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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.

Yes!! This is excellent news. I always hated the existing location and that was pretty much the only reason I've only shopped there once or twice.

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!

Here's a couple of pictures of 2 unidentified pleco's that came in last week with Fairdeals shipment that I photographed----Any idea's on what they are? They were caught in Brazil.

I know there are some pleco experts on here

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

Welcome

I love GP my best friend lives there.

Ok, I am left a tad confused. The tetras that I got were housed with shrimp (little clear ones) before I took them. Also, I have rummy nose, little mystery tetras, and some rasboras.

Are cherry shrimp specifically really easy food compared to other shrimp? If I give them enough places to hide would the little ones be ok?

Does everybody recommend these endlers as some of the only ones that will be able to live with shrimp? Where can I get ahold of some? I don't think I have seen them around much at all. Any of you live in south calgary?

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

hello, new to the forum here. Wanting to simplify my fish hobby.

welcome

welcome to calgary.

thanks

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

And now giant hygro, borneo java fern, rosette swords, all just in this week!! This store will bankrupt me!!(And no, I don't any kickbacks from them)

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..

I'd watch the serpae tetras with the gouramis. They are one of the more aggressive tetras but with lots of plants you may be OK. I'd also suggest (gently) that your tank is now at its bioload with the exception of maybe a few oto cats to keep your plants free of algae.

I also see you are looking for a red tiger lotus. I have a nice one for sale if you are interested. Also have some windelov java fern.

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!

ooh neat! I have yucky pond-tank plant snails. I need a snail that is aesthetic and hearty to kill these suckers off. I have tried to damage the egg sacks but it is no use. Right now I have 3 of the hermaphrodites laying sacks.

an assassin might be nice to have.

Let me know, I'm DT SW Calgary on 17th ave.

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

This is an interesting question as I had heard the same thing about mondo grass. I love to get new plants and will buy anything that I've never heard of and ask questions later. So far, I have 3 plants that are not considered true aquatic plants and after 2-3 months immersed, 2 out of 3 are growing well, the other may be one of the rare "plasticus" kind for how it's doing. None of it is rotting so don't believe everything you read!! I may have to try that mondo grass myself.

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.

Rainbows might be the ones killing your schooling fish.

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!

Welcome.

What kind of tank or tanks are you looking to set up?

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