Peckoltia

so close you can't even see it!

Jules - there is no progress unfortunately. 

I have all my equipment sitting in a cupboard in boxes. The only piece missing is my lights that were ordered/paid for 6 weeks ago. Had to wait for them to come in from overseas to the distributor, and then shipped to me. Received an e-mail a week ago saying they have arrived and have been shipped. So hopefully should see them any day now (fingers crossed).

The tank is still sitting in the middle of the room. To say getting all the equipment has been a pain is an understatement. 6 week + wait for lights, 6 + weeks for my skimmer, multiple other items out of stock at all Australian vendors! But I am almost there. 

The tank is still in the middle of the room because my lighting brackets need to be fixed to the wall and I don't want to lean over a 3' wide tank drilling into a wall. 

As soon as the lights get here it was all happen very quickly and the tank will be filled within the week. 

Decided I'm going to go down the premium live rock pathway. The Carib Sea Life Rock is in such low supply in Australia, was finding it extremely difficult to get the amounts in the type I wanted, I don't want to give the company my money when they have serviced the Australian market so poorly (my opinion). There's also a part of my brain that struggles with the concept of paying as much or slightly more for 'dead rock' and premium live rock - I'll deal with any pests that come my way.

Discus, may as well get your crockery out of the kitchen put it in the tank and watch that instead. 

They are good eating if you want it gone ASAP. 

Thanks for the congratulations! not long now - due date the 23rd of this month. 

All snakes have found new homes. While breeding Carpet Pythons was definitely something I enjoyed doing just to go through the experience from conditioning, pairing, mating, incubation, egg hatching and getting hatchies feeding. I would never do it again. The reptile trade is perth is essentially dead.

Hi 

Long story short - after being messed around by countless people and offering these snakes to stores for an absolute steal. I have decided to offer my pair of adult SWCP's for free to the right home. 

Any long term members of the forum that would like a free pair of SWCP's (you will have to pay the transfer fee's) or any young reptile keepers out there that would like to try their hand at breeding (please send a PM). I am being trusting in that the person will not on sell them immediately and would just like to see them go to someone who will enjoy them.

Both adults and have produced a viable clutch of eggs in the past. Actually nice looking snakes! They handle OK without being great, both are pigs, and love a feed, but once out are generally alright. Probably wouldn't recommend them with very young children.

I would much rather see these go to a PCS member or someone part of a pet society or a young keeper. I remember being a kid/student many years ago and if i can help out a budding young reptile keeper even better,

You will need a cat 3 license, and I would like these gone within the next week as we are expecting a child and would like these gone before then.

Once these are gone - I will have some young up for sale or free to good homes to young keepers. Bottom line is I would rather give these snakes away to people who will enjoy them rather than give them to stores that were completely unwilling to help me out to then on sell the snakes.

Please PM

Thanks Jules - I agree the wall looks mint. 

Yeah it's a brutally long slog - the issue with living in Australia, there is no store that has it all (in my opinion). I've kept a spreadsheet of purchases etc and I am up to 20 or so different stores I have bought things from. It's the little things; for example buying my RODI filter and it only coming with an adapter for the laundry hose. Then needing to find one to attach to the garden faucet. There have also been some pretty serious waits for products to come back into stock. Having said that I have come across a lot of people that have been absolutely lovely to deal with!

All that aside it will be worth it in the end, and it is a first world problem, nothing really to complain about.

Nothing good happens quickly in this hobby, only bad things.

My wife's instructions are 'don't blow anything up, don't set the house on fire, don't make it impossible to holiday anywhere'.

Yeah it's certainly not what most people have sitting in there garage, so far have been told by family and friends that I am either setting up a drug lab or a mad science experiment.

Thanks Delapool - the effort to get this thing off the ground has been immense so far. Almost there!

Thanks for the kind words Jules - I crowed a bit early and have a leak in one of the glued joins which is a bit of a pain. Only a very slow leak, so will fix it once i empty the barrel on a water change in the next week or so. 

The quarantine tank is now almost fully cycled, so may see the first fish move in this weekend or at the latest next! Which is exciting seeing as the time and money that I have spent. Be nice to actually have a fish to show for it!

Still available. 

Willing to sell tanks on their own $500ea 

$1200 for the set up want it gone.