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For the dog I want. You don't get a choice about if you want to take him out or not. Either you do or he finds a way to do it himself.

As taken from: http://www.canadianaquatics.com/

Dewormer of callamanus worms

Instructions:

First do as large of a water change as you can without stressing the fish and make sure you do a gravel vacuum. Clean your gravel as much as you can as there may be baby worms in it. Treat the tank with the medication. Each 5 gram packet treats 88-100 gallons of water. So, when you get a 5 gram packet, add 88-100 ml of water to it and each 1ml of medication will treat 1 gallon of tank water. Try to keep the lights off when possible as the medication is light sensitive (from what I've been told).

Continue with the regular feedings and don't do another water change for at least 2 days. Then, on the third or fourth day you can do another major water change. I'd wait for about 1 month before I treat the tank again as you may not get all the worms in the first shot e.g. hiding in the gravel.

I'd suggest doing 2 doses especially if you have gravel in the tank.

Fenbendazole seems to be the new popular alternative.

I just noticed today that jungle anti-parasite food contains metronidazole 1.0%, praziquantel 0.5%, levamisole 0.4%. If you're lucky you'll find it at a petsmart thats currently liquidating it's stock. Think I bought this large jug for $4.

It'll be a German Shepherd/Blue Heeler for sure. The problem is finding this mix.

The soil they came in from Canadian Tire. Kind of a different model of a walstad tank.

Whatever dog I find will be aiding me while I get better and hopefully encouraging me to walk more. In the future it will join me for lots of long hikes and possibly some light mountain climbing. My fiance and I are avid campers and generally travel long distances a few times a year.

I want to type of dog my dad used to have on his farm. Apparently it wasn't a husky like I thought. It was blue healer/german Sheppard/wolf. Very beautiful dog.

Maybe you should have followed the law, it's there for a reason! There are plenty of good products here in Alberta to feed your fish. Thanks for pointing out that our laws are based on useful information, not just whimsically thrown out there.

There was a site somewhere that I read which stated that the law regarding pet food was created as a result of pressure from the pet food suppliers in Canada as a way to control the market.

I recently illegally imported some fish food from the states. The food in question claims not to contain any wheat flour.

I had one fish die of what looked like ammonia poisoning although no ammonia, nitrite, nitrate was present.

My corydoras started to develop red spots behind their gills and towards the underbelly. Upon removing this food from their diet the red spots went away. No further deaths.

I'd like to remind you that Canada makes these laws to protect us. If you love your fish wait for it to either be approved or find a different food.

In part the reason for Canada's new law:

Until the 2007 pet food recalls, melamine had not routinely been monitored in food, except in the context of plastic safety or insecticide residue. This could be due to the previously assumed low toxicity of melamine, and the relatively expensive methods of detection.

taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melamine

“Melamine ingestion results in the production of cyanuric acid in the kidneys,” adds Weiss, “which results in intratubular crystal formation and acute renal failure.” This, she explains occurred in cats who were fed melamine in combination with cyanuric acid experimentally after the pet food issues to demonstrate what may have been happening during that incident.

taken from http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/melamine-and-kidney-failure.html

If anyone would like I can provide samples of this food for testing.

Ok, let me fraise that differently. I absolutely want a dog or large cat. While a cat takes less work and is easier to care for and hopefully causes no fish tank problems. I'd love a dog to join me for jogging. I'm going to be very selective as this is a pet I'm going to have for it's entire life. I can't get a small dog as there are mastifs next door. While they are very friendly a small dog could easily get hurt.

I've heard rumors of epson salts(don't mix with aquarium salt) taking down swelling. I would do tons of water changes at 90% with the same temperature. You can do this with a python by adjusting the taps and measuring temperature. Make sure your water heater can handle it and that it doesn't fluctuate while filling. Drop the prime in when you start filling. check your ammonia levels.

Don't think I'll be going to any pet stores. My wife doesn't agree with how the animals are treated in most of them. Also I find most prices for animals in pet stores to be ridiculous.

Maybe I'll stay away from the huskies then. Can add terrier to the list. I love smart animals. I had a terrier mix large poodle growing up that was incredibly intelligent. I have an almost completely fenced yard that can be finished in a hurry.

Doctor says it would be good for me to get a pet. The landlords say it's ok. I am a fan of Maine coon, husky, german shepherd, beagle. Preferably a house trained cat/dog. Just thought I'd post this. I'm in no rush.

The clown loaches are ok in brackish water?

