MY other Hobby

[rumples riot]

This shot is of my other hobby, easy to look after despite what you hear. You just have to spend a lot of money on the equipment (the right gear) and then it takes about an hour each week to look after, but the rest of the time to enjoy it. I reduced this shot down a lot so you may have to squint a bit, but you get the idea.

Paul

[[1ponders]]

I know what you mean Paul. I just got rid of 7 tanks so I could re-finance this hobby. I do miss them at times. (except for the cleaning)

Paul

[Daring Dave]

My other hobby is making....BEER ! :cheers:

http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/davewilson/brewkwit.JPG

Ive only made a dozen or so brews but its not too bad....
I usually get around 60 stubbies for 12 bucks...:cool:

[rumples riot]

Ah yes beer, do a little of that myself. Got some of my Dads recipes (He has won gold, silver and bronze medals at the National home brew titles) and after 12 years, I think I am starting to make good ale.

Anyway thats a good hobby too.

Nice tank Paul, whats in it, setup etc?

Paul

[loopy]

A question to all you aquarium buffs... where would be the best place to buy rare fish from? My dad was going to put in a dam at his house and stock it with the usual barra, sarratoga, archer fish, jungle perch, magrove jacks, etc... all of these are easy enough to find in the wild, but I wanted to find something esoteric for him, like a spot tail bass from PNG. Is there somewhere you can buy that sort of thing, or are you better catching them yourself?

Cheers,


Brad

[Dave47tuc]

Nice tanks but i prefer to catch fish! in a peacefull river.
Sigh I never seem to have time between work
:work:

There is also the family:family:

Chasing kids:family2:

I do enjoy a beer :cheers:
Tried makeing my own, but i seemed to enjoy it to much:whistle:

best:astron:

[beren]

Im with you Dave i prefer attempting {stress that word} to catch fish:fishing: but having a fish tank would be so relaxing {nice gear fellows} thankfully my dentist has one in the waiting room.

[rumples riot]

Yes I love fishing too. Especially for Australian salmon, Mullaway and snapper. Very relaxing and very:cool:

Love going down on to the sand and getting my feet wet during summer. Unfortunately in South Australia we now need to go further a field (about 1 hour at least) to get good size salmon.

So I guess that would count as another hobby. Luckily my stepfather has a boat which we use frequently down at the Coorang. There are lots of good size fish there and the restictions are strictly monitored.

Yes love fresh fish on the beach.

Paul

[iceman]

Nice fish tanks guys, I love the salt-water aquariums, they look fantastic when they're done properly..

But they are expensive initially and can take some looking after..

I had a tropical tank a few years ago and started getting into it as a hobby a bit, but fish died, interest waned, and that was the end of it :)

Now we just have a small goldfish tank for the kids :D

[[1ponders]]

Bits and pieces of everything in my tanks Paul, Bristlenose, whiptail. Black Ghost Knife fish (250mm long, had 5 of them at one stage, survival of the fittest) untill he ate 6 full size Congo tetras, Clown loaches, White clouds etc etc.

Two Three and four foot tanks (9 in all, just sold the last two yipee!) All tropicals, no marines, all undergravel with two powerheads and biowheels in the large 4 fters that were heavily populated, single pwers in the smaller tanks. Mainly breeding bristlenose and whiptails.

Please Loopy, no exotics in your dam. You wouldn't want another aquatic canetoad like the european carp getting established over there.

Build him a pond near the house where he can feed and see it and where there is no chance of escaping into the wild.

cheers Paul

[loopy]

Hmmm... good point Paul, I never considered that!

Cheers,


Brad