reef Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Discover Butterfly Creek Just one minute from Auckland International Airport is Auckland’s newest and most family friendly event and entertainment venue, built over an attractive wetlands habitat with expansive views over the surrounding landscape. The heart of the complex is a tropical Butterfly House, one of the largest in the southern hemisphere that will host some 70 species of tropical butterflies (open mid 2004). Other features include: a walk-through exhibit building displaying bright and colourful birds, fish and reptiles; Flutterbuys gifts and souvenirs; Buttermilk Farm with all your favourite farm-yard animals; the Red Admiral Express miniature steam train circulating the wetlands, Curly’s Playground and Papillon Bar and Cafe. Pics of the reef tank. They also have a 10 meter Cichlid tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Hmmm... Think I'll go and have a look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Fantastic pics Reef Interesting to see the lights so far from the water surface. I always understood that the light was an important factor and was usually pretty close to the surface to be affective. Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted December 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 the tank gets full sun light daily as it has a glass roof over the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted December 12, 2004 Report Share Posted December 12, 2004 Well I took the wife and went and checked the place out today. Recommend the experience to anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted December 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2004 they do nice food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmatix Posted December 12, 2004 Report Share Posted December 12, 2004 Having my wedding reception there in Feb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_from_nz Posted December 12, 2004 Report Share Posted December 12, 2004 looks cool ill have to go next time im up in akl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petplanet Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 I had a look. Nice and big is about all that is good about it. I think the substrate is totally wrong. Big coral chunks. Will never look clean and white. Seems to have a dump bucket which would probably blow anything fine around. The corals should start looking good when they settle in and start growing. Most of the fish were hiding but it always takes time for them to get used to people. I would love that much space to play with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmatix Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 When i was out there, i couldnt believe the amount of fish, the surge chamber works wicked, excellent wave simmulation and the green frogspawn photo does not do it justice that is one piece id have in my tank. The Helio sems to be thriving aswell :evil: It will need time to be better and not sure if i like the rocks out of the tank, maybe if they beaded it lower ? Alois michael should atleats put the T5's lower ? Arent they a bit useless at that level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted December 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 yea, the t5s could be lower, will tell get michael to sort it out. The tank is new so it will take time to mature. i think it could do with more skimming, however they only had a small budget, hopefully once the entry takings increase they will upgrade to a big skimmer. I think they are going to raise the water level which will make it look better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Yeah, nothing worse than seeing the waterline i recon. It's only a few months old, so it takes a while for a big tank to reach it's potential, especially when there is not an endless supply of cash available. (I'm still looking for that damn money tree!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critter_guy Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 (wheres the pics of the cichlid tank) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregb Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 It needs some sand patchs dotted around to break it up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critter_guy Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 (wheres the pics of the cichlid tank) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted July 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Here are some updated pics from butterfly creek. Tank is looking real good and is worth the a visit. If you look at the photos in Dec 04 you can see that things have really grown. Tank is covered in coralline algae and all the fish are nice and fat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 It needs a school of fish. Maybe 15 - 20 blue tangs. Those monti's look great. How big are they? Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Very nice how did they get those nice big corals? The substrate looks natural thats what I saw in Taveuni. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 What are the big white things with the brown/beige on top? I'm assuming since this is a reef tank (have I got that right?) that is a real clam...OH MY it is huge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 the montis are looking great, i think they make a tank more reef like, those and table acro's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted July 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 Very nice how did they get those nice big corals? All corals were small and have grown over the last 6 months. It needs a school of fish. 15 banner fish would be nice and a few morish idols. Those monti's look great. How big are they? the yellow tang is about 3 inch so the montis much be over 12 inch in size, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 interesting looking substrate?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 The last photo is nice what is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 monitpora capricornis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted July 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 The monti was about 5cm when it was put in, now it is huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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