The archers are ok in fresh water. So long as I don't have nitrates.

50x clown loaches

7 corydoras sterbai

5 banjo catfish

? lots of bristlenose plecos

6 archer fish

A study done in Brooks discovered the only nutrient deficiency in an aquaponics setup is iron. Though I never read the report for myself. My water is pretty rich in iron as my house used to run on well water and it comes out nicely chelated from the hot water heater. I replenish iron with my water change. The other nutrients are from some very overfed 50x clown loaches, 5x banjo catfish, an unknown amount of bristlenose plecos, 7 corydoras sterbai currently breeding. 6 archerfish, 4 silver hatchetfish. This is a very young tank as it has only been running for a little over a month(as per my fish order from canadianaquatics). It remains ammonia, nitrite, nitrate free. I have water hyacinth on standby in case nutrients go up too high due to my overfeeding. Currently fed nls flakes, Omega One salt water pellets, occasionally nls pellets, 6 large shrimp from safeway/day.

I'm usually not one to copy and paste from another forum, but this is good information.

I think it clears up the misconceptions we have about filtration in the stores.

Originally posted: http://www.bcaquaria.com/forum/showthread.php?t=820

I have heard comments regarding our use of central systems over individual filters in each aquarium. I think it is an interesting topic for review.

All of our FW aquariums used to be operating on UGF only. I believe we converted them into systems 5' date=' maybe 6 years ago.

Occasionally I hear from customers that they feel any disease would quickly infect an entire pod and that systems promote disease.

We have numerous systems that we designed and installed. Each system is run with pressurized filters, high flow and UV sterilization. Our systems range from 600 gallons to the largest FW being 2400 gallons. Each pod has different water parameters for the specific fish we regularly house. For example we will run a higher hardness for our livebearers and a lower hardness for our Tetras. There is of course some over lap and some mixing between pods but we monitor our hardness levels weekly and our Nitrates are kept below 40, usually 20ppm.

If we look at the UGF situation, if you have an aquarium with 12 fish and you add another 100 fish to that aquarium, you are going to have spikes in water quality for sure. We can add 1000 fish to a pod and experience no spiking because of the water volume in comparison to the fish population. In this example, fish introduced into a healthy system will fare much better than an isolated aquarium. Isolation will contain disease but in my example also contribute to it. Our customers know of our quality and I feel our livestock speaks for itself. We also have the ability to isolate any aquarium where we can add a sponge filter which are always on hand, with bacteria in our sumps. This way if a new arrival has issues, we can deal with it in isolation and as soon as the problem is rectified, they are put onto the system. It is much easier to maintain high water quality in central systems. I dont think having one system for the entire store a good idea. With that situation, all your fish would be in the same water parameters. Tetras and African Cichlids for example should be in completely different parameters. The other great advantage to multiple central systems is the efficient use of UV. Running 300 UV sterilizers would be a nightmare and extremely expensive so no one would do it. With central systems it's easy. I welcome feedback on this topic.[/quote']

Ok, kidding about the grow op.

My recommendation is to use a south facing window or a very good light. I have done it both ways.

This setup in particular has a 400watt metal halide bought at All Seasons Garden Center with a digital ballast.

If you do use a south facing window you will have to add light during winter as there just isn't enough to keep the plants flowering.

The 120g tank features 2500gph circulation and almost no filters as the plants serve that purpose.

I don't use charcoal.

I used this Styrofoam from walmart. I'm sure you can use almost any styrofoam that isn't chemically treated.

I stuffed my first house plant that I kept forgetting to water. It's a paradise flower.

About two weeks ago I added some tomatoes from Canadian tire.

This is them today May 12

Also added some peas and cucumber germinated from seed in the tank. I don't recommend the suction cups as they like to fall off. One night I had aquatic peas.

Technically isn't my good opinion of Canadian aquatics a vendor review? It took place.. It's posted.. Sometimes it's enforced and sometimes it's not. I think we can all agree the system needs some work.

That button is still broken all the time. New content is there but it tells me none is.

I challenge you to find Monday May 8 on your calendar!

I understand RD. They reference those missing threads often in their chatroom. Unfortunately I never had the opportunity to read them and make up my own opinion. Tanker's stated that there is an improvement planned for it. And with my background I'll even offer to write it for free.

If you've just done your WCs, and your room isn't in the 90s, you could just let the water cool down. That would be the most gradual and least stressful, IMO.

I second this opinion. I still consider it to be too fast though.