Fallen Posted June 26, 2003 Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 Hi, My names Malcolm and I am living in Wellington now, but grew up in Palmerston North. I first became interested in Tropical fish when i was studing Landscape design and Hort. at Wanganui Polytechnic about 7-8 yrs ago now. But now i have moved onto Cold water Marine. ie. SEAHORSES. (I just love watching them, float around the tank and hunt shrimp). I have only one tank at the moment, a 3 footer but I am in the process of either building/or buying a 1200 x 450 x 500 tank, for which to relocate my seahorses and get a couple more seahorses to boot I have my tank set up in a rockpool style but as yet unsuccessful at growing the plants that i have found, but reading some of the post's here, i might have found some very helpful idea's, which i am very greatful for. With my unused tank, I am thinking about using it as a warmer salt water tank and getting either semi-tropical or tropical seahorses, i know some ozzy one's are over here but not so sure on the types and numbers, plus most importantly COST :lol: Oh yea, are there any FNZAS groups in the Wellington region besides Upper Hutt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janey Posted June 26, 2003 Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 Hi Fallen Where in Wellington do you live? There is a Wellington club (not part of the FNZAS) which meets in Ngaio, and there is also the Kapi Mana club which meet in Plimmerton. My partner (Pies) has a tropical saltwater tank at home, and he has done heaps of reading about lighting and other stuff, so could probably give you some tips. Do you get your saltwater straight from the ocean? We added a whole lot of glass shrimp to the tank and they don't seem to mind the warmer water, and they are good algae eaters. Where do you get your seahorses from? We do a bit of diving around Wellington but haven't been lucky enough to see one in the wild yet. Apparently they are more likely to be seen at night. Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 Welcome fallen. Check out the Kapi-Mana as they are a real keen bunch at the moment! (not that I am implying there is anything wrong with the Upper Hutt people ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 great to see you come aboard. Welcome welcome welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 Hi there Fallen, welcome to the NZFR. There's a couple of threads on Seahorses somewhere on here which are quite interesting. Was gonna set up myself with some, but got diverted somewhat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallen Posted June 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 I Live in Kelburn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 Mmmm... over a year ago... time passes, but the link is here. http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/viewtopic.php?t=95 Would love to know your progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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