Caryl Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 We are not allowed to import those shrimps because of biosecurity. We do have a cold water native species but it is not colourful like the red and striped ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepsound Posted May 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 hi Deepsound, yes please some pictures would be great. I like the way your fish go to summer camp to chomp on live food! Here they are Iriatherina werneri just after fishing them from their summer camp Pseudomugil furcata (juveniles are not on the picture but they were three). Galaxys Gonna try to find pictures of the summer camp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepsound Posted May 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 Those ones are just inexpensive 80 liters garbage cans... We can put in it 3 or 8 little fishes max. I put 6 Iriatherina werneri, 8 devario sondhii, 5 pseudomugil furcata. Rotala rotundifolia growing out the water. Some of the plant species on thoses pictures are not allowed in NZ because of biosecurity (i'm not living in nz). But there are a lot of another ones you can use. As you can see, the whole surface is covered. They help to purify the water, absorbing ammonium, nitrate... and being a kind of ecosystem where insects and micro fauna thrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepsound Posted May 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 This one is a 310 L container. Diameter : 80 cm Depth : 95 cm Sand bed + peat : 10-15 cm + Oak branches and leaves. Fishes feel secure inside the ramifications. Next to it, a 80 L Diameter : 50 cm Depth : 55 cm Sand bed + peat : 10 cm View from above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 Some of your plants are quite expensive here---like $200k but the advantage is you can get free board and lodgings for a couple of years as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepsound Posted May 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 Some of your plants are quite expensive here---like $200k I don't know what means the "k" in $200k but here, the price is about 3.5 € = NZ$ 6.1 Is Pistia Stratiote expensive and / or allowed in NZ ? It's a very good natural filter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 Alan was joking.$200k is $2,000 dollars and the free board and lodging is prison as some of those plants are illegal here, including P stratiotes :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 What he means is some of the plants you have mentioned are illegal. Possessing those plants could earn you a hefty fine and jail time but; given the shambles our criminal justice system is in, you might get a smack on the hand. PS - Caryl, 200K = 200,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepsound Posted May 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 ok lol !!! :lol: Thanks for the explanation. I guess I still need some smileys for joking in english So about the free board and lodging... I'm afraid I can't accept this so kind invitation Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 Thanks Phoenix. I knew it had some zeros in it but wasn't sure how many :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 k = thousand, just like kilo. Pretty sure thats where it comes from. But yeah... Stupid NZ being a little country in the middle of nowhere so everything needs to be imported and we don't have any neighbours that have these things like in Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepsound Posted May 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 You know... I understand why NZ is so harsh with biosecurity because thoses plants are really prolifics and if you don't have temperatures below zero during winter, they will colonize all environments and natives couldn't fight against. It's true NZ is right in the middle of nowhere but when I discovered your country, it was an absolute breath taking moment. You got landscapes that are just awesomes and you Kiwis, are just the coolest people I've ever seen. I wish... I could be a kiwi (I hope i didn't write something wrong or silly. I'm not pretty sure of my english) ps : about neighbours and importations in Europe, they almost all come from China Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 Your English is better than many on here and is perfectly understandable. My apologies for the Kiwi sense of humour on the French (lost in translation?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepsound Posted May 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 I like this sense of humor. I just read it much too "seriously" and then, asking to myself : "Wow... Either I dunno how to convert money... or I'm probably very rich". But was just lost in translation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 I hope so Yes, I got aplocheilichtys normanii too. Very nice blue eyes too. Feel like posting some more pics for us? You know we love them :bounce: well really I mean for me... but I don't mind sharing with the others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 Zev is the main breeder of these here in NZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 Eh? Will be when you send me some new girls so that I don't end up with male fry all the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 Feel like posting some more pics for us? You know we love them :bounce: well really I mean for me... but I don't mind sharing with the others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 Argh - wrong fish - but starting to get more male normani as well now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepsound Posted July 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Feel like posting some more pics for us? You know we love them :bounce: well really I mean for me... but I don't mind sharing with the others Sorry Sophia but actually, they are in their 300 L summer camp and I don't have any pics of them yet. But I'll post some for you just before the autumn (end of september here). Those blue eyes are really lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 thank you very much by that time I should have some pix to share of the tank that I'm starting up - my husband is underway making the cabinet and then I can start putting it together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepsound Posted July 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Cool Let me know when you'll upload your pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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