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I admit I've never owned a reptile.Most aussies spend their time trying to avoid the little buggers! This winter I had to move a diamond python who has taken up residence in my garage.He was in the engine compartment of my car. That snake was going places. :rofl: Danio 2004,My friend Chris who...

Pointy Kitty,you talk about freedom of speech without name calling and tell me not to insult the forum \members. I'm a member too! and I'm the one whose been called stupid & immature, and told my views are ridiculous, irresponsible unrealistic, and uneducated!!!! ( my version of ridiculous is...

The friendliest forum around ? yeah right!.Just make sure you agree with us!!!Auratus-you are the person who got it!!! I'm not suggesting you all let your domesticated birds out to be killed by the moggy next door or some other scenario. As for being uneducated, I am a ranger (field) with the...

As I said, I knew this would be an unpopular opinion, but it's just that - an opinion,which I believe I have the right to express. Sometimes I think we are so removed from nature that we forget how animals were meant to live. This applies to many other animals which are kept as pets not just...

This is my first post in the household pets section and will probably make me vastly unpopular but here goes...........For those of you living in Europe & the U S are you aware that in their native country (australia) budgerigars live in huge flocks? Their natural habitat is the arid inland ares...

Thanks! No ,its definitly not the U G F thats noisy.I'm at my office at the moment :*) and cannot remember the brand name of the internal power filter right now. It goes inside the tank, under the water. It has canisters with foam filters (up to 4 can be "stacked" ) at its base. It also has a...

Can anyone answer a question regarding my filter? I currently have an UGF and an internal power filter(submersible) in my tank. Both are new.The IPF is really noisy-mostly from the airline. We live in a really quiet rural area and my better half and kids are whingeing about the noise. It's...

I agree. you should separate mum from fry. My guppy had 17 fry last night!!! I basically just kept mum in the tank(with other guppies) and floated a breeder trap- then scooped babies with a net into trap as I found them. :D They are really easy to catch. I figured I might have lost a few but...

I understood that livebearers can also hold the embryos in a "static state" if conditions aren't right. Is she being hassled? Is your water \temperature etc right? Can anyone confirm if this is correct?

I get driftwood & rocks from beaches and local rivers(all fairly pristine where I live & not illegal in my part of Oz).Apart from the boiling\sterilising routine you need to be careful of the composition of the rocks. i.e No coral or sea shells(lime),no rocks with metallic veins in them (heavy...

Thank you for the warm welcome :D . I'm from Narooma ,a small town on the far south coast of NSW. Narooma relies heavily on tourism -fish play a big role in that. Heaps of people come here to fish.Particularly marlin -it all started with zane grey. Man, they're destroying our oceans :( . About 7...

Hi everyone! :D I've been visiting for a while and finally registered. I think your site is a great way to exchange knowledge and ideas. Got my first tank 12 months ago and got hooked(pardon the pun). cheers