Hi from New Zealand

clivedyson@xtra.co.nz · **Joined:** Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:03 pm **Posts:** 2

G'day everyone,
I'm Clive and I live in Kaiapoi, just out of Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand. :wave:

I have a great interest in self supporting lifestyle, inspired many years ago through the British TV programme "The Good Life".

I have been involved in home hydroponics for many years and want to switch over to Aquaponics but our government has stranglehold regulations on what fish we are allowed to keep. :bash:

Are there any recipes for goldfish? :lol:

I look forward to learning a lot from all of you more experienced people.

Clive

dufflight · **Posted:** Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:16 pm

Welcome. I think the Good Life got to a lot of viewers.

earthbound · **Posted:** Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:34 pm

Hi Clive..... Ahhhhh, the good life....

I watched all 3 or 4 series last year, was great to relive the show.

Looks like you can pretty much all of them on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... type=&aq=f

Granny Smith · **Posted:** Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:28 pm

Welcome from a fellow Kiwi, albeit resident of Perth for 30 years.

What's more I'm from the mainland - Waikato! (see - I got in first with the mainland bit :lol:

)

Looking forward to sharing news of your experiences with you.

Jaymie · **Posted:** Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:59 am

hello from North Queensland

chillidude · **Posted:** Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:23 am

Welcome Clive - hope you enjoy the forum.

Goldfish ? Not that I've seen. But we used to put a lot of small fish through a blender when I was a kid and the old man would make patties (rissoles) out of the resulting puree. I'll leave it up to you to tell me how it goes :yuck:

earthbound · **Posted:** Sun Jan 24, 2010 2:23 pm

An aquaponic system installed in the Philippines was running on goldfish, evidently that is what they wanted to eat.

chillidude · **Posted:** Sun Jan 24, 2010 7:52 pm

Yeah, does make a certain amount of sense, they're just a variation on carp really !

Granny Smith · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:35 pm

Hi Clive,

I know it can get pretty hot in Canterbury, but I wouldn't mind being in NZ at the moment. We're going through a series of very hot days in WA and I often wish I could 'summer over' in Kiwiland. The heat is harder for me to bear than the cold.

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