K R Brown Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 got driftwood 1 10cm eel and about 20 of them native snails from lake wairarapa brackish ones but seem to do well in fresh want to add plants thou any ideas at all :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1CK Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Java moss/fern (unless you wanted native plants :-? theres some on here http://www.fnzas.org.nz/index.php?PG=NIWAPlant and some zelandia fern.....(I cant remeber the exact name) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axolotl-danio Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 lilaeopsis novae zelandiae seems to be very common in pet shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkles Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 i was reading on the niwa site though that its not really native, just called that for some strange reason.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 Awesome! I hear the lake has wee black flounder too, I would love to get one of them in a tank! The snails you have are Melanopsis trifasciata (which I think means 'darkcoloured - three-striped'). The shells are quite robust and short with a smooth cone and white inner lip, and small ones have two or three stripes running around the spiral? They are euryhaline, so they can deal with fresh, brackish or salt water. They are NZ's largest native snail and are endemic. Strangely the rest of their family is in the Northern Hemisphere (Mediterranean etc). I found mine laid eggs like it was going out of fashion when I first got them, but then they stopped and I don't think anything hatched. Be careful if you ever get cyanobacteria (bluegreen 'algae'). I think they release toxins that kill the snails. I would love to get some of those snails again. Need to have a poke through Lake Wairarapa over summer Take care with your eel. They are really good at escaping. And little ones like that spend most of their time buried under the substrate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K R Brown Posted September 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 yeah when was whitebaiting caught half dozen little flounder size of 2 dollar coin next time im out i get ya some them snails in low tide you can get other snails lot bigger size of small apple snail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 Thanks! Actually, I am considering going for a ride the weekend after next if the weather is good, and the Wairarapa was one of the possiblities. Would you be able to show me where you go and how you find them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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