Potchefsstroom and north west

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    Anyone from this area ?
     
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    So do u guys have good suppliers of. Fish and plants by u ?
     
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    Some nice fish here in Rustenburg, but good plants are scarce.
     
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    Same here although the. One does get plants but normaly. The same kind and their supplier grows their. Plants. Out of water so it looks different and then changes its form when u put it in the tank
     
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    Ja the plants suck but one can always use betterweather to get plants you really want. Fish can be better at times but also a lot of boring stuff.
     
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    Yes I'm registered on better weather to but most of their stock I want is out of stock
     
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    I'm in Potchefstroom. What are you looking for? Got some hornwort you can fetch
     
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    Hi tanx would love to get some end of the month when I get my new and bigger tank cause my tank now is a bit full will give u some off cuttings to then
     
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    Thinking of taking my tankbred CPD's outside of Pretoria/Jozi...think there will be an interest in the NW?
     
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    I'm not sure how many ppl there are here its a kind of a new thread still testing the water
     
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    Chap just inbox me your number
     
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    Will do that
     
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    I'm closer to NW than Joburg. Got a few plants from Ryno when he still stayed in Potch. Visited the LPS near the mall a few times.
     
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    Yes we had four but one closed out of the three left one is a bit dodgy the 2nd is ok but sometimes the fish are sick and the third one by the nursery is the best they get new fish and plants regulary and the tanks are always clean
     
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    Plants in general in potch are scarse. Or true aquatic anyway
     
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    Really sad day when Jackie closed. She always did extra effort to get you what you were looking for. The one in miederpark is... Uhm.. Ja.... And the other two do their best to survive. People in potch don't do fish too often. It's sad really.
     
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    Yes I must admit I did buy a few plants that would have been better in a pot by the window lol but I'm kind of new to the planted tank thing only abt four months into the gig to still learning a lot about plants to go
     
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    @tanked72 not an expert myself but got hold of a few old Aquarium plant books digitally if you are interested. And I don't blame the lfs. The suppliers send "mixed potted plants" as aquatics but seldom are. More likely to be emersed.
     
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    Yes I always bought my fish from her and one could order fish from her and she would do the best to get them for u yes the one in miederpark is the dodgy one lol
     

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