Snorkel Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 Hi eveyone! I 've just joined up. Been keeping fish on and off most of my life. Not a beginner, but definately no expert either. I have one 300litre tank which I have just set back up after a three year break from it. While wondering what to put in it, I lucked onto this site... Looks great! One of the things I have found about fish-keeping is that not many (if any) of my friends are interested (not surprisingly!) so a place like this is much appreciated by me ..... Yay! I wont be lonely anymore!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camnbron Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 Hi and welcome Snorkel. I find the same thing with alot of my friends, they like looking at the tank, but when you start talking fish stuff their eyes start to glaze over!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedazzled Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 Welcome Snorkel!! I know all about the friends with glazed over eyes camnbron lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharronpaul Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 Hi and welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 Hi & welcome. It makes it so much easier to keep up the interest and ride out the setbacks if you have people to talk about stuff with! I'm always getting re-inspired by looking at pics of other people's tanks and hearing about their ideas. Hope to see you around here for a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 Welcome. You do get strange looks from people who are not fish oriented :roll: I myself don't understand why some carry on about their dogs or cats. I like them as animals but they are not little furry people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 welcome to the forums snorkel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketman Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 YUSSS! another whakatanean! lol though im not there much, just come down to see family and friends mostly, but theres a coupel of us on the forums, so drop us a buzz if you needa hand bro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 Welcome to the forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc360 Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 good stuff Snorkle, yeah i just joined up this week aswell, it feels real good to know that you are connected with people of the same interests, my mates appreciate my hobby, and my wife does too within reason (she still isn't gona let me buy the Frontosia colony i've always wanted). Whats Whakatane like for fish stores? Not to good in Tauranga so we always go down to Rotorua, hes the man!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 Welcome to the forums Snorkel 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinsonMassif Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 Welcome to the forum Snorkel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorkel Posted July 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 Thanks for the friendly welcomes everybody! Nice... Fish shops in Whakatane are non-existant, nothin at all. Trying to get a couple of fish for my tank in the local small lake that was an old Whakatane River course. I found a dead one floating, I think it was a wild goldfish, about 300mm, a cool looking fish. Big scaled, bronzed coloured thing a bit too far decomposed to touch! I,ll put a photo up if I can catch one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camnbron Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 Yup, we have not got any fish shops. Our local vets have tried to fill the void that was left when the local pet shop closed - They have a few freshwater fish - not tropicals. I find that wonderworld in rotorua is really good- they have a sizable fish room - well worth a visit they have a good amount of livestock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorkel Posted July 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 Cheers for that camnbron. Yes,I have been wonderworld, awsome shop. I'm over spending loads of money on my tank thou, and thats just the place to do it! I was in there two weeks ago gettin a thermometer, and I kept getting drawn to a huge tank/cabinet combo down the back for 5G's..... One day! Meanwhile, back in reality, I,m looking for some wild goldfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketman Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 lol awatapu lagoon?? youd probably get a eel over a fish in there though i have wondered about fising in there before.... lol good luck though mate, if your over these ways drop by animal antics on hewletts road, they pretty good, always been good to me anyway, rather than some national chaoin stores that we have....... grrrr.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camnbron Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 I'd suggest if there was any wild goldfish in the waters in Whakatane, they would be more likely to be in Sullivans lake. It doesn't get flushed out as often as Awatapu lagoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc360 Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 I've got some biggish goldfish (all males) that i am not really doing anything with. im sure if its viable that we can get them into your tank, if your interested? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorkel Posted July 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 Thanx for the offer. Very kind, I was gonna restart my tank with bristlnose and neons and CO2'd plants untill I saw this quite large dead, floating fish in our local pond (Sullivan's Lake), and now I'm quite keen to catch a couple and have a go at keepin 'em. I'm not really sure what they are, but I'm curious to find out. I googled "wild goldfish" and it is said that they can get to 3.5 kilos! Now I'm learning about carp, goldfish and all sorts of fish I had never bothered with. The weird thing is, no-one seems to know much about the ones living in Sullivan's. I talked to a man who lives right there on the lakeside, and He said in the spring, at night the fish leap right out of the water and land with a resounding slap, which goes on all night. He said that He has seen dead ones to about 5 lb! Fishermans exaggeration I'm sure. I cant wait to get one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 Could be Koi? Which are a pest :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorkel Posted July 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 Mabee, but I dont think so. There is a big sign up saying "keep our waterways free of koi" or something like that. If I can get one I'll put up a photo. Meanwhile here is the tank the wild goldies are gonna go in... Hopefully. 1500x450x450. Been up and running for a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Hi & welcome snorkel! Nice tank I didn't know you get get goldies in the wild there, neat! Caryl wrote: some carry on about their dogs or cats. I like them as animals but they are not little furry people You're right Caryl, but I have met furry people who are not as nice as my furry pets :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: and I trust my furry felines more than some people 8) Take care & have fun snorkel! Post pics of fishies when you get them. Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorkel Posted August 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 Last night armed with a spotlite and a scoop net, we took a walk around Sullivan's lake. This is the result... Sadly it was sick and died overnight. It was a hen fish, 380mm long, about 2-3lbs in weight, and heavy with spawn. It appeared to have some type of fungal scale disease, I'm no expert and just guessing thou. It could of been anything, but had no obvious injuries. We saw one other which was healthy and took off quickly when the light went on it. Wild goldfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc360 Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 your gona need a bigger tank lol, hope you've got something to plant that under. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorkel Posted August 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 Yeah, the compost bin! I was kinda blown away by how big it was. Dont know if its possible to tame something as wild as this. Gonna give it a go thou.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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