KiwiAquatics

02/07/2023

Will update the amount left each hour.
Live healthy Plants! all submersed grown in co2 environment and needs to be gone as I need to sell the tank and moving soon. Excuse the bad photos my phone has a terrible camera.

Shipping
$10 nationwide courier
$15 rural nationwide courier

Java fern
5 left : small bunches $10 each
1 left : Medium bunches $12 each

Amazon Swords (will remove from the dirt)
Small $5
Large $10

Dwarf Hairgrass
3 left : large bunches $8 each

Needleleaf Java Fern (SOLD OUT)
Broadleaf Java fern (SOLD OUT)
Peacock moss balls (SOLD OUT)

06/06/2023

Located Arapuni
So many goodies that need new homes as I have to move soon. Breeding racks to a fully planted aquarium up for grabs.

Two Finnex LED lights 90cm
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/574944964538247/?mibextid=dXMIcH

Brand new untouched 80l aquarium
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/743269744254858/?mibextid=dXMIcH

For breeders

Poly boxes and heat packs
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/243303405066914/?mibextid=dXMIcH

100 Slot Betta Rack
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/6617637021588976/?mibextid=dXMIcH

Large airpump and heaps of filters
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1161487661193105/?mibextid=dXMIcH

930l 12 custom tanks breeding rack
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/673119734573211/?mibextid=dXMIcH

Also have some live plants that I'll be listing soonish

14/04/2023

For those wanting a update I'm currently putting up the listings on trade me!

Edit: All the Crowntail's & HMPKs I have and last few halfmoons are all up on trade me.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/search?member_listing=8081096&bof=d2ROgeP0

Will leave these listings going for 2 weeks, after that they be given to local fish stores.

Listings from kiwiaquatics, on Trade Me, New Zealand's leading shopping website.

13/04/2023

Hey everyone, I plan to list the hmpks and CTs this Friday evening on Trade Me! 🥰

06/04/2023

Hey everyone, hope everyone has a happy Easter this weekend!

I'm looking for a serious buyer for my 930l set up which will be ready to go next Friday the 15th April.
I would love for it to go to a fellow breeder or someone who wants a set up from the start, it took me 2 years to plan, fund and build it myself and really sad to see it go.

PM me if you are interested.

Location is Arapuni/Putaruru and welcome to view it beforehand.
Will gladly help with setting it up and assisting in moving it.
It's easy to move, collapsible, and easy to rejoin and reassemble as intended.

Will include a list of all 165 parts and where to source all of them on pdf file.
Easy maintenance, it's been running for 7 months without leaks or any issues holding 7 betta spawns at one time.
12 custom 65l tanks and 150l sump

Air pump and filters can be excluded and sold separately if they are not wanted, air pump is a Heilea Hi Flow HAP 60 with 12 sponge filters and a couple spares.

My divider set up will be ready in another 3-4 weeks once the bettas all have homes, along with some improvements to the lids and compartments.

31/03/2023

Very satisfying taking photos of a few of the upcoming boys.

! I will post a update on here when I'll be listing them on trade me !

Once Nightshade Bettas NZ picks up one of the males below, I'll list the larger boys next week.

22/03/2023

A few Male HMPKs coming along nicely.
Very limited spawn and these are the largest ones atm but stunning form already.

15/03/2023

Hey a little update!
To make life easy everything will be on trade me.

Halfmoon males still a few putting on size before being listed on trade me.
Halfmoon females are all listed.
Doubletail females are all listed.

What's to come?
Hmpk spawn partial dragon x gen 2 female
2-4 weeks away
Crowntail spawn Red x Cambodian red female
3-6 weeks away.
Grow out set up will be listed
Divided set up will be listed
Then that's it 😭😭

❗️❗️ I will post a update when and what time I will be listing the Crowntails so for those who have their heart set on them.❗️❗️

Currently there are 8 orange/off yellow, 10 red males and 21 females with 2 I'm unsure about their gender.

Lily Nightshade Bettas NZ will be getting one of the larger males below either the red or yellow and 2 females to continue the line.
If all goes well there should be a spawn ready sometime in spring/summer.

07/03/2023

(please don't message me about them)
Just a cool video.

