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I would think they are at maximum, 2.5-3.5 cm's, and we think we have a mixture of male and females, as there is a definite difference in the dorsal fin shape

It says here "Found in fresh and brackish water in the lower courses of rivers" so i would assume that if they are found in fresh water, then they will be fine in a fresh water aquarium. they have turned out to be very sociable fish, schooling tightly, and always at the front of the glass, cant wait to feed them some blood worms 8)

Time for a Update :bounce: Tank was fixed with no major hassles Permanent residents are: 1 Sparkling gourami 7 Rocket Pencils 6 Golden Pencils 2 Dwarf Hara Hara cats 1 Ottocinclus 4 Glass goby's Pair of Apisto Trifasciata Temporary Residents: 2F & 1M Fighters 5 Guppys 1 BN 1 Mistry snail 1 Male Cockatoo 1 Black line flying fox We are still looking for a few fish, but are in no hurry at the moment

Here are the new additions to Helens "miniture tank" They Are Glass Gobys, i havent found too much info on them at the moment, but this has been the best so far: http://www.aqua-fish.net/show.php?what= ... cur_lang=2 Has anyone else kept these fish??? What are your experiances with them??

http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/fish-id-vt13399.html and http://images.google.co.nz/images?hl=en ... l=1&tab=wi :bounce:

Mistry solved :bounce: :bounce: (well sort of) http://www.forum.apistogramma.com/showthread.php?t=4805

All my adult leopard fish died a few nights ago, i put it down to the cold, and they were in the garage Good thing i brought the fry inside

Male Mac's are in a number of lfs these days, but females are very hard to come by, and they dont seem to be the easyest to breed eather. But if you can get a female Mac, good luck, they are nice fish, and it would be nice to see Macmasteri more readly avalible :bounce:

Welcome It is nice to see another discus keeper in Hamilton :bounce: If you come along to the Waikato Aquarium Socitey auction, there might be some nice young discus there (if you are wanting to add to your colection) See http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/waikat ... 13812.html for details

Id just like to say a big thankyou to all the Western Bay members that were so welcoming when dave and i snuck over the kaimai's. It is great to see such an enthusiastic group of fish keepers. Im shure it wont be the last time we make the trip

They are still selling them :roll: i wonder if they have had the DOC phone call yet

Is there a female C, ive only knowen them to get agro when thinking about spawning

http://www.fnzas.org.nz/national_aquati ... ask_force/

regretably i dident say somthing, i am not 100% shure they where gambusia, but i whoud be very suprised if they where anything but.. and afer all who would put unknown fish in a tank and put on with large writing "GAMBUSIA"

Work took me to the Aucklands northshore today, and i was a few hours early, so i fulled in the time by going to a coupple of the LFS. At one of them i found to my shock, a tank full of gambusia . They were selling them 10 for $5.00. I do not believe that the staff in this well knowen shop do not know that this fish is a pest. Is there some loophole that they can sell as live food??? or somthing else i dont know about???? It seems odd that this shop would take such a risk :-?

Its a shame you both missed it. It was a great meeting (thanks Dave and Shannon) Hope to see you both at the next one :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Oops, double post :oops:

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Or trying to sell the fish to the lfs.

Me too

that was a loooong time ago pene Cant wait for the rest of the pics Caryl :bounce:

Kapi-Mana did an amazing job. It was awasum putting faces to names, and meeting everyone in person

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Thanks That was AMAZING

i breed and rase all of my apistos/dwarf cichlids in a 30x30x30 and i have a 75x40x30 for when the fry get bigger, but as luke said, regular water changes are the key. Good luck :bounce: :bounce: