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Looking for a Grindal worm culture. Will be at the auction tomorrow. Thanks

Marineland has great customer service. Won a heater as a door prize a couple years ago that malfunctioned. Explained the situation to the young lady who had me email a picture with the cord cut off. They didn't have a replacement to send me, so she sent me a cheque. Only took 6 days .... Love those US dollars.

That's the ones...........Thank you

Got some Killies at the ACE spring auction and managed to lose the bag before I wrote down the name. I think they were referred to as the "Christmas Killie" Anyone know their real name? Google was no help. Thanks

Thanks for the info, Dactylo. I plan to convert a couple of my sponge filters and give this stuff a try.

Looks like a Procambarus Marmorkrebs .....self cloning crayfish. If it is you will know in about 30 to 45 days.

Anyone using moving bed filters? I am looking for a Canadian supplier of the media (K1, Hel-x or BioHome). Thanks

67Elmo, were you charged GST because you hadn't stayed in the States long enough? I have never paid GST on any of the fish I brought across. If you are successful I would be interested in getting a few to cross with my koi veil tails. That high coverage of color and veil tails would be amazing. Really great looking fish ....... Good luck in breeding.

Charis, and others The water coming out of your R/O membrane is NEVER likely to be zero. Your TDS level will depend on what minerals and contaminants are present in you input water The DI unit that you are going to add to your system WILL reduce your TDS level to ZERO !!! You can add all the shut off valves you like. I don't know what kind of system you are running, but both the systems I use came with self piercing saddle clamps that attach to your copper cold water line and supply water to the R/O unit. You can shut off the input water using that valve. There is also an automatic valve that controls the water going into and out of your R/O membrane chamber. There should be some sort of restrictor valve on the waste water line. This valve will normally be closed and only opens will the system is in operation and there is enough pressure in that line. Both my units also have a manual valve on the restrictor valve that can be opened to flush the system. If you run your R/O water into a pressure tank, the tank will control the operation of your system. I am on well water, so I use booster pumps and pressure tanks on both my systems. One system also has 2 - 50 gallon storage tanks controlled by float valves connected to the pressure tank. I never added any shut off valves to either system and the first has been in operation for over 6 years and the second for all most 3. Unless your units are of a completely different design, the only shut off that I can see any reason to add, would be on the input side of the unit, located close to the unit to use to shut off the water supply when you change filters.

Your golds are likely old enough. I didn't think that my golds were old enough either, and the electric blue I got the end of June as fry 1/2 - 3/4 inches I was not actively trying to breed them, which is why they were housed with angels. I didn't even have a rock with the electric blues, they used the sponge filter base for the nest. I don't worry to much about numbers but I measured the PH and Temp for you. German Blues PH 6.7 76F Gold 6.3 79F Electric Blue 6.3 78F Water changes and frozen bloodworms 3-4 times a week. Good luck with breeding.

Gold Rams that I got at the Edmonton Fall Auction spawned 2 weeks ago, but lost all the fry to the pair of angels that shared the tank. German Blues hatched on Friday, got about 30 fry that seem to be doing well. Now my Electric Blues spawned in a tank they share with 4 other rams and 10 toonie plus sized blue chocolate angels. When I discovered the nest there were already some wigglers, so I sucked all the eggs and fry up with a gravel vac. Must be close to 100 electric blue fry hatched out now.

You interrupted the spawning process. The shortest period between spawning that I have seen is 6 days, usual period is 7-14 for mine.

At the convention this spring the speakers talked about using oak leaves to condition water and to protect eggs from fungal attack. I heard a few people say that they didn't know where to find oak leaves in Edmonton. If anyone is interested in trying oak leaves please let me know. I plan on attenting the auction Sunday, and would be happy to bring you some leaves. Ed

Is there a time table or schedule of events posted some where? Need to know how early I have to leave home Saturday AM. I would hate to be late.....Thanks .

Sorry for the delay. Note the large dorsal on female at the bottom