nomad fish

A little light reading LOL
Activities like pet shops, non-commercial domestic aquaponics, and ponds:
do not need a fish-farm licence do not need to be registered as a fish farmer. https://www.mpi.govt.nz/fishing-aquaculture/aquaculture-fish-and-shellfish-farming/setting-up-a-land-based-fish-farm/

what is the highest temperature they have been able to withstand inside your aquariums?

Would still require a permit to sell which willinvolve proof of breeding etc.
 

...and another couple of years another Wellingtonion chases Paratya :) I went to the Silverstream Wier today between 9pm and 11ish pm... Actually there was so much water coming through the river that we couldn't try the actual wier and walked to the left where there's a stream affluent to the river. There were no shrimps there. We went all around the stream and a stationary pool and no shrimp. We found a few white bare, snails, oxygen weed, and some other tiny things. I will go back there when it hasn't rain in a few days to try the wier but before that I'll likely go to Paraparaumu and try the Otararua park suggested above.

Jumping on for any future readers
If you're in the Wellington region and desperate, there is a huge amount in Kapiti.
To be specific, Otaraua Park, from the King Arthur drive entrance. Park up and walk to the river. All along that side, particularly in the rocky areas you'll find them at dusk.

Setting up a colder tropical tank, 26 max, nano tank, heavily planted, Any idea where I could find some of these in the Whangarei area? 

jumping in on this like 9 years too late lol.

they must have got one somehow, cause from posts on here, and seeing it myself, they have been selling them for over a year now...

I just bought some from 'Pet Mart' in ?Melling - near QueensGate shopping centre.

They are native so can't be sold without a permit but you can collect your own
Most streams have these and they can be netted by running a net along the water weeds growing along the sides.
 

I've been thinking about keeping these in a (semi-)dedicated tank next year when I'm back from my holiday. But where would I get them, I haven't seen any for sale online yet?

If I need to catch them myself, how and where do I do that?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300767665/huge-berlin-aquarium-bursts-releasing-veritable-tsunami-of-water-and-1500-fish

Does anybody know where you can catch Paratya curvirostris in the Wellington area?
I have some in my aquarium, which I caught in Hawkes bay. They are great at keeping it clean. However I have another aquarium now and wanted to catch some more, but I have moved to Wellington and do not know where they can be found. Can anyone help please?
Cheers
Bert

Latia neritoides
Ease of care: unknown Conservation status: Least Concern the worlds only bio-luminescent and phosphorescent limpet 

Hi, there is usually not enough nutrients in the system until is fully cycled and become a stable living environment, then you can add a piece of rock with copepods to the system.

What part of NZ? 

Hi there - thanks for stopping by! This is my first marine tank and I need help.
I'm currently mid cycle with my nitrites on the way down and lights still off, so I would like to get some copepods and microcrustacians started. The purpose of this is to preemptively help battle the upcoming "ugly" phase, as BRS suggests. I could buy a small zoa colony or something (as suggested by my LFS), but I want to turn lights on very slowly, so this won't do. I could also buy some live rock but I feel like it would introduce more trouble than good. I could "cook" it in the dark for a while but I can't find any live rock for sale.
I would happily cultivate these critters separately but I can't find a way to start them - what do you experienced reefers suggest? I want to start my lights slowly and get the pods in first without introducing extra complications
TIA

Looking to rehome an adult albino rainbow shark. His name is Fanta! He's relatively shy, and will need a 200L + tank with no other bottom feeders. He loves to hide, and will do best with large, peaceful tank mates. He has been with me for ~6 months. He's been living in a 240L tank. I'm happy to throw in the food I feed him, along with his log ornament! (it's his favourite place to hang out). I am rehoming due to being unable to maintain all of my tanks. I'm very sad about it, so I would love to get updates of how he goes too 

The shrimp will be fine and can take 5 - 26C.
Not sure if you will be able to open this link...
 

The hardest part is keeping the water in the tank while travelling, i have used clip down lid eskys before with a battery operated pump powering an airstone and a riser pipe to allow airflow back out opf the container, that and screw top buckets has been the most successful.

Is this the same tank your other sick fish was in?

I Googled car aquarium and got lots of interesting ideas but not quite what you had in mind 🙂
The Chinese have produced a car with an aquarium built into a seat rest console.
I'm sure there is a way to build your idea but, if the idea is to introduce your daughter to nature, I would be inclined to catch stuff to put in a holding tank, wherever you stopped. Find out all you can about what you have found in that location, then let it all go again before you move on.