The largest 2 CTs so far they've been jarred about a week and twice the size of their siblings / starting to be more aggressive. The other males will be joining them in the divided tanks next week. Alongside some Hmpk males.

05/03/2023

My best & most unique four at this time.
So sad that'll have to let them go 😭

05/03/2023

10 lovely boys from my last ever halfmoon spawns.
Gen 3 quality halfmoons.
There's a few more growing out but aren't as large as these boys.
They will be listed on Trade me

05/03/2023

Doubletail females that are old enough now, some still have a little bit of fin healing.

04/03/2023

When you try take clear photos but he has the zoomies.

04/03/2023

Will start taking photos tomorrow of halfmoons and doubletails that will be available.
Here's some stunners I took today.

15/02/2023

Crowntail and Hmpk betta update. It's only been 2 week since my last post of these beauty's.
The Crowntails have almost doubled in size and the yellow is now more of a light orange.
The colour on the Hmpk are a very vivid metallic blue and some black based ones are starting to look more and more like avatars.

Can't wait to see them when their ready 🥰 these 2 spawns will be the last ones before i sell off the set up sadly.

11/02/2023

Aquascape update!

Only been 3 weeks and the growth is really starting to take off.

Cryptos are slowly getting their new leaves and their colours. The hairgrass has heaps of runners and new blades popping up. The Riccia Moss went crazy started with 2 handful and now have 5 handfuls.

Will see what it looks like in another 3 weeks 🥰

Still waiting on a new heater.

31/01/2023

Photo update all the fish are progressing nicely.
Not for sale! atm please hold off messaging me about them at this time.

Oldest Halfmoon spawn, Red Dragon x Irid Black Base (marble carrier)
I've decided to hold out jarring the male halfmoons a little longer given they haven't shown any aggression yet (or tail biting) in order to get their bodies larger. Expecting to move the largest ones next week into their divider tanks.

HMPK spawn Partial Dragon x irid blue black base (marble carrier)
I'm amazed with their form nice top lines & finnage and growing faster than the rest. Really looking forward to these ones.

Crowntail Spawn, Full Red Import x Cambodian import
Yellow wash! but could change given the parents genes are unknown. Lovely top line already!

20/01/2023

A personal scape for myself can't wait for it to grow in.
Excuse the heater its only temporary until the new one arrives that I can hide.
This is a co2 injected tank will be awesome to see the results in another 2 weeks.

Plants:
Dwaft Hairgrass
Riccia Moss
Cryptocoryne Petchii & Walkeri
Parviflorus Tropica Sword
A hidden Amazon Sword in the back.
Lobelia Cardinali
Peacock Moss
Anubis nana (has some BBA that will be sorted out)
Needle Leaf Java fern

14/01/2023

Some photos of the scape and its inhabitants. 🥰

14/01/2023

A cute walstad aquascape I did for a family member, was limited with left over wood and stones but once the plants grow in it should look amazing.

This is non co2 aquarium with daily fertiliser and uses Walstad method (dirt capped method).
It has a small 5 watt hang on filter with a overflow atrachement.
There is no air stone as there's enough surface movement for gas exchange and being heavily planted it's not needed.

The tank is heading into week 3 and can already go without water changes now for 2 weeks with perfect parameters.
It needed a small kh buffer as the hardness was at 0 and filter clean with a toothbrush to remove some excess algae.
The hairgrass has already doubled in size and the Java moss has had its second handful cutting, all the plants are producing lots of bubbles.

Can't wait to see what it looks like in another 4 weeks.

09/01/2023

Update

Have a few spawns in the works halfmoons, hmpks and Crowntails. On a sad note, these will be my last spawns which is very sad given the amount of work I've put in.

Unfortunately due to moving, I will be discontinuing my betta projects but my lines will be continued through Nightshade Bettas NZ and Fish-Garage NZ.

I will be looking for a serious buyer for my grow-out rack (finished) followed by my compartment tanks once finished.

