nomad fish

I was down @ my local LFS today - they were selling tadpoles for $2.50ea!
I'm pretty sure they are the bigger Green Frog's.
I would like some WTF's
What's the best way of catching these things as adults, I hear them all the time at night at my mums place, but as yet have never been able to see one let alone catch one!
I have had heaps of experience caring for the "Big Green's" and would like to try the little fellars.

just hatched more babies they are about 5 days old now.

Is he still not eating much?  I've been having the same problem on and off with my GKs... What are you going to do with the old tank?

Thanks for all the advice! I have put a temporary divider between them. The kokopu has been investigating.

A confession and some advice needed!
 
I have had the kokopu for a few months with the plans of setting this tank up. I got it from MTI.
About two weeks ago I put it with the bullies. The bullies inspected it and then it snapped. I removed the two bullies and put them into their old tank.
The bullies tank is now getting too warm so I put them back in and straight away the kokopu gave chase. The bullies are back in their tank waiting for a plan.
Any ideas other than another chiller?
I'm also looking for ideas to make a cage for the dwarf galaxias. I was thinking a large container with small holes in it suspended in the chilled tank.
Cheers

Excellent.  I'm so pleased you got the tank set up and running well.  Awesome effort   You are the future of NZ Native fish keeping in NZ.

Added some more hiding places:

Hard to say for certain, I've had no problems with my GKs and bullies of various sizes but WillyP had the oposite experience.
I would say they'll most likely be fine as long as the kokopu has plenty of food while it gets used to them and they have plenty of places to hide.

My new native tank
Filtration: Aqua one nautilus 2700 
Chiller: Hailea 150a
Stocking: Two common bullies 
Tank size: 120x30x30
Special thanks to Mathew Glenworth and his boss for the great deal on the chiller. Thanks also to Mark Paterson, William Pearman and all others who helped get this resolved.
Photos:
 
 

they were not in brumation yet as i was holding back following a late breeding and then everything crashed lost most of my fish as well as my reptiles i moved from a warmer area early this year so was still adjusting my set ups to cope with cooler temps hopefully getting some imports as customs and mpi have granted my applications just waiting on doc approval so should have have from my facility in Australia but would like some in the meantime both my indoor and outdoor summer set ups all now have there auxiliary power source to stop this from happening in future 

I know it’s been a few months. Did you manage to rehome these?

Im looking to buy any reptiles either bearded dragons or blue tounges to replace the breeders i lost in last weeks storms i lost 8 animals along with 2 of my tropical tanks due to heavy snow and rain and strong winds wiping out my power supply for a couple of days  also keen to look for some leopard geckos i have set ups ready to go each set up now has it on generator so no more power loss over winter and outdoor set ups for summer  but im also keen to buy full set ups if anyone has any for the right price i am in a remote part of  otago so i will to travel to pick up so would perfer somewhere close but could travel as far as christchurch to pick up 
 
thank you 
nathan 

Yeah looks like a right arss very pretty though 

I would hold off on the rams until the tank has matured, as that is what they prefer.
I would offer some Anubias but not keen to send at this time of year and don't trust the couriers at the moment, from a time-wise point of view, as I am in the South Island.

Most of the time we can catch and release/keep etc too but not if it involves native, or invasive, species.
We don't mind you shitting in the woods, as long as you are off the path, so nobody stands in it, it is the ones who do it in the waterways who are more of a problem! 😉 

rule of thumb is no more then a third total filter media at once. As Caryl said, if you change it / them over a few weeks it should be okay 
 
Are you sure its cotton wool and not the white filter sponge, which you may be able to clean in some old tank water and put back in and then replace when it starts to impact your filters flow

Hi Fishboy, I have a fish room in Upper Hutt if you need to rehome him or switch him for one of my many bristlenoses you are more than welcome, if he really is a bit like you say we have Multiple tanks so he can go into one of his own if needed.

Somebody with large fish ought to be able to keep him safely as they will soon put a stop to the aggression. Have you got driftwood in the aquarium? Bristlenoses need this.

Yeah i can relate, i love it but took me a while to get the exact right sound that was part of them fun

Thanks a lot both! 

That looks really neat but it wouldn't suit me. Why people think the sound of water is soothing I don't know as it just makes me want to pee! 🙂

I had him in isolation but he escaped this morning back into the tank. I have video of him roughing up my mystery snails, but that’s slowed down. I’ll try to get some footage of him with the barbs.

So glad to hear they liked it Also lol at the little guy with his shell. Yours look really happy, how many do you have? 

I bought a group of 6 bumblebee gobies last Sunday for my hardwater 30 litre tank (previously just had guppies in it). They were a bit nippier than expected, so I moved the guppies out and was originally unsure if I'd be able to keep them long term. Thankfully the guppies now have their own separate set up so I can keep them  They're currently in a 30 litre rectangular tank but will be upgraded a little bit to a 50 litre hexagonal once I reseal it. Substrate is aragonite, filtration is a sponge filter, plants are java fern. I will get a refractometer (better than a hydrometer I was told?) and start converting them to brackish over the next few months. 
Question is-- they seem content to munch down their frozen bloodworms but I'm aware this is unhealthy for them long term. Is it worth trying repashy products with them/has anybody tried this previously? If not, I'm planning on setting up a culture of whiteworms and trying them on that and some frozen BBS to see what works. 
Also-- from what I've read on them they form territories and these territories are largely based around caves. I've given them plenty of caves to choose from but so far the only thing that anyone has fixated on is the largest rock in the tank which (naturally) the largest bumblebee has taken up residence on. Does this territorial behaviour regarding caves only occur when breeding or will they form these territories over time as they settle in the tank?