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They say the new location won't have a leaking roof and will have paved parking, right there that is a nice improvement.

Well that will suck for me, because I work in the Harry Hayes and I liked going on my lunch hour. Picked up my otto cats today and 2 corys.

I work right by it, will stop on way home, payday and a sale, that works for me! I'm off early too!

I son't know what they are but they are gorgeous.

Welcome I love GP my best friend lives there.

I've seen some at Big Al's last week.

welcome

thanks

so I can go on vacation in the US and bring back ornamental fish back? What about plants?

I got some borneo fern and some blue hygro at the Sunridge one they also had baby tears, several swords, sagitaria, aponogeton and others I can't remember right now.

the one in country hills is already closed.

here is mine don't have them all in my hands yet some are in transit, but I still own them don't I? Anubias Barteri Nana Microsorum pteropus "windelov" Limnophila Sessiflora Echinodorus "amazon" red tiger lotus Cryptocryne "balansae" Cryptocryne "wendtii" Vesicularia Dubyana "Java Moss" star moss Cladophora aegagropila "Marimo Moss Ball" Ceratophyllum Demersum "Hornwort" red lily Anubias barteri Borneo Fern Blue Hygro Baby tears

that is so cool!

Had my aquarium for 9 days! (was already an established aquarium) Traded my clown loach for a pair of beautiful Blue German veiltail rams, did a 33% percent water changed this Wenesday when I got home, it was scheduled for Thursday but during the day my 2 yrs old kid got the bottle of fish food from the to of the fridge and proceeded in feeding the fish the whole bottle, so I had to change the water and vacuum the sand properly on Wenesday and I cleaned the filter on thursday. I was so afraid the fish would get sick, especially the rams they were being very skiddish, but today when we got back from Kananaskis there they were and still are, they are still as I type laying eggs and the male is fertilizing them and chasing anyone comming to close... Now how long would it take for the eggs to hatch? I don't have high hopes since I have pearl gouramis, a pleco (he's trying to get to the eggs) and serpae tetras... but I can always dream. I guess I will have to wait for replacing the substrate.... If you want to see pics you can look a my diary thread.

Here are my initial pics, the gunk at the bottom of the tank is the vermiculite, it is clean but messy..

Thanks I already have a tiger lotus in transit from Malaysia, and also a windelov. So far serpaes are keeper to each other they will try to nip at each other's fins but are leaving the gouramis alone. I've had serpaes in the past and never had a problem as long has I had a school of them. I have 5 and want to add 3 more when I get a more powerfull filter and more plants. The otto cats are in my plans too and maybe a few cories but that all depends on the said filter.

Let me journal about my journey! And a journey it will be. I welcome gentle suggestions and comments! It all started last Thursday I received an offer on a well established 20 gallon tank with stand, accessories and 2 fishes. The two fishes are a approx. 5inch clown loach and a albino bristle nose pleco. Now I can work with the pleco but I need a new home for the loach. But that will come later. When I get there to pick up the tank the first thing I see, is at least 4 inches of sand in it, very very fine sand. 3 big Anubias seem to be pretty happy. there is a nice layer of deposit on the glass of the hood under the light. There is a few nice pieces of bogwood. The filter is a Marineland 100 filter. THE PLAN: -replace a portion of the sand for flourite black gravel -get a better filter -get lots of plants -get a new neon -clean the glass hood -add an air stone and pump -get fishes (not necessarely in this order) When I got home I dumped out half the sand, then I discovered it's mixed with vermiculite and a fine gravel that might be clay but there is little of it, there is also those decorative shiny blue glass flat pebbles. Now the vermiculite I only really noticed when I filled up the tank back with water, what a mess, but it's almost midnigth and the tank is in my 6 yrs old daughter. So I keep going. did I say what a mess. After it's filled up I remove chlorine and test ph, nitrate, nitrite and amonia just to make sure, everyting is great. after starting the filter and making sure the temperature is fine I add the two fish. The next day my 3 yrs old son is sad because he does not have fishes of his own. So even if I wanted to wait I go and I coach him in choosing fishes, well at least my tank is establish, so we should be ok, maybe a mini cycle, I'm lucky he wants serpae tetras perfect, we get 5 for starters might add 3 more later. Over the weekend I get some plants of a fellow forum member add it to the tank. I also trade my clown loach (who is having fun pulling out the plants) for a nice pair of veitail blue rams and some nice plants with a fellow board member. Yesterday my daughter was having major dental surgery where she was under general anestesia and wanted fish as a reward for being so good. She got a pair of pearl gouramis, (her initial choice was some nice pictus catfish but our tank is too small). My next step will be to add the flourite so the vermiculite mess will be under control and a new filter.

thanks, it gives me a direction to go on!

I'm also willing to take a few off you hands if you need to get rid of some!

The experience I had with mondo grass is that it stayed nice for months and all of a sudden leaf, leaf after leavh yellowed and died, until it was all gone. But it took several months.

My rainbows might be the ones killing them? I always thought it was probably my kribs?!? And rainbows known for that? Do I need to get rid of them if I am going to get more little fish? I've always had success with Serpae tetras, when you get them in a well planted tank they get a bright red and are gorgeous.

I was gifted a 29 gallon thank with a Marineland 100 filter, I don't think it's powerful enough, I would actually like to over filter (when I get more fish and plants), what do you suggest?

what is the plant you used for carpet?

Thanks, that's great to know!

I am planning a well planted community tank. and I have a few prospective tanks either a 33 or 55 gal.