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The rack includes 12 custom 65l tanks with a 150l blue planet tank that was turned into a sump using acrylic panels.
LED lights can come off and are linked together on a timer plug.
The tanks can all be lifted off the piping which was planned in case they ever needed to be moved.
The overflows have twist-in mesh cylinders for easy cleaning (toothbrush) does the trick.
The heaters are Jager 300w & 200w cause I find them to be the most trustworthy brand NZ NZ.
The power cost is around $80 monthly but that's due to poor insulation in the room.
Also has a UV light filter in the sump for disease prevention.
It's been running for 4 months with 0 issues and has made life so much easier with water changes and maintenance taking around 20-30mins.
If interested I'm also open to viewing it as I won't be selling till the end of march and into April.
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I won't be posting images or individually sending photos to individuals as it takes a lot of time to photograph them.
When they are ready, I will post their photos on Facebook, then trade me listings.

I won't be giving up the hobby completely and plan to continue and learn in-depth knowledge about aquascaping ponds and aquariums. Growing and providing already emersed grown plants in a co2-injected rack set-up. Something I've been learning and experimenting with on the side for the last year and have a passion for. Possibly will also grow some plants emersed but I find giving already transitioned plants will set me apart from store-bought emersed plants.

Here are some photos of my halfmoons and hmpks. My double tails have been jarred and cts have just reached 5 weeks old.

09/10/2022

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/search?member_listing=8081096&bof=HyvTXQhj

Just listed a few groups of hmpk females on trade me. If anyone is looking to start a sorority tank🥰

Listings from kiwiaquatics, on Trade Me, New Zealand's leading shopping website.

02/10/2022

My Hmpk pairings for the next generation/next projects over the coming months.
Look forward to seeing the offspring form and deciding which groups to continue with. 🥰

01/10/2022

The next lot of spawns are coming along nicely, this is generation 2 for my Halfmoon lines.
I've expanded it to 4 branches with new blood groups and just confirmed my pairings for my 4th. The goal is to increase the blood pool/options and prevent breeding myself into a corner later on.

Male x female
Irid blue HM/dt x black base HM/dt
Black base HM x Black Base HM
Red Dragon HM x irid black base HM
Next projects:
Marble HM x Black & Orange koi hmpk
Hmpk pairings.

I had a surprise in one of my spawns for my fellow genetic geeks.
The female was imported and (discussing with fish garage and nightshade bettas) we suspected she was a dt carrier (double tail is a recessive gene normally used to fix dorsals in halfmoons)
Her genotype is: HM/dt
(HM - dominant single tail halfmoon)
(dt - recessive double tail)
With this in mind, I knew I wouldn't have any double tail expressed in this spawn however this is not the case.
I have about 30-25% of the fry expressing double tails seen in the photos below.
Therefore my Halfmoon male is also an HM/dt genotype for this to occur.
Due to the lack of info on the grandparents, I suspected it was from one of the females.
A neat surprise and a line I'll keep alongside and breed back to my halfmoons once a year. Double tails have an Interesting form with high dorsal/anal fin ray counts of 20+ (usually I aim for 12-14 for halfmoons).
Can't wait to see the results of all my generation 2 offspring. 🥰

10/09/2022

4 lovely HMPK betta brothers going to their forever home next week.
Can't get over how stunning they turned out, sad to see them go! 🥰

Please do not attempt this with your own betta males if you do not know the signs to intervene, it could lead them to seriously hurt each other.

09/09/2022

New breeder, imported.
I wasn't going to snag a partial dragon from the lot that came in, but this male's form stood out compared to the rest.

He's aggressive and active so hopes are high, I look forward to seeing what he passes on if he breeds.

09/09/2022

New Stock

HMPK males
Black lace x galaxy koi
A mix of fancy and marbles

Won't have any more hmpks for another 5-6months.

PM for price or feel free to wait 2 weeks until listed on tm.
Shipping NZ wide
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/search?member_listing=8081096&bof=3bfNqoac

09/09/2022

New Stock
HMPK males
Mustard gas x Galaxy koi offspring
A mix of fancy and marbles.

Shipping NZ wide.
Feel free to pm me for the price or wait till they are listed on tm in another 2 weeks.
Won't have any more hmpks for another 5-6months.

Here's a link to my other listings:
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/search?member_listing=8081096&bof=3bfNqoac

29/08/2022

My HMPK choices so far will have another look at them again in a month.

After sorting through 40+ males here are the top picks.
They all have issues with their form in certain areas but for the first generation, it's exactly wanted to see. I'll be using imported females and line breeding to achieve my goals with the form and then colour. 🥰