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Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	I think I want to try a New Zealand biotope The tank will probably be a 15g (I know its not big but I think the fact that its shorter than a 20g will help grow the glosso ) Apparently there are livebearers there I might try to get a couple of these Does anyone know where I can find glosso in sydney? & also where I can find "Koaro (Galaxiasbrevipinnis)"? Would, 2 mollies (male) 4 guppies 1 swordtail & 2-4 Koaro work? Or would it be the swordtail or the guppies? Thanks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
synodontis Fish Master Posts: 1403 Kudos: 2000 Votes: 1099 Registered: 02-Oct-2003	i just want to say that i highly doubt you will be able to get those fish in oz But if you think you can somehow, i'd make a post at a NZ forum -------------------------- Billy was a scientist, Billy is no more. For what he thought was H20, was H2SO4
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Alex Fish Addict 510 Posts: 721 Registered: 03-Oct-2004	Mollies and swordtails need a bigger tank. IMO you willl never be able to get that fish that looks like a weather loach in aus. Are you sure all those fish are from N/Z??? Also there are not many plants in newzealand that you will be able to get in aus. If you are gong to do a biotype why not do an amazonian or a lake tang biotype. ''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	Mollies and swordtails need a bigger tank. Really? I thought mollies can go in 10 gals (only about 2 or 3 though ) hmm IMO you willl never be able to get that fish that looks like a weather loach in aus. Uhh.. Why? I can get weather loaches so why cant I get look-a-likes? Are you sure all those fish are from N/Z??? Pretty sure, im not necesarilly going for natives, just ones that live there. See the links (I trust them ) Also there are not many plants in newzealand that you will be able to get in aus. Why? If you are gong to do a biotype why not do an amazonian or a lake tang biotype. Beacuse I want something out-of-the-ordinary & I miss New Zealand :#( Any chance I could get a bully? Last edited by dude_dude at 23-Jul-2005 01:50
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Most of the fish on that list are introduced pests and should not be included in your tank. Here is a list of all freshwater fish native to New Zealand: Aldrichetta forsteri Anguilla australis australis Anguilla dieffenbachii Anguilla reinhardtii Cheimarrichthys fosteri Galaxias anomalus Galaxias argenteus Galaxias brevipinnis Galaxias cobitinis Galaxias depressiceps Galaxias divergens Galaxias eldoni Galaxias fasciatus Galaxias gollumoides Galaxias gracilis Galaxias maculatus Galaxias paucispondylus Galaxias postvectis Galaxias prognathus Galaxias pullus Galaxias rekohua Galaxias vulgaris Geotria australis Gobiomorphus basalis Gobiomorphus breviceps Gobiomorphus cotidianus Gobiomorphus gobioides Gobiomorphus hubbsi Gobiomorphus huttoni Kathetostoma fluviatilis Mugil cephalus Neochanna apoda Neochanna burrowsius Neochanna diversus Neochanna heleios Prototroctes oxyrhynchus Retropinna retropinna Rhombosolea retiaria Stokellia anisodon I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	Well.. So wouldn't it be a biotope if the fish are "pests"? Thanks for the list..
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	No, it wouldn't. The stocking list in your first post should be called a "Central American biotope with one out-of-place fish". I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	darn Well.. Maybe I'll try glosso anyway & just not do a biotope sigh
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
DaMossMan Fish Guru Piranha Bait Posts: 2511 Kudos: 2117 Votes: 359 Registered: 16-Nov-2003	I hear ya dude.. I'd do an SA biotope in a flash, but some other fish/plants I like are from other areas. Mind you a large amazon sword snuck into my tank, no idea how it got there, and when I pickup my german blue rams the guy is throwing in a starter bit of e tenellus, so who would I be to refuse ? The Amazon Nut...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58


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