Welcome to the list. Perhaps you may be able to tell us about some of the
interesting native aquarium fish and plants of NZ e.g. some of your
"bullys" (?gudgeons) and galaxids?
We have some of their cousins here in Oz and they are just as interesting
as Rainbowfish.
Cheers
Bruce Hansen
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> From: Meryl Jury <merylj at pec.co.nz>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: [RML] Hi everyone
> Date: Wednesday, 30 April 1997 5:35
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> HI, my name is Meryl Jury and I live in the back blocks of NZ (a small
> rural town called Marton).
> I have a 15 year old son who is MAD keen on tropicals and is interested
in
> rainbows.
> We have only seen two rainbows for sale in NZ in a pet store in
Wellington.
> Do you have any members in NZ who are breeding rainbows ?
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> Ryan currently has three tropical tanks and is breeding anything. (as
long
> as he has a male and a female he will breed them.)
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> Currently Ryan is very keen on dwarf cichlids but if we could get some
nice
> rainbows which were not too much fuss as far as water conditions go (we
> have soft water, ph about 7) he would like to give it a go.
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> Any time anyone is visiting NZ please feel free to stuff Ryan in your
> suitcase, he would love to travel ! - you can have his 7 tanks & fish
gear
> for free !!!! :-)
> Any takers - please let me know ASAP !!!
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> cheers, Meryl
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