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So sorry for your loss , hopefully your life changing event is for the better, but Rainbow Lake ? Hope that place has improved since I was there last ... are you there to set down new roots ? Gona start a new pond up there ? Must have been hard to leave that beautiful pond and your koi behind hopping your renters would take care of them properly ....

Try some of your Hydroponics Stores there . As they sell 100 and 200 gal,per hour RO units in (Northern Lights Indoor Gardening) here in Grande Prairie @ less then $300 for the 100 gph one .Or check out Culign , but they are quite pricey

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lol, that's to funny. :^)

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Welcome VIP . Lots of good info and person's with tons of nowhow :^)

It looks Fantastic Love it :^)

Google >>Panacur it contains >(fenbendazole) .I use this for planaria and anouther creature that i can,t remember the name of but i watched it eat one of my baby shrimps. there are a lot of discussions as to the dosage but i found that .01 or 1/10th of a gram per 10 gal did the job for me , with No shrimp loss. I understand that Some snails may die from it but i had no loss what so ever . Please do some reading about the use of it (Panacur) . I got a 4.5 gram pack from my Vet. for $9. cheaper than the pet store stuff. Good Luck Lee

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Welcome :^) Lots of good persons on this site and info galore Enjoys your stay :^)

Not many of use up here , I'm in GP Welcome

Thanx Sprucegruve, I do lurk on this site Almost every day just don't post much. :^)

Well I went over to Guppygirl's home this evening to pick up some Tiger Vals .I got to check out her 11 tanks (thought I had MTS bad with 6 tanks :^) Well one of Guppygirls tanks where swarming with baby Albino Bristle Nose Pleco's Wow lot's of them . Any way I left there with !5 very healthy about 1" Albino Bristle Nose Pleco's and 14 Tiger Vals and a huge Smile . thanx Guppygirl for pleasure of buying from you Ps If you still have the Red Tail Goodies for sale call me I think I have space for them :^)

Corner of McKnight Boulevard and Deerfoot trail NE corner to your left as you head into Calgary Pisces Pet Emporium www.piscespets.com/

I hope you Doc. all as you plant with pix and such .Also the documenting as the tank fills out and Blossoms Man your designing and execution of this type of tank Rocks

Did you have the willow branches in there long? IF I remember correctly you can soak most willow branches to create a Pain killer type of medicine so that could be to strong for the new shrimp . Just an idea pull the willow cuttings and find the toxicity on your plant cutting .As you may already know some house plants can be very toxic. Just saying LOL

That is just tooooooo cool man Just before you mentioned orchids <>in video , I said to wife this would be good for mini orchids and some small carnivorous Plants Love it , please up soon and maybe a list of the plants and mosses you use. Thanx

Princess Auto picked some up there last week here in GP.they have a small pond section with little giant pumps and different pond starter stuff including pond prime

Hi all , I have no useful info. to add about these , but I did score one from PetLand here in GP for $18. last Saturday . They have 50% of any of there fish and plant stock that sell for $10 or less , but I talked um into selling this cool L010a Red lizard whip tail for 50% off there $36 price AS I did sell them 20 4" KOI For cheap $3. Store credit :^0 They are now selling @ $13-$15 .I should have tried to sell privately LOL oh well next year. Any way I love this little L010a Red lizard whip tail have him in a heavily Planted 60 gal. tank and he seems to love it . Tough to find him in there at times but is cleaning the plant leave always :^)

I do agree 100% . I can only Dream of a pond @1400 and my koi would Love that kind of room Try not to ware out the net LOL

Personally I feel that the algae on the sides or bottom of the ponds is a good thing , Using up waste that other wise may become A problem for your fish .I now it don't look perdy but if you keep koi or goldfish you know it's hard to keep plants with them , cause they like to eat the plants. String algae not fun , I would remove same as free floating algae ,but that is for myself so I can See the fish. The fish don't care if there water is green with algae. As for the pond vac well I don't think it will help the algae thing but it's good for getting the muck and gunk out of the bottom. How big is your pond? it may be better to drain it then Shopvac it out then scrub your algae out with bleach and water solution-(Danger) But like I said wall and floor algae in a pond is a GOOD thing in my Books . Hope this helps some .

My hydra came in on plants from a LPS

Just wondering if these snakeheads you keep talkin about could survive here ? I doubt it ,but I just don't know. By the way I know that the fishing regs that comes with an Alberta fishing permit mentions something about catching minnows for bate specie doesn't matter ,but they Must be Dead to be transported or used as bate . <(not exact words) Someone mentioned stickleback , I believe stickleback would just be another food source for the inhabitants of that lake they are very small 1.5-2" long max , but -- maybe they eat up all the small bugs so there is nothing for native minnows (doubt it though) . Stickleback are found in most waters here in the peace area anyway. But I Could be Wrong.

Has anyone checked hydroponic stores ? I worked in one for a few (2) years and Hanna was the best selling Tds meter sold . Bet most Hydroponic store would carry them Just my 2cents LOL

This is my new to me 60 gal tank bin up for about 5 months now hope you like it