There are interesting places all along the East coast from Adelaide to
Darwin, then there is the west coast from Darwin to Adelaide. The good
part is that not everything has been found yet. My favourite collecting
places are where salt meets fresh or in freshwater but still under tidal
influence but collecting inland is also enjoyable. Adrian Tappin
edits and does many of the Articles for In Stream. He has been responsible
for that high quality journal for many years. ANGFA is a great place to
meet many wonderful people that work with many different aspects of our
native fishes. There should be some email addresses and phone numbers
available on the in stream. The URL9s for ANGFA Qld
http://www.angfaqld.org.au and if you look there you will see there is a
combined ANGFA NSW and ANGFA Qld field trip scheduled for November.
There are also contact names and phone numbers on the ANGFA National web
site.
When you do collect some fish keep notes and record the details. Others
who enjoy fishwatching have recorded details of survey trips on the ANGFA
database. http://db.angfa.org.au There is a guide, a survey form in
the documentation section of the database, it is a guide to the sort of
things you can note about a location and you may even get some ideas where
to start looking.
Cheers
Dave
On 15/9/05 1:04 PM, "Conway Lewis" <conwaylewis at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Conway is my first name. Yes, I might just join ANGFA National, have only
been
> in the QLD Branch for a few months, so that will be my next step. I really
> enjoy reading the 'In Stream' QLD Magazine so the national journal sounds
like
> my cup of tea!
>
> Not all of those tanks are up and running! I actually have my largest tank,
a
> 6ft x 2 x 2, sitting idle awaiting the re-tiling of the floor before I can
set
> it up! Rather frustrating! I got it about 5 months ago! Should have
re-tiled
> before getting it! I also picked up some 2FT x 12' x 12' tanks on sale for
$26
> at Pet Country here in Brisbane, so stocked up on 3 of those.
>
> Now I am finding room to set up all my tanks to be a problem! I have them
> scattered through out my house, which makes maintenance a pain! So I am
quite
> keen to see how others manage large numbers of tanks. I have been reading
back
> through some of the older posts on setting up fish rooms. I am finding the
> maintenance on 10 running tanks a huge job. I am seem to spend most nights
> working on them! I have gone to weekly water changes, which seems to be the
> way to go. But alot of work!
>
> I only keep Rainbowfish and Blue-eyes, apart from a few Empire Gudgeons I
> collected. And never kept fish before a year ago! So I've become rather
> addicted in a short time, but still lots to learn.
>
>
>>
>> From: "Matthew Stanton" <matthews at sf.nsw.gov.au>
>> Reply-To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>>
>>
>> Welcome,
>> Is your name Conway or Lewis?
>> Glad you are a member of ANGFA Queensland. How about joining ANGFA
>> National as well. Our journal 'Fishes of Sahul' (Edited by Rudie Kuiter)
>> is worth the membership price alone.
>>
>> With 14 tanks, I am sure you are going to have something to contribute
>> here and with ANGFA.
>>
>> Matthew
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> conwayl72
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 8:07 PM
>> To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: [RML] Newbie
>>
>>
>> Hello all
>>
>> Just joined up, have been looking for a good Rainbow forum for awhile!
>> Didn't know about this one!
>>
>> I have been keeping Rainbows for a year now, with 10 tanks up and
>> running an another 4 or 5 awaiting! I live in Brisbane and I'm a 32yo
>> Male.
>>
>> I am also a member of ANGFA-QLD. Look forward to some interesting
>> chats and emails! :)
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