dennis Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Is it illegal ??? as the pets shops here in tauranga are sill selling it I think it olny baned in the waikato at the mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 As far as I know, only the V. gigantica is illegal. Anything that is "long, very long", sounds like it could qualify as such. SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH ! ! ! Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 I saw the afore mentioned article in the local paper and it says that it is not banned in wellington but they are looking in to it at the moment, as it has been dumped in a lake just south of wanganui. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 It appears to be all being banned now and they swept through the ChCh shops confiscating it a while ago. Plenty of people still have it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Annoying that, banning all the easy to keep, hardy, nice looking plants and leaving us just the harder to keep ones. how fair is that? I'm surprised they haven't banned algae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 i dont mind if they do as long as they are prepared to clean out my tanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 No, they'll just fine YOU if you don't clean your tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 the one mentioned in the article was vallis spp and they were also talking about banning oxygen weed aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interfecus Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Most types of "oxygen weed" currently are banned. Only one or two species are actually allowed to be kept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Hmm who was paying attension at the last Hamilton meeting, someone should be able to clear this up (Rob?)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 As I recall from a while back there was heaps of the stuff and a couple of the Aponogeton species in the Waiwhetu Stream around Naenae and Taita. Check it out. :roll: The KOI CARP deal has been going on for years. The best source for them is Turangi rivers. Those rivers also used to have a good supply of swordtails as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fins Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 what were swordtails doing there? They couldnt have possibly survived in such low tempretures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 As I recall the water temperature was sufficient to maintain them.. I believe the rivers around there are about 19 to 23 degrees. I didnt go "fishing" there but I know people who did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fins Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 Oh I thought rivers around here were about 15 degrees or less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 Amazonian, the rivers you talk about are actually a small stream that comes down parrallel to the Taupo - Napier highway. I HAVE fished there, it was a long time ago now, as the stream is now over- grown with blackberries, and under the culvert that was a fav. place, was thick with a long slimy algae, that clogged nets of anyone silly enuf to try and fish there. Swords and trout just could not survive happily in water that suited the other. There is also a spot north of Taupo, in a camping ground where tropicals can be caught, and of course there is the infamous Tekanu swamp, where many members here, have caught those beautiful mollies. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 Some oxygen weeds are banned some (one?) are allowed. The three most common oxy weeds in NZ are Egeria densa, Lagarosiphon major and Elodea canadensis. The Egeria and Lagarosiphon are listed in the national plant pest accord and are hence illegal to sell etc. The Elodea is the one that is allowed to be sold - it sounded like the reason that it is allowed to be sold is that it's that wide spread and established already that it would have been a waste of time to ban it. The thing about pest plants is that there are the ones that are banned nation wide - but then various regional councils ban others as they are considered a problem just in that region - that's currently why all vallisneria is banned in the Waikato but you can buy it up in Auckland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 we still have it and sell it!! and until i get told in writing then i will keep selling it! one of my suppliers sells it but the ones down south cant sell it to me they got letters saying they cant. i dont think they can ban it like some other plants but i think they can stop suppliers from selling it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vjarn Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 just wandering why the val was dumped into the wild, an exotic species introduced again, like possums and rabbits. in taupo the farm tropical freshwater prawns. the use the water runoffs from the power plant. the power plant use the water to cool the generators and the warmed water goes into a tropical freshwater prawn farm. cool aye, was going to venture in a mass breeding ground for some tropical fish along side the prawns. the good thing is is that if they escaped then they would just die so no possible threat to nz biodiversity. unlike the idiot who threw val out to grow in the wild now becoming a pest so ruins it for all of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number 57 Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Some aquatic plants don't need to be deliberately introduced. With some plants, in some towns, simply emptying a tank down your sink could find plants introduced into streams. Also flooding of ponds can do it. Though I suspect most were deliberately introduced, making life difficult for us all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 I'm surprised there aren't more cases of introduced hygros. They seem to survive anything and still have the smallest fragment grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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