I have compiled a list of guppy strains in New Zealand. Please feel free to add your strain that is not icluded in the list.
So far they are:

Named Strains:
Green Diamond
Blue Mossaic
Full Gold
Flamingo
Dragon Head (tuxedo snakeskins)
Galaxy
German Sunset
Micariff
Spanish Dancer
Albino Snow (Platinum)

Snakeskins:
Green (gray body)
Blue (gray body)
Yellow (gray body)
Red Lace (gray body)
Metalhead (gray body)
Blue Grass (gray body)
Solid (black tail, red tail)
Yellow Blonde
Yellow-Red Blonde
Albino Snakeskin
Bader Snakeskin

Moscows:
Blue Panda
Black Panda
Pink Panda
Thai (Midnight) Black
Onyx Black
Blue (black body)
Green (black body)
Full Red (from Flamingo Strain)
Metalhead Snakeskin

Tuxedos:
Red Fin
Blue Neon
German Yellow
Black

Wild Types:
Venezuelan (hybrid endler)
Rotorua Wild
Mixed strain breeding
Feeder Guppies

Novelty (can be any strain):
Platinum
Swallowtail
Ribbonfin
Crowntail
Merah Crowntail
Double Sword
Single Sword (top, bottom)
Lyretail
Roundtail
Pintail
Speartail
Hi-Fin (dorsal)
Long-Fin (dorsal)
Albino
Blonde

there are both types at my granparents farm in pamerston north

Where in NZ is your mum's place? They're only found in the wild in the south island and up in Northland in the north island, nowhere near Wanganui. I bought 5 WTF tadpoles late last year for $2 each and raised them in a golfish bowl. All five emerged from the water around christmas time and I still have all of them in an 80L terrarium, big enough to fit them for life. At $2.50 I think you should just buy and raise a few of them, this is nothing next to the cost of a terrarium to keep them in. If you really want to catch them, they can usually be found clinging to plants anywhere up to waist height. Tadpoles can be found in ditches and ponds wherever a population is established. Here are a few tips:


Tadpole Food:
Pour boiling water into a mug. Add a few pieces of sliced cucumber. Microwave on high for 1 minute or until it almost boils over. Use a teatowel or oven gloves to take the mug out and tip the water out against the edge of te kitchen sink. Fill and empty several times with cold water to cool it. Take out the slices of cucumber, hold them over the sink in a stack, and stick your thumb through the centre. This will push out the seeds in the centre. Rinse the cucumber and give the slices to the tadpoles.

Cleaning:
The more frequent the better. I raised all five of the tadpoles I bought without any deaths by changing the water in the bowl every two days.

Frog food:
Vestigial winged fruitflies are definitely the best food for young whistling tree frogs. Easy to culture, prolific, nutritious and easy to catch. When they get larger you can feed them house flies. Mine are still on the fruitflies and will be for many months yet.

Terrarium:
Minimum 45cm high to let them climb. Try to have some reaonably tall plants so that they can clamber around. These frogs can easily climb the vertical glass walls so the terrarium must be completely enclosed. I had 4 cable holes (1 in each corner) in my terrarium which I covered with a soft mesh. The terrarium must have a lid to keep in moisture but small holes are fine. A shallow bowl of water must be kept in there so that they can swim, but tree frogs don't have webbed feet and can occasionally drown in deeper water. I use a green granite bowl buried in the soil and my solution is to keep java moss in the bowl, almost to the surface.Frogs can drink from the bowl but can't drown. Evaporation from the water bowl will probably keep the terrarium moist enough that only an occasional spray from a misting bottle is required to keep up a high humidity.

Soil & Planting:
The soil must contain no fertilisers of any sort as these are highly toxic to frogs. Fertiliser runoff from farms is one of the main reasons for the decline of frog populations worldwide. Ordinary topsoil is ideal for this. Alternatively, just use soil from an area in your garden that hasn't been fertilised for at least a year. Plants should be removed from their pots before being put in the terrarium, their roots should be washed out to remove as much of the soil as possible, and they should be replanted in the terrarium. I use a layer of gravel 4-5 cm thick to hold water and have a layer of garden soil on top, providing a good growing medium for the plants. Ferns and mosses seem to do particularily well in the moist environment.


If you need any other help in setting up your frogs, please ask. much as I can.