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Old July 25th, 2005  
Adz
Fish Bum
 
Gallons?

Hey there,

i'm totaly new to this tropical fish hobby and am a little confused about gallons. i'm from New Zealand so i'm use to reading letres. can you please explane how many gallons there are to a letre.

could you also please explane the meanings of herbivores and all those sort of words you use for each fish?

cheers,
Adz.
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Old July 25th, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: Gallons?

Yeah I had the same problem as I'm from Australia and a gallon is 4.5461 litres. You can get a conversion on this site on the Conversions link. http://www.fishlore.com/ConversionCalculator.htm.
Herbivore is an organism that eats vegetation-plants/leaves etc..
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Old July 25th, 2005  
Fish Helper
 
Re: Gallons?

where abouts in new zealand are you from? Im going to martinborough for a year in january. a whole year of summer!!!
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Old July 25th, 2005  
Fish Helper
 
Re: Gallons?

please tell me you dont use kilometres over there cuz i dont think ill be very favourable with the police
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Old July 27th, 2005  
Adz
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Re: Gallons?

Quote:
Originally Posted by J-Man
Yeah I had the same problem as I'm from Australia and a gallon is 4.5461 litres. You can get a conversion on this site on the Conversions link. http://www.fishlore.com/ConversionCalculator.htm.
Herbivore is an organism that eats vegetation-plants/leaves etc..
Cheers for that link.

what sorta fish do you have in your aquarium?* I've started off with the Zebra Danio's like it says on this website. I got 6 of them.

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Old July 27th, 2005  
Adz
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Re: Gallons?

Hey Fletch,

I Live in Christhcurch and yes we do use Kilometers, sorry to break the news to you like that lol

what sorta fish are you hobbying?
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Old July 28th, 2005  
Fish Helper
 
Re: Gallons?

Oh balls!! will have to get used to that then, at least your petrol is cheap!!
I have:
3 dwarf gouramis
3 baby dwarf gouramis(2 months)
1 male sword tail
3 female sword tails
2 black widows
1 demasoni
1 female guppy
2 silver tip tetras
3 harlequin rasboras
1 peruvian ram cichlid
1 sucking catfish
2 white cloud m.minnows
5 peppered corys
4 bumblebee gobys
and a recently widowed dwarf aquatic frog

what do you have?
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Old July 28th, 2005  
Adz
Fish Bum
 
Re: Gallons?

you've had your tank for a while then lol

I've only just had my tank going for bout 3 weeks, so i've got 6 Zebra danio's but i'm soo tempted to get more of them.
I love watching them swim in their schools.

Petrol isnt that cheap over here. where bouts are you on the globe? how much is petrol there?
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Old July 28th, 2005  
Fish Helper
 
Re: Gallons?

Im from Corwall in England. I heard it was dead cheap over your way. Im paying 89 pence litre at the moment which is about 2.28 NZD. so have i got my hopes up on that then? how much is it?
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Old July 29th, 2005  
Adz
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Re: Gallons?

you'l enjoy your holiday here then, its $1.40 here
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Old July 29th, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: Gallons?

Ours is $1.20 in Australia and I got:
2 Lyretail Swordtails (1male 1female)
1 Reg. Swordtail
2 Guppies (1m 1f)
1 Cory Sterbai
1 Red-tail Shark
2 Dwarf Gourami
2 Anglefish
1 Chinese algae eater
1 Bristlenose catfish
1 Synodontis Eurptus (Feather fin Catfish)
6 Neon tetrasl
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Old July 29th, 2005  
Fish Helper
 
Re: Gallons?

ouch. thats cheap. weve got it bad here then!! whats a cory sterbai? is that a corydoras species?
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Old July 29th, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: Gallons?

Right! Who's up for mass emigration to NZ then? I'll be going there one day - just gotta get over my addiction to visiting south africa I've made a breakthrough though - I'm going to Canada this year instead Woohoo!
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Old July 29th, 2005  
Fish Helper
 
Re: Gallons?

thats a good idea! Im getting a house here and one somewhere in wairarupa so hopefully if i go back and forwards every six months i'll have an eternal summer!!!!
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Old July 29th, 2005  
Adz
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Re: Gallons?

Good Thinking!!

If you do make it to christchurch let me know
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Old July 31st, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: Gallons?

Bundle over to Fletch's house then! Got any space in your suitcase? I'm a bit bored of this eternal rain... I'm all bundled up in my winter clothes with heating on and it's meant to be summer!!
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Old July 31st, 2005  
Fish Helper
 
Re: Gallons?

You should all head down to cornwall then. its tropical down here (well its ****ing it today).
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Old July 31st, 2005  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: Gallons?

i mean is it just me fletch! is winter comin early its freezin over here in NI!!!
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