Evolution

Let me put it this way. This is the program... http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/aqua/impe.shtml Get with it, because it is here to stay and it is proven to work with terrestrial animals and plants and you have no choice. And please do not mail your MP with such speculative petty issues, because they have more important things they need to focus on, like housing and feeding the hungry than worrying about the added 5 cents on every guppy imported into Canada. And Neil I am glad it is difficult dealing with the CFIA, because that way not every Tom, Dick and Hairy can import what they want when they want. I personally love this country and where it is heading, I think it gets better here every year. Evolution doesn't evolve the smartest, fastest or the strongest, it evolves the ones that can adapt to change.

I do that already, I'm looking for something innovative and not so oily and messy.

We need one of these. RD should do it.

Actually that's not at all true. Actually it is true, my mistake was to generalize. Eventually more and more fish will be added to the list, but the 12 ornamental fish on the list will require the health certificate. I really think you are missing the broad scope of this. This is very important to the health and well being of Canadians and our wildlife. The reason all the ornamental carp were added is because they can pose a direct threat to our native fish population because these fish can, and in some places have, become feral in Canada. As for tropical fish, they do not pose a serious threat to our wild populations, such as they could, have and are in Australia, but they certainly do pose a threat to our aquaculture industry, labs and hobby. Do you have any idea how many diseased fish are transhipped into Calgary every week and require be hit with insane amounts of drugs to prevent the spread and wipeout of enormous fishrooms? When I first got my electric eel I put it in a swimming pool that never had a fish in it before and within two weeks it was completely covered in Oodinium. This doesn't threaten the hobby at all, it will actually make it stronger and more exciting. The trade and breeding programs within the hobby is going to grow because of this and less diseased fish are going to be transhipped in. We can talk in ten years about this, like you suggested, whoever is correct can pay for the others lunch.

I don't know, maybe it's the salt mix, but you need to fix this fast, because fluctuating pH kills nitrifying bacteria, and the resulting ammonia in water with a pH of 8.7 is deadly, fast! Being that the tank is already over stocked you could lose everything over night from one ammionia spike. It was fluctuating pH at the Calgary Zoo that cause the huge ammonia spike that killed all their stingrays and the same thing can happen here.

Wholesalers are inspected in Canada and stores will be in the future. Now, when a store imports fish, wholesaler or anyone else, the fish will require a health certificate from the place of origin. If something is going to be banned it is going to be banned because it is a threat to Canada and it should be banned. This regulatory structure is modeled from the one used to regulate the importation of plants and terrestrial animals and those regulations work. You can't just snap your fingers and have a system "presto" put in place! It takes years to build these things up. Inspectors need to learn the different species, they need to be able to open up any given box that says zebra danio on it and the inspector can look in the bag and say, "yup, that is Danio rerio!" But people would have them know the 2000 different ornamental species instantly! What we are seeing here is a classic case of people crying wolf in an environment where there are no wolves. P.s. Rome was not built in a day!

This regulation is a new structure and will require time to build and perfect. The condom is an item that works and works well, but if it has a big gapping whole in it then you should stop reusing the same one or maybe you need to buy bigger ones. Hense the need to not list such crayfish species at this time.

Basically, now we all have to pay and extra 10 cents for our zebra danios, thats and extra $1.20 if you buy them is schools of 12. And we now have to pay and extra 30 cents for our dwarf gouramis and an extra $3.00 for our discus. All because our Canadian government wants the thrid world facilities these fish are being shipped from inspected and certified by a veterinatian. I would like someone to explain to me how forcing third world countries to provided certificates of health for their fish is a bad thing for the hobby? Considering the transmission of crayfish plague and the devastation it has rot on Europe do you ever wonder why it has not affected Eastern Canada? What with the St Lawrence shipping lanes and all the feral crayfish that have been released there in the past 40 years. You'd think they'd have it by now. Oh, and red tape is very very important, it prevents the importation of things being brought in on a whim. Without it this country would not be the greatest country on earth.

http://raysweb.net/specialplaces/pages/species.html "For many people, the term 'endangered species' brings to mind well known, large animals like the African Elephant. But here, in Alberta, the cumulative effect of farming, oil & gas development, mining, forestry and the establishment of our towns and roadways has put as many as 55 percent of Alberta species at risk. According to the Alberta Government Fish & Wildlife Branch: 20 species of Alberta fish and wildlife are in serious risk of dying out in our province. 2 species are already gone. only 55 per cent of the 535 species found in Alberta are considered healthy. So, the problem exists right here in our own backyard. We can do more here to protect species than we can in far away places. We are, after all, the stewards of our own lands. But we aren't acting as if there is a problem. " http://raysweb.net/specialplaces/pages/frog.html "In the 1980s, Alberta's leopard frog population plunged so badly that the government of Alberta even put out a "wanted poster," displaying a photo of the frog with the words "Have You Seen This Frog?" Undoubtedly you've heard, as I have, that worldwide, frogs are in trouble. Still, it surprised me to learn that the Northern Leopard Frog is more than in trouble in Alberta." Funny hey?

The regulation of ALL animals and animal products coming into this country is inevitable and a good thing. The 3 largest aquarium fish importers in Canada do not have a problem with this turn of events and I can't understand why anyone else would.

I think this is a good thing for everyone and the future of our hobby. This is, so to speak, foundational building blocks to a structure that must be set in place. I will have information soon as I am friends with a few people that have been involved in the implentation of this regulation.

Could you provide a link to that response as I can't find what you are talking about on that site.

This is a huge benefit to the aquarium industry in Canada, but it is being implemented to make it more and more difficult for non businesses to import fish into Canada.

Cherax destructor I had heard that this was coming and that PIJAC has played a roll in making it happen.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100826162005.htm

Thank you, and anytime you venture down, feel free to let me know and you can come and see.

It could be gill damage or something caught in a gill, like a hair or filter wool fiber. If a tank is filled with a hose (what I do) and dechlorinator is added directly to the tank a fish can swim into the stream of water and get hit with a blast of chlorine water or what have you, causing damage to the gill fillaments and inturn causing it to have difficulty breathing.

Pogostemon stellatus is that plant in the middle to the right of the aquaclear Would you know where a guy could get his hands on a few stems of it?

Both names almost sound like an STD!

Ahaha thank you! Yes, this is the creature that knocked me off the ladder! Got zapped today while feeding.

Did you mean in person? If so you are more than welcome to come down anytime and take a look. But if you meant a video, I can do that too, I just need to pick up a tripod and a remote for my camera. Thank you! This is my second go around with piranhas, I'm hoping these ones will spawn too for me.

beautiful! how much?

If they can crossbreed I wonder why we don't see guppords and sworpies? I wonder if people buy gravid females, put them in with other horny livebearers of another species and genus that go through the motions and then all of a sudden!!! "I only have female guppies and male swords and I got babies!" Yet what really happened was the guppy was knocked up before the person introduced it to the tank, because female livebearers can store sperm for up to a year inside them.

Thank you, but I just got them anf they were raised by t-man so I can't take any credit. They really are lovin' it and I added a seventh, but he is a little smaller and raised on feeders, so it looks terrible; i'll bring it back! They are in a high traffic public area and are a big hit as well, they are not skittish at all to the traffic or glass touching! I've not fed them yet but today i'm going to feed them prawn. A couple are hungry and go for my finger when on the glass. Thank you! It's a 125g. Thank you, thank you and yes it is! Thank you! I got all the plants from 2 AA members and the piranhas from t-man.

It looks like a sword to me. I really like the ram/rasbora tank and the tall plant to the right of the aquaclear is awesome! What is it?