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Robbo said... > My PH goes from 7.0 to about 6.4 in a weeks time > Any ideas as to why? Any ideas on the hardness? If the water is soft then it can br prone to swings in pH since there are few minerals to buffer it. Are you using rain water? Tanks generally tend to go acid anyway, over time, due to an increase in the organic matter dissolved in the water. A pH of 6.4 isn't too low for most community fish. Andrew.

Aqua said... > ... I'm considering replacing the contents of my tank with > a Tiger Oscar... Resist the call of the 'dark side'... :roll: Andrew.

CraigJ said... > Would love some information on the club. I'm flat out at the moment and will be until Monday of next week. Why not get in touch early next week and I'll be happy to fill you in on the club and give you a membership form etc. We're going to the Napier Aquarium and the seahorse farm on Oct 4th if you'd like to come along. I can give you details of that too. My contact details are in my profile here or in the CLUBS section (both for PNAS and NZKA). Later, Andrew.

nztrudy said... > ... i have just been given a box of white worms and > have no idea what to do with them (lol) what do i feed > them? and is there any special care they need. I feed mine cheap white bread. They don't like it too warm so I keep mine in polystyrene boxes on my concrete garage floor. There's lots of info on the web, have a look at: http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/Whitewrm.htm http://home.clara.net/xenotoca/whiteworm.htm http://www.intellweb.com/gcka/wworms.htm and so on. Andrew.

CraigJ said... > I'm a 27yo living in Palmerston North. There's a moderately active club in PN. Contact me if you want info or just want to come around to look at some fish. Andrew.

Alan said... > Keep in touch with him Andrew, and let me know how you get on. We'll be visiting Living Waters on Sunday morning of next weekend and will report back after that. Frans is holding some of the new fish for the NZKA. Andrew.

Pegasus said... > ... These must be the High Fins you were working on. You can see why I say they've got longer fins than the regular WCMMs then? Not obvious in all the pictures but there are definitely some longer finned individuals in there... > ... a few look ready to spawn There are a couple of babies in the tank. I should really move a male and a couple of females into the fishroom to see if I can get a decent number of babies off them... Andrew.

Suemack said... > ... what sort of camera do you use. A Canon Powershot A40. Nothing too special, just a good all round digital. It took me a while before I got more than silvery streaks too. The trick seems to be to stand back and use the zoom... Andrew.

Pegasus said... > Boronia Aquarium apparently has 200 tanks... could be worth a look. Except, it's in Melbourne. Andrew.

Folks, Took some photos of my WCMMs and uploaded them. http://www.oxalis.50megs.com/fish/wcmmindex.html Thanks to Ang for the HTML. Andrew.

Warren said... > The only aquarium shop I know of in Syndey is about 500m > up the main road in Manly. Been there. Good shop. There are many decent shops in Sydney. GOOGLE is your friend. > You're not going to Melbourne huh, there's some really excellent > aquarium shops there... Boronia... > ... so does Perth. I didn't think all that much of the shops in Perth. Sydney is the place to go, although Melbourne has a lot going for it too. There are usually killies to be seen in the shop out at Parramata, which was the last shop I saw, back in 2000. Must go overseas again sometime soon... Andrew.

Chris said... > ... Would they go with what I have though ? Something like Aplocheilus panchax (or the occasionally available Aplo. dayi) would most likely be fine. Aplo. lineatus might try to eat the guppies and/or neons. Even male Aphyosemion scheeli or Aphyo. australe might be worth a go, or perhaps Fundulpanchax gardneri although they tend to be a bit more, er, robust... The main problem is getting the fish. Keep an eye on your LFS, you never know what'll turn up. I'm always keen to hear when people see killies in shops. Andrew.

Goldie said... > ... what sort of regiem do you mean???? Sounds like you're doing fine. As long as things are kept clean and there is a good stream of bubbles, UGFs can be a very good basic filter, especially biologically. Andrew.

nztrudy said... > ... the neon is only in a 60L tank with the 2 glassbloodfins. That's like 24 x 12 x 12 inches? (60 x 30 x 30cm)? Plenty of room for three little fish even without filtration, especially if there are some plants in there as well. Do keep me in mind if you're in the neighbourhood. The UGF plates are 'free to good home'... Andrew.

Chris said... > ... but I wouldn't know if they would go with anything I have Generally they do better is 'species tanks' especially if you want to breed them. However, I've got a couple of pairs of the gold form of Aplocheilus lineatus and a single male Aphyosemion scheeli in my community tank with Angels, SAEs, Corys and so on. I've kept Aplocheilus panchax and Fundulopanchax gardneri in community tanks in the past as well as spare males of various Nothobranchius species although they don't tend to last more than a couple of months. Andrew.

Chris said... > I must say Killies and beautiful! Wish I could get some ... You sometimes see Aphyosemion australe 'gold' for sale at either the Mt. Eden Jansens or Hollywood, there's a local guy who breeds them. The gold form of Aplocheilus lineatus has also been imported recently, apparently. Other species are available very occasionally. The best source of killies is the NZKA and its members. Andrew.

Folks, We have moved our site to: http://nzka.fnzas.org.nz Thanks to Cees and Richard Littin for their help with this. Hopefully more info will become available on it over time. Andrew.

nztrudy said... > ... what filters do people recomend... There's nothing wrong with a well maintained undergravel filter as a place to start. 50% water changes are generally good though, as long as you're happy the water going in is pretty close in chemistry to the water you're removing. Avoid big variations. What size are these tanks? A neon in a 8 foot tank would probably live out its whole life without needing a water change but one in a 8 inch tank would need much more maintenance. If you're ever in Palmerston North, I have plenty of spare undergravel filter plates since I use mostly sponge filters (no gravel in the tanks in my fishroom). Andrew.

Chris said... > What are your future fishkeeping 'dreams'? For there to be some more killies available here and for there to be more people keen on keeping/breeding them. Andrew.

Cat said... > I have had problems with latest batch of brine shrimp. If you want to get some eggs off me, to try, then let me know. This will at least tell you if there's something wrong with your eggs. Andrew.

Aqua said... > turkey baster..... Settle! Andrew.

Killifan said... > Does anyone have any tips for more success with my > next eggs due in September? You probably need to tell people what you did this time... > Also what is the best/easiest way to separate the fry > from the peat when they hatch? Have tried an eyedropper, > but it is slow and they move so fast! I use a one piece plastic pipette. You could try a 'turkey baster' or something similar... Andrew.

Caryl said... > ... beauty is in the eye of the beholder Or 'beer holder'... Anyway, so it's OK to muck about with the genetics of fish as long as it makes them 'prettier' and we get to be the ones who define 'pretty'? Sorry, doesn't work for me, I'll maintain my mission to try and only keep and breed fish that are as close to the 'wild type' *as possible*. Sadly this doesn't always work, I've got 3 species of killifish that have been 'mucked about with' (although if we had more species to work with, these'd be the first to get the boot from my fishroom) and my 'silver' angels have some dodgy genetics as I'm finding out now that I'm raising some of their fry and getting some gold ones... BTW: > I don't know why the asians have to keep playing around with > existing species. Not sure I like the implications of this. If people need to keep an eye on their language then I reckon negative racial stereotypes should be watched too... Andrew.

Rob said... > ... but are these similar to tubifex worms but thicker and darker? The ones I saw in the US would fit that description, yes. I've also seen something similar available in Australia. Whether they're all exactly the same critter is another question. I don't know if that even matters. I'd imagine many small clean worms from fish free waters would have potential as food for many aquarium fish. Pegasus said (about tubifex)... > possibly through some bad press they have now become unavailable.... Tubifex were widely available in NZ about 20 years ago but due to a perception that they may be a vector for 'whirling disease' (a trout based issue) transport of tubifex was banned, thus making them unavailable to aquarists from shops. > In following subsequent links there was also a method to > culture them - which seems pretty easy. CBW can be cultured although I don't know if the same applies to the NZ version. Tubifex can also be cultured, I've known two people to do it in NZ with some success (one is Peter Sebborn, so you could give him a yell if you wanted to know more). Tubifex make excellent food for many fish if obtained clean. Andrew.

Steve said... > I live in Rhode Island USA. I was just wondering how many others ... I've *been* to RI. Does that count? Andrew.