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You are AWESOME with that camera Patrick. :thumbs:

THANKS, I almost had time to make it to the Bluebird banding with Wild Bird General Store a couple weeks ago. If I find out you went to Roper without at least calling me I will have to//???... YOU KNOW how close to my store it is Patrick!!! I have a camera and don't know yet how to use it PROPERLY! please HELP me?? :drool:

YOU FOUND THE BABY!!! NICE pics Patrick. Next time you go the let me know. I wanna go with you!! I have pics of the baby Swainsons in the nest. http://picasaweb.google.com/naturescornerstore/RoperPond06#5499151741794944642 "edit" next time you go to Roper Pond.

Carbon is actually chemical filtration. Mechanical filtration removes particulates from the water column. Most times a sponge or polyfiber is used as mechanical filtration. And then there is biological fitration which is bacterias growing on some type of media that would have a large surface area to grow on such as bio balls or lava stone or the like. You just said it absorbs chemicals. It absorbs chemicals making it the chemical filter of the aquarium and it also absorbs organics such as plant fertilizers. Most people that keep planted tanks do not use carbon at all unless they want to remove some unwanted "chemicals" such as medications. Henry. I'm pretty sure we both agree that carbon and plant tanks, like bettafishmommy said, is a no no. I know I agree with this. And it sounds like we both agree that it is because carbon removes chemical componds from the water that plants require as a nutrient. What we disagree on is whether carbon filtration is mechanical (removing, absorbing or trapping componds from the water) or chemical (chemically altering the water). We know that carbon doesn't chemically "alter" the water, by way of ion exchange or by physically adding chemicals to the water like peat. But it actually "traps" chemicals within it's structure and does so by absorbing it like other mechanical filtation does with particulate matter. Where filter wool traps particulate matter such as feces, carbon traps chemical componds such as urea. I can see how you confused it as a chemical filter, you thought because it traps chemicals it is a chemical filter, however chemical filtration is filtration that chemically alters the water by way of adding chemicals or exchanging ions, and carbon does not do this at all. Sorry, my mistake. I thought OP was talking about aquarium filtration. :chair: chemical filtration Henry

Carbon is actually chemical filtration. Mechanical filtration removes particulates from the water column. Most times a sponge or polyfiber is used as mechanical filtration. And then there is biological fitration which is bacterias growing on some type of media that would have a large surface area to grow on such as bio balls or lava stone or the like. You just said it absorbs chemicals. It absorbs chemicals making it the chemical filter of the aquarium and it also absorbs organics such as plant fertilizers. Most people that keep planted tanks do not use carbon at all unless they want to remove some unwanted "chemicals" such as medications. Henry.

Thanks for the advice. I will let my corys know that the salt I have been using is gonna kill them. After using salt on my corys for 30 plus years you think they would know better than to continue fornicating in the saline solution that they are marinating in also. I suppose I should expect the corys to start to die now that I have been given the FACTS. Thanks for the expert advice and the FACTS. Henry -------

Salt does not kill Corys. It's a well know fact that salt does kill cories as it negatively effects their osmoregulation. Combine that with the already hard water of Alberta and if salt was added to suit the needs of the livebearers, then it would easily kill the cories in a few short weeks by way of blood and kidney poisoniong. And target feeding cories in a livebearer tank is not very hard to do considering cories and livebearer eat from completely opposite zones of the tank. Somebody better tell all those species of Corys that have bred for me, including the C. weitzmani, C. hastatus and Scleromystax barbatus that I'm raising now.

Sounds like maybe you should open your own store and start your own forum and see what happens? Or, join a forum where you can do what you please. Henry --------- -----

If other forums choose to not shut threads that is up to them. How many sponsors that are actual store fronts do they have? Now just so we have some clarity here... I'm pretty sure that not many people are aware of this FACT... IT IS ILLEGAL IN ALBERTA (and Canada for that matter)FOR ANY PET STORE EMPLOYEE TO DIAGNOSE A FISH DISEASE & DISPENSE MEDS UNLESS THEY ARE A LICENSED VET. THERE ARE MANY LAWSUITS IN THE U.S. ALSO... FYI... Robert Novak, claimed owner of Petswarehouse.com filed a 15 million dollar lawsuit many years ago against several aquarium hobbyists who have posted critical comments about his business. He also sued the news groups moderators AND the founder of the group. Do you want this type of thing to happen to you? or AA? You can't quarantine your fish? When retailers are purchasing livestock we are at the mercy of our suppliers. Do they send the retailer the diseased fish? Here at Nature's Corner we take great care in "trying" to ensure our fish are healthy and eating and as disease free as we possibly can before selling. If you buy ANY livestock (dog, cat, horse, bird, hedgehog, reptile, etc.) you ARE ALWAYS buying at your own risk. If the stores can't hand out proper info, go to another store or open your own. If the members or ANY group or association or club do not like the "rules", "bylaws", etc. then YOU have the choice NOT to join that particular forum, club, organization, etc. Henry.

outdoor pond temp will be within a degree or so of the outside air temp. video of fish outside under the ice March 8/10

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:smokey: I took this pic this afternoon and thought it was cool so I thought I'd post it.

Thanks, appreciated! :bow: Murray, I got myself the Nikon D5000. I was using my zoom lens...AF-S VR ZOOM 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR II ... it is SWEET!! I LIKE IT!! :thumbs: I will be practicing on the aquariums this week, now that I figured out how to get it focused past the glass. I have a bit of a learning curve since I have never owned or used a REAL camera. Taking an intro course next month too. Henry

Walked around taking pictures for a couple hours near Fort Edmonton and the John Janzen Nature Centre. Link to pictures here since I dunno how to put them on this new board? Guess I have to get a "picassa" or "flickr" account?

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