noelj Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Source: The Star, Dunedin,Pg 2, 5th February 2009 http://www.thestar.co.nz/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TheStar&BaseHref=STR/2009/02/05&EntityId=Ar00200&AppName=1&ViewMode=GIF http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/dunedin/42309/ecosanctuary-building-aquarium-native-fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Wow, very cool! Thanks for posting this (another place I can sell my book when I finish it....) Good to see more of this happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelj Posted February 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Not a problem! Anything that promotes our beautiful natives is all good...and yea the visitor centre will surely be looking for merchandise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Excellent Noel! Good to put a face to the name too (look out for Noel's article on filtration and the nitrogen cycle in the Feb Aquarium World) :bounce: Stella, somewhere recently I saw an article about self-publishing online, and how popular it was, but I can't remember where I saw it :-? :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelj Posted February 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 The following species can be found in the Orokonui Stream: Short-fin eel, Anguilla australis Long-fin eel, Anguilla dieffenbachia Lamprey, Geotria australis Common bully, Gobiomorphus cotidianus Giant bully, Gobiomorphous gobioides Red-fin bully, Gobiomorphus huttoni Blue-gilled bully, Gobiomorphus hubbsi Inanga, Galaxias maculatus Koaro, Galaxias brevipinnis Banded kokopu, Galaxias fasciatus Giant kokopu, Galaxias argenteus Common smelt, Retropinna retropinna Koura, Paranephrops zelandicus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 really?? So that leaves.... Upland bully Black flounder Shortjaw kokopu all of the non-diadromous galaxiids That is a LOT of different habitat types.... must be a long and involved stream? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 really?? So that leaves.... Upland bully Black flounder Shortjaw kokopu all of the non-diadromous galaxiids That is a LOT of different habitat types.... must be a long and involved stream? Also leaves torrents doesnt it>? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 :oops: yes, my favourite! d'oh, just looked across into my riffle tank and found a dead one....! no idea what caused that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Bummer Thats the native fish im going to get if i ever manage to set up a native tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelj Posted February 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 YES that is a LOT! The stream is unusual in national terms because of species found in it. A downstream gabion basket prevents exotics from entering the stream... I would say this site is of national significance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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