Tropical life in the Northern Cape??

Ek sit hier aan die gatkant van die wereld and consequently.... I have no access to breeding stocks and/or equipment and also no market to get rid of my fish should I decide to indulge into breeding (like I used to in Welkom and Rustenburg)...... So I am currently just a fish keeper with no enthusiasm or aspirations and I merely concentrate on the basic maintenance of what stocks and equipment I have.

At the end of October, I will be retiring and moving to Kimberley, which in my opinion will be even further away from the big Centres and tropical active areas....

Do we have any members here from Northern Cape who can enlighten me and set the scenes of what to expect when I get there??..... Are there sufficient pet stores in Kimberley (or surrounds).... are they knowledgable and keep adequate stocks??..... Is there enough interested hobyists in the Northern Cape to consider get togethers (or clubs)..... I will appreciate any information.....

 

@Good_Times is from there....remember him posting some pics from his LFS once that had some very interesting fish,a Panda Garra nogal....

 

LOL..... Well Bloemfontein is just 90 minutes drive away. But don't expect to get much here either. Well, not yet. Oneday when I am big, i will open a decent LFS here

 

I also know that whilst I lived in Welkom and Rustenburg... I could do direct water changes from tap..... whereas here where I am now, .... I have extra containers to store water (at least 3 weeks in advance) before making any water changes.... What is the situation with Kimberley tap water.....??

 

A large part of the NC has limestone (kalk banke) and as a result I reckon our water is pretty hard too. I've never actually tested the pH GH or KH but I know how easily dried up water drops form limescale on the fishtanks, and the small filters inside sprinkler heads also clog up from lime.

So maybe the same might ring true for Kimberly.