Moutain Dew

Time for a little anthropomorphization here: Could you live in one room with 11 people? Would you be harmed, suffer, or have reduced lifespans because of such? Would you breed?

Does not stop african cichlids...

carinotetraodon irrubesco -- riverfront carried them in the past

carinotetraodon lorteti

carinotetraodon salivator (sp?)

carinotetraodod tranvancoricus --the common dwarf puffer -- riverfront and petsmart usually carry them

colomessus asselus (south american puffer) -- riverfront carries them

These are the ones I can remember.

Js

Has anyone tried to breed these dwarf puffers?any success?

Is there a non brackish puffer that stays to the smaller side?

I got mine at walmart.. was like 5.00 exact same piece as python

Wasn't someone on here talking about buying it? a short while back... there banner is gone from here also

I think it is very important for it to be in light 24/7 and also be at a temp of 75 - 80 deg .. with agitation sometimes a lil baking soda.. juss a lil lil pinch lil lil

HTH

A couple times in beginning I thought it did not work.... Look closely for zig zaging and shells floating... so damn small!

BTW

I use a Spaghetti jar with a hole in top for airline

Picked up a petcetera brand powerhead (100gph) for $8 (was $45). They still have a bunch of mini filters and fake plants, but not much left at the Northhill location.

About the same in the north west edmonton one... I would say definately not worth going... like two isles of junk left

Someone had a posting about there bankruptcy sale a few months ago,, So not quite sure what they had left for this sale to begin with

If for some act of god the bolts dont hold please post pics

Tank looks good. Its a bit bright, with the blue ,but to each his own. I hope you have plans ,in the works, to hide some of the cords and heaters etc. I haven't followed the whole thread so perhaps it was mentioned somewhere in the first 8 pages. Good job.

I know the sheer strength on a 1/2" bolt is incredibly high but what is the thread support weight? It seems like a lot of weight to be supported by just the threads of a bolt but it obviously does the trick. Just curious how you figured out how it would take the weight.

it was ether bright blue or grey.

and the bolts again, ohhh boy -roll-

I forgot who the I argued with was, but he has no idea how strong the bolts are :bang1: -roll-

If you like you can read this

http://www.nutsandbolts.com/grade-8-bolts.html

also, whoever it was ( i think RD) please do more research on grade 8 bolts

I was looking for the specs on the bolts as I would like to incorperate this idea into a future project but I didn't find the specs for load bearing strength in the link . It just tells you how much better Gr 8 bolts are than normal bolts and what they are made of. I just want to see what the thread tension strength is so I know how many to add to my project stand.

If added at the end of the refill, your fish are being exposed to chloramine during the entire refill process.

Depending on the size of your tank, and the percentage of water being removed/added, over time that may prove

to be harmful to your fish. I always add my water conditioner in stages, during the refill process.

By doing so I'm simply reducing any potential of my fish being exposed to chlorine/ammonia.

HTH

So are you putting the equivalent of the tank everytime? or are you putting in a fraction of the total amount needed?

To me it sounds like if you use a python type method you are goin to expose your fish either way... as opposed to treating a bucket of water...

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Makes me feel like diving in my tank

I use the grey intake off an old 405 on the end of my hose.

RD wrote

"I wrote the following over a year ago, but the info may help explain some of what takes place when using water treatments such as Seachem Prime.

Having been converted to the "dark side" by several Python users I'm now adding my water conditioner for Chloramine to the tank as I refill with fresh water via a Python.

Having said that, I wanted to make sure that my water conditioner (Seachem Prime) was indeed binding the ammonia once the chlorine & ammonia were split. Unfortunately the vast majority of ammonia test kits do NOT test for free ammonia, only 'total' ammonia so I was uncertain as to what was happening once the fresh water & Prime mixed in my tank. "

What are the views on adding prime during refill or at the end of refill....

I do it at the end... I was always worried that the prime would bound to the chloramine but at the end I would have ammonia that was still present and not have enough prime left in the tank to take care of remaining chloramine.. if this makes any sense?

What fish besides discus do you really need to lower pH, where the health is severely affected?

I doubt most LFS adjust Ph levels in there tanks...So most common aquarium fish we buy must be fine with pH of Edmonton tap water.

I think there are some non chemical ways to raise pH like Coral and shells.? and to lower pH like Peat in filter? is this not accurate..?

Dayglow and afra cobue mbuna

Is it possible to keep different types of cichlid fry together in the same tank? any issues with this?

I have seen a topic on OLD TANK SYNDROME which might apply to your situation

I see you can buy a lil brine shrimp hatchery... with a lil cup on top.

I tried it in an ice cream pail...

It says temp should be around 80 deg

My temp is alot cooler... And none of my heaters I trust to put in a pail with only 1l of water.

Please share with me your setup and formula for amount of water and shrimp.

thanx

Strange where the line is where certain animals exist and then they don't...

Seems like it is between edmonton and red deer and then between calgary and red deer etc etc

Almost like a barrier.. and you would think there would not be that much climatic difference

Is this on your property?

I was under the understanding goldfish are not of the tropical variety that like such warm temperatures...

Might be a good idea to bring fish that are still alive back to fish store Or at very least buy some stability...to try and keep them alive

There is plenty to read about new tank setups on this forum and many other websites... Might be a good read to save you some wasted $'s

I have two Ctenapoma acutirostre (Leopard bush fish) that I got from Spencer. Any fry that will fit in their mouth are gone within a day or so of being added to the tank. These fish are amazing because of how wide their mouths can open and the way they hunt. They look extremely lazy and sort of "float" around the tank - until the fish or invertebrate is within grasp - and then watch out!

Hope this helps.

I see there are some on your group order list Leopard bush fish

I have found that to big of a water change when your tank has been in bad shape for awhile is not always a good thing..

Of course if it is a last resort and all fish are dying , you have no choice.. But I like to do smaller more frequent water changes as not to shock the fish..

With extreme water paremeter changes..I have heard they get acustomed to high nitrate and nitrite levels and a quick reduction in not so good

Just my opinion

do you keep old fish water to water the plants?

What is the chance of electric yellows and dayglows cross breeding?

Do common plecos eat fry? sometimes? anytime?maybe? not at all?

I saw a new place that sells herps on the west end where trident wholesale and princess auto is located...I think it was called herp something..Sorry cant remember the name..

But hopefully gives you a clue...

About 2 months ago, I was looking at the website for a wholesaler that I thought was in Edmonton... they also carried herps. Just wondering if anyone here knows what the company is called... I'm pretty sure I found the link from someone here, anyway.