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Things are looking great for the National Fish Show. I have processed 329 Entry's with a few more to come. Most of the classes are represented, and a couple of classes with 20+ entry's. Looking forward to seeing everyone who has entered on benching day. 5 MORE SLEEPS TO GO

Hi everyone, This Sunday the 7th is our October meeting, doors open at 5.45pm at the Waikato bridge club rooms in brookfield st. With our national fish show coming up this month i hope to see lots of people at out meeting. New members are always welcome. We will be having a general catch up and then dave will be gearing us up for the fish show. Dont forget to bring a plate for supper anything you wish would be great. Anything you may wish to sell or swap feel free to bring along. Happy fish keeping Helen (President) P.S any questions feel free to "PM" dave, luke or Us.

Ok, that is interisting alan, the two polyboxes are sitting next to each other in the back of the garage, there is no diffrence between the 2, same soil, same food, same starter culture but for some reason one has large worms, and one has small. There have always been the smaller worms in amongst the large worms. I was just thnking that maybe the grindal worms were always amongst the white worms, but for some reason the white worms died off in one culture, allowing the grindal worms to thrive.

underfeeding lol i don't think so, they can devour 6 peaces of luncheon in about a week, and as for temp, i just keep them as cold as possible in the garage

I have had white worms for a few years now, in 2 diffrent polly boxes, and in the last 6 months the worms in one of my cultures have been getting smaller and smaller. To start with i thought they were only baby white worms, but now they are all a uniform size, and almost none of the larger worms are to be seen. I am now starting to think that i have Grindal worms :bounce: As i have never seen grindal worms i was hoping that someone out there that knows a little more than me can ID them for me From the culture With a clump of white worms in the middle Next to each other

Whiteworms grow well during the colder months, but can be hard to keep druing the warmer part of the year. Our killies are almost always feed whiteworms, and grow really well on it.

Just a quick update entries have started arriving so get in quick as there is only 400 tanks available. First in gets the tanks, so if you don't want to miss out get your entries in quick. You can pay for Saturday nights dinner at benching or with your entry fees. either way let us no you intend to have dinner and how many of you there will be so we can finalize the numbers. Anything else you need to know don't hesitate to ask as there is always someone around the website who will answer any questions that you may have. Cheers Helen

Hi everyone, Tomorrow night is our September meeting at 6pm at 56 Brookfield st Hamilton. We will be having Tim Nutall coming over from Tauranga to give us a talk on killie fish which will be great with the killie's being for sale after the meeting for anyone who wishes to buy them. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: We will also be having our regular shared supper that is anything starting with "A" this month. So come along and join us for a great night. Hope to see you all there, new members are always welcome so don't be shy. Cheers for now, Helen

Hi, For all of you fellow fish keepers that will be entering the national fish show we have now got the Saturday night dinner and prize giving venue confirmed. This will be held at: Ruakura Social Club Rooms, Ruakura Research campus, Hamilton, Starting at 7pm. Dinner will cost: $25.00 per Adult $12.50 under 12 years old. Free under 5 years old. There is a bar on site which will be open till late at your own expense. After dinner we will be holding the prize giving. You can pay with you entry fee, just let Richard Littin know what you have payed for, or you can pay before benching. Numbers will need to be confirmed for the dinner one week before hand. There will be more details sent out to all clubs A.S.A.P. Hope to see you all there, Helen and Shane.

Awwww man, that means we will have to clean the tank......... :roll: Should be a great day :bounce:

Hi everyone, Hopefully buy the middle of next week at the latest anyone local should start seing the posters advertising the National fish show at supporting shops. They should be good so keep your eyes peeled. Glad to hear everyone is looking forward to the show, I sure no I am. Cheers for now Helen

Cool now thats what i like to hear. It is going to be a great weekend for anyone who loves fish.

Hi everyone, For those of you who know Dave he wants to see me get everyone interested in the National Fish show. He has given me the challenge of getting as meany posts on the forum as his famous molly hunt. Now i really want to try so if anyone is interested in the show or just wants to let me no what they would like to see or happen at the show then post a reply. It will be interesting to see who has heard what? So come on and help me get lots of feadback about the show. Cheers Helen.

For anyone who will be travelling to hamilton for the national fish show. Below are some Motels that are close to the Hamilton Gardens and currently have accomodation available. Aspen Manor 209 Grey St, Hamilton Ph 07 8569029 http://www.aspenmanor.co.nz/ Hamilton Gardens Motel 93 Grey St, Hamilton Ph 07 8565446 http://www.hamgardensmotel.co.nz/ Manhatten Lodge 218 Grey St, Hamilton Ph 07 8563785 http://www.manhattanlodgemotel.co.nz/ Boundary Court 36 Boundry Rd, Hamilton ph 07 8559082 http://www.boundarycourt.co.nz/ If you need any more help with accomidation please just PM us and we will do our best to help. Cheers Helen

An update on the National Fish Show 2007 Venue is confirmed and booked for labour weekend, at the Hamilton Gardens Entry forms are finished, and should be up on this site soon, as well as being sent to all the clubs A list of classes is very close to being completed, and will be made available ASAP There is a team of people working very hard to get every thing done, if you have any questions, feel free to pm myself, luke* or dave.

This is for anyone in the Waikato area that would be interested in joining, or rejoining the Waikato Aquarium Society, Pm me your Email address, and i will email you a membership form, and details. Remember, you have to be a financial member of a FNZAS club to enter fish in to the national fish show held here in Hamilton, in October. So now is the time to join. Helen Gollop W.A.S Vice President

Just a Reminder about tonights meeting. Everyone is welcome, and dont forget to bring a plate See you there :bounce:

Remember you must be a member of a FNZAS club to enter fish into the fish show

I would also recommend striatum, Very colorfully, and not to hard to breed The australe are also very eye catching

Cool Another one we can rope into helping with the National Fish Show

Dam, better start cleaning the place............ Cant wait :bounce: :bounce:

when you join the nzka you get a number, that stays with you for life, no one can take your number(as i understand it), if you rejoin years down the track, you can regain your number. Hope that is right Ours is #269

I suspect there arnt too many cold water enthusiasts out there, but i would think alot would have a cold water tank in there collection. Personaly i have a native tank, and hopefully soon to start up a couple more

thats the one, i thought red dident sound right :oops:

Funny that, mine did the same thing a couple of weeks ago. I dident even know they could flower :-? Anyway, congrats, we both must be doing something right.