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O.K Mate thought you would have been coming up for the Fish show etc.

Pies Would you be interested in bringing some to Napier this weekend thanks Mitch

I dont want to suggest that you are an expert or not but I would have thought one of the first things in learning is the ability to read. For those that havent read my previous post I would suggest you do. Club members have kept guppies in an outside pond with some success. Another member has kept platties and rainbows in an outside pond. I would suggest that with patience any fish could be aclimatised to survive cold water. This does not mean that I would ever refer to a tropical fish as a cold water species as this is not their natural environment.

Alan Your faith in me restores my faith in the whole human race Mitch

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Whilst I agree with most of what has been said, I must make two points. 1. I have seen two shops selling Phalloceros Caudimaculatus as "cold water Guppies". If I buy them from a shop under that name unless I know better I would sell the offspring as CW Guppies. 2. One of our local members has kept Guppies in her fish pond with goldfish for a number of years. Mind you the survival rate is not high compared with those indoors. Makes this poll a sort of waste of time as none of the catergories fit either of these situations.

Pies. As my tank is still relatively new and going on what I have read I think you would probably agree that my tank would not be suitable for acropora or montipora. Mitch

make me one of the three or I will buy all of Pies :lol: :lol: or I will come to the frag swap :-? :-? OH BUGGER I just want some more corals in our tank :evil: :evil:

Kim I will accept your apology when you read the rest of these posts. I think you will find that we were probably the first club this year to post our new officers on the board. Janey: Sorry I thought that the cards would be sent to the secretary not the treasurer. :oops: It would appear possible that our previous treasurer held these cards until they saw the member concerned. Until this post I actually thought these cards were issued by our own club on behalf of the FNZAS. I was not trying to attack anyone personally

if people only attend meetings on an infrequent basis it is not surprising that they dont get their cards. Of course if things were sent to the "current secretary" this would also help

what about us poor guys with nothing to swap We will definately support the idea. Maybe we could buy the leftovers. Just leave it for a couple of weeks till we can get up again please. Debby & Mitch

I have also had an infestation and I used common cider vinegar injection with a total success

thanks guys From search of websites pretty sure it is aiptasia. Will try your remedies as soon as I can find some juice or kalk. Mitch

I have a thing taking over my tank. It is like a small anenome sort of. It has a stalk with a flower head which has feelers all around the edge. I have been told that cold water will kill them but I have injected then with water, I have soaked them in ice water,and I have scraped them with a needle. I have seen it in another tank and all the inhabitants avoid it like the plague.I have also been told not to come in contact with them as they sting. Sorry this is the best description I can give but any ideas would be appreciated thanks. Mitch

Bugger!!!!! Looks like I'm stuck with the smaller tank (for now) :evil:

If you were to sell your deltec 1060 what sort of money are you talking thanks

Recently I started off a four foot marine tank with a lot of help from you guys. One thing I was warned about is that "marine is an addiction" Now I have been offered a new tank. It is 1520x800wx700h,with sump. It has all the necessary holes and plumbing. Answers please. 1. water without rocks would be around 800L. Once the rocks are in would my Deltec MCE600 skimmer handle this size tank. 2. My current lights are 2x150halides. Would these have to be upgraded. 3. I have a wavemaker with three power heads but have more I can use. Would I have to use more than three.I also use a canister filter for extra water circulation. 4. What other gadgets would be essential for this size. Please dont scare my partner off the idea. Any other comments would be appreciated. Thanks Mitch

Help I think I have just been having a close look at my new marine tank and discovered on a piece of live rock an infestation of little bugs. These are white almost clear and appear to be up to 3mm in size. They crawl at a good speed and appear to have legs and some sort of front feelers. look something like a centipeed but not as bendy . Sorry this is the best I can do. Are these good or bad things please

as i probably spend as much time on my puter as with my fish this programme would be a good idea and could be used as a reminder etc. Anything that will help newbies starting a new tank has to be good news. Keep with it thanks Mitch

yeh my severums are eating my young discus. keep them in their own tank if they are breeding

I dont know what is going on but we have just been in contact with hinepare accom centre and they tell us that they are a long term hostel and do NOT take overnight bookings. They would not take a booking from us for this weekend because of above reason and also because they are fully booked in any case with long termers. If any body else who is going books somewhere pleaze let us know as I would like as many groups together as we can get. I would suggest Kennedy park. Remember this is school holidays so we will have to get in quick. Mitch President TAPS

yes youve got the idea.They come in packs of 10 and you can get them from any garden shop or from the warehouse. Forget how much exactly but about $3-$4 a pkt.

sorri guys please talk english. Not all of us are conversant with your abreviations. what is RODI what are all these other things you talk about in abreviated language. Remember some of us are still starting. thanks mitch

if this is of any help to you I run 24 tanks off 1 large airpump. I have an ordinary garden hose (10M long) connected to the pump with plassey garden joiners punched in connecting each airline to the main hose. Air volume is controlled by clamps and once adjusted I have very few problems. the air is basically running undergravel filters in all tanks. Know this is not toally clear but hope it helps

To those that are giving realistic costings for marines THANK YOU. As most of you will be aware we have just started a marine tank and we have not spent anything like the high end of the scale, but also we have a long way to go. We have a picturesque tank with some soft corals and no fish.(still to come). we also have enough equipment to run our tank without overloading our workload. Which ever way you go always go for a bigger tank than you think because marines are definately a disease. Dont try to get a full set up yesterday but investigate, talk to other addicts, investigate, talk to other addicts and so on and so on. Look around, there are bargains to be had second hand, be it equipment or stock. There are some real helpers out there so listen to them and again take your time. Rome wasn't built in a day nor will your marine tank be. We have to thank Nick. jetskisteve, chris, barry and pies for putting us on the right road, and for all their help. Another thing to watch for is marine books. Make sure they are currentv as some of the older ones could mislead you. Debby & Mitch