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Jack Dempsey
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Hi,

I'm dan and I'm an addict ;)

I've just recently gotten into the whole aquarium game after starting with 5 guppies in a 22L tank. Within 2 weeks I had ordered a custom 75L tank with the excuse of giving the guppies more room :D I've now got a little school of panda cories, a few black neon tetra and a couple of cockatoo cichlids. The guppies are still in the 22L tank.

I'm now gagging for a 1000L+ tank as I just can't get enough. I'd like a big school of pandas, a big school of geos and a few other big schools as well as a ton of big swords and crypts.

...one day :)
 
the-obstacle;4549905; said:
Hi,

I'm dan and I'm an addict ;)

I've just recently gotten into the whole aquarium game after starting with 5 guppies in a 22L tank. Within 2 weeks I had ordered a custom 75L tank with the excuse of giving the guppies more room :D I've now got a little school of panda cories, a few black neon tetra and a couple of cockatoo cichlids. The guppies are still in the 22L tank.

I'm now gagging for a 1000L+ tank as I just can't get enough. I'd like a big school of pandas, a big school of geos and a few other big schools as well as a ton of big swords and crypts.

...one day :)
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Welcome to MFK, im curious to know what kind of stock the local fish stores in NZ keep??? Anything odd or big? > Arowanas? Stingrays? Australian Lungfish?
 
Sounds like me. :) Someone gave me a 2.5g hex tank a couple months ago, I started looking up info on fish, and within 3 days was planning how to fit a 75g tank in the bedroom. This fish business, it's worse than heroin.
 
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leaves.gifwelcome to mfk.. nice to meet you,... and very happy to see you here... Hope you have the time of your life right here with us... enjoy and if you have any questions just ask.. always here to help:D:D
 
Thanks all. I've taken the next step and purchased a 700L that needs a bit of TLC and a stand and sump made for it. Awesome summer project time.

longislandfish;4550349; said:
Welcome to MFK, im curious to know what kind of stock the local fish stores in NZ keep??? Anything odd or big? > Arowanas? Stingrays? Australian Lungfish?
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Thanks. It's all a bit limited here due to the high bio-security focus of the local authorities (for good reason) and the full list of what we are allowed isn't imported due to the small market. It's a real hassle for the importers to bring in something special that is allowed but isn't imported regularly as they have to go through some serious quarantine periods and a lot of testing on the batches that do come in. The fish we do have are great though.

We're a non-venomous (mostly) country with no snakes or spiders that can do any major damage so venomous stingrays aren't allowed. We do get a few Aro's and the ones that are here are well looked after (in most cases). I haven't looked for lungfish, I'll check it out. Actually - David R would likely know off the top of his head :)

David R;4551141; said:
Hi Dan. Nice to see more kiwis into South American fish! 1000L with geos, pandas and a big school of tetras would be epic!!
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This is the plan for the 700L! I was wondering what I was going to do and had totally forgotten about this idea.

On another note - your tanks are awesome! It was readying your build threads that got me hooked on the idea of something bigger. I truely admire the work that you put into this crazy hobby.

I wonder if I can get a panda school to rival Henward's 4 million clown loaches? :ROFL:
 
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