9:30am because i couldn't get hold of my driver!!!! (I broke out the big guns and got his mommy to find him, haha!!) Also, anyone that wants some mollies, let me know

I got the tank - 28 litres, thanks to farmgirl. Setting it up now, he's going to lurrrve it No i didn't list the dimensions of the small tank - too ashamed. If memory serves i think it's like...3/4 gallon? I've only ever used it as a hospital tank. Thinking about getting some small type snails and letting them breed like mad and fill that tank up - the babies would be some nice live food for my clown loaches.

*fidgets and whistles* mayyyybbbeeee..... once they've spent some time in their own tank that is... they might have molly germs... (equivalent of boy/girl germs, but.... mollyish)

That's ok - this guy is going to have some non-betta company - maybe some mollies or something

I quite like the pretty blue/green gravel.... ....just not for a fish tank.

Why would we even NEED fish? :lol:

I know i am , any aussie for that matter

Lol :lol: Awesome farmchick, thanks. Just thought i'd share a laugh - opened the tank to have a look at the filter (wicked!!!), and saw the plant!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Just like you said, truly terrible....

A day and a half to gooooooo.......... Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: I got nets, big and small, buckets, will soon have bags once i dig them out, and i ALWAYS have old clothes to get muddy in!!!!! towel, sunnies, camera.... WAHOO!!!

welcome!!!

those lambs are gorgeous, i love the patterns. what are they?

Sounds awesome!! One/a few big long tank/s?

hehe, pass the obsession down the generations - when i have my big fatty clowns, and my grandkids are old enough, i'll buy them some little baby clowns

My master plan is that by the time my clowns get bigger, i'll have my own house, and will have a MASSIVE long feature tank in a living room where they can grow to their hearts content

I'm gonna get some, though i don't have that much space for it to grow out of the tank...

8) nice avatar pic evil - from your tank? May have to get me some of those.... preeetttttyyyy.....

That's awesome jn, silly little WCMM's.... "ooh, look, it's wood! Let's leave this boring corner!!" :roll: Those pics looked great BTW, awesome look for the tank IMO

Lol just spent a fair bit of time on the sites, they sound fantastic, though if one swims into my filter i'm going to panic... Awesome, thanks, i'm going to get 6.

Oooohh..... Wikipedia is encouraging....

I didn't realise that kuhli loaches were those awesome busy little wormy-looking things!!!! What should i know if i'm thinking of getting some? Eg: how many should i get, how big do they get, how much space do they need, do they have any special requirements, etc? I have lace gourami, bettas, rosy tetras, clown loaches, BN's, a small red-spot pleco, and will soon have mollies and kribs. Will the kuhli clash with any of these? Lol whenever i went in to the shop i always went to visit them but never asked anyone - i thought they were some kind of eel!! Haha.... Thanks guys!!! :bounce:

Cool thanks - don't suppose there's a nice sat map for the molly swamp? Including good "fishing" spots?

That sounds good - i'll be going to Mt Roskill, i think they're a bit smaller than albany... Might go there tonight regardless - see what they've got in....

Lol i hope not - i'll be bringing some home anyway... But it'd be great for the people that can't go on sunday, and didn't arrange for someone to bring some back for them. I'm looking forward to the meeting as well as the molly hunt - am going to get my partner to drive me - i'll tell him it's a poker night... 8)

Awesome, thank you so much farmchick. I've had a look at the HFF website, and am going to call them when they open and get a price on these tanks: http://www.hollywoodfishfarm.co.nz/prod ... php?id=356 http://www.hollywoodfishfarm.co.nz/prod ... .php?id=30 http://www.hollywoodfishfarm.co.nz/prod ... .php?id=27 If there's one i like that's at a decent price, i'll pick it up tonight (then i can set it up tonigh and start the cycle). Otherwise, if no luck when i call at 10, i'll let you know

I started with 2 clowns and upgraded to 5 a few weeks later. If i get a bigger tank i'll be getting more, as 4-5 is about the recommended minimum IMO, and from what i've been told (I really noticed the positive change once the other 3 were added). I don't know much about angels, but can't see any reason why they wouldn't go well with the clowns. Someone is bound to pop in and offer their advice on that