karynjoy Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Just getting all the gear together to start up a 180l tank. I've bought lots of bits and pieces of trade me and a heater and a bit of gravel from the pet shop today (We've blown the budget for another week again!!) I thought I might take the kids up to one of the rivers and they can sit there and pick out some little stones for me!!! Maybe some nice bits of driftwood who knows? Then boil them all in a big pot hehehe needs must aye !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 welcome ro the forums good luck at the river Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doch Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 hi karynjoy welcome im just over the hill in whitianga what fish are you going to keep and what river are you going up ? i might go up the kauaeranga for some drift wood next time im over there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 :bounce: welcome! have fun at the river - friendly warning: river rocks are slippery and onlookers love watching people slip and splash right in.... not that I would know *splatter splatter cough* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Ira always says there is no such thing as a silly question ............. except the ones Jude asks :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Welcome to the forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave+Amy Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Welcome! what kind of fish are you setting up for? the Council were giving away free riverstones in the Hutt River last year and we loaded the car's boot with so many riverstones that it was almost dragging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 :bounce: Welcome to the forums :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karynjoy Posted October 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 I've been drooling over the internet at the planted aquariums, so I'm starting with plants first then adding a few fish at a time. I think knowing me it'll need to be cheap and hardy to begin with, maybe guppies? (at first) Then......neons, angels, Rams, kribs, electric yellows, and those ones that are half purple and half orange, and i quite fancy a blue Siamese fighter and a jack dempsy (haha) Those are what I'd like but I'm pretty sure they're not all compatible in the same tank so the reality may be different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karynjoy Posted October 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Nice tanks BTW.I was thinking the Kauaeranga too but the weather in that direction looks a little wet. There is a river towards your place that has the coolest petrified wood and agate rocks, that might be a mission for a normal weekend tho' :-)That'll probably be me falling in there too phoenix...hehehe!! The best way to eat an elephant...is one bite at a time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Hi and welcome karynjoy. You are right, your fish choices won't be compatible. I suspect one is also a marine! :lol: Of course you can keep all of those fish, you will just need a few more tanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karynjoy Posted October 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Don't tell my husband...he's still getting used to the first monster that landed in the living room :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Hi & welcome! Well, all you can tell your husband is that you have come down with MTS (multiple tank syndrome) and there is NO CURE :lol: :lol: Take care & have fun, Caper Hi Jude soooooooo good to see you here :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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