albert_dao

I have, it was mean.

Well, you could always put sedatives in her food...

If you had asked me what it was, I would have said "it's a brown pest"

I know what peacocks look like, go me.

It's brown. How's that for visual imagery?

Your welcome Tim.

YeAH, when they come in, I'll snap some. I don't think they're going to be dominant because they're coming from a tank with several other CA pairs.

I'm getting two big ones in! Male and female. Not sure if they're paired off yet though.

Riverfront is a little too expensive for my liking. We've bought 2 really gorgeous motoras from gold's but they've both died before we even picked them up. Plus I suspect that Dennis is mislabelling things purposely. He had the one motora labelled as a pearl. I agreed on the $400 because it was an extra gorgeous marbled motora. He also has something labelled as a Hawian stingray, I've never heard of those before though and it looks a lot like a retic. Anyways, if anyone is interested he's selling his two tigers, but the male isn't eating very well so he doesn't think that one will make it. He says the female is doing well though. We've decided we aren't fond of what Calgary has to offer so we're looking elsewhere.

Dennis labels them as they supplier ships them to him as. He doesn't have a stingray book nor does he use the internet so it's a matter of trust of the supplier on his behalf. I have already fixed the names.

As for the pineapple, it's the same animal as the motelo, again, a product of a supplier's mislabling.

GST was never included in the price. Dennis paid for it all. This year, however, his GST bill worked out to some outrageous amount (enough to buy another store) so he decided to drop the NO GST bit. It's just getting too costly.

Personally, it's a move I think he should have made four or five years ago since no one seemed to have anything but contempt for the policy (included in the price, tax evasion, drug front, secret pockets, etc).

Do you use live feeders?

The rockwork is a little blah though...

What are you looking to pay per fish?

DSB doesn't work in Canada. We don't have easy access to real live sand like they do in the states. Critters from live rock don't cut it.

It would be so much easier for you guys to just all accept that I'm never wrong and run with it... :P

You should come in and have a chit chat with me sometime, haha.

That or whenever you decide to go play badminton, let me know.

I think those are uropthalmus :P

Actually, Helmet snails are a different genus that behaves very similar to Nassarius.

There was some true nassarius in the store a couple weeks ago. I don't know where they all went though. Probably into a sump, haw.

My top picks for a nano:

1. Orchid Dottyback (Pseudochromis freidmani)

This fish GLOWS purple. Awesome colors, very reasonable disposition and available captive bred at reasonable prices ($30-$40), you can't go wrong with this fish.

2. Clown Gobies ((Gobiodon okinawae, G. citrinis, etc)

You'll never have a hard time finding these fish in your tank. They're peaceful, like to sit right out in the open and you can keep them in pairs. It also helps that they're never ones to shy away from food. They're also usually <$15, which is great.

3. Antennae Goby (Stonogobiops nematode) and Wheeler's Prawn Goby (Amblyeleotris wheeleri)

I'm going to include these two fish together since they're rather similar in habits.

These are shrimp gobies, so if you're lucky enough to find yourself a small mantis shrimp, these is the easiest visible form of symbiosis that you can create in a nano. Both these fish are hardy, not particularly prone to hunger strikes or jump and both can be had for $15 or less. They also both sport great colors and patterns, always a plus when you're trying to pick from an extremely limited selection.

Close favorites that I didn't include were the firefish (Nemateleotris spp.) because they're prone to jumping; Swissgaurds (Liopropoma spp.) because they're super shy, super expensive and super rare; Blennies because they're aggressive; and other gobies because I doubt you're going to find other small ones that are reasonably priced (do a search on the Yasha and Greisinger's, mad money).

Hope that helps.

FYI, Gold Tetras don't retain their color in captivity.

Careful with silversides as they can produce a niacine or whatever deficiency.

A better question to ask is "to those who have gone bare bottom, would you ever go back?"

I wouldn't be too concerend about them.

It's about fricking time someone bought those awesome fish. I was seriously beginning to wonder if I was missing something here...

I like my children breaded and fried.

Pretty nice Connie.

Where'd those awesome Xenias come from? :P

Yeah, thanks for reminding me Marco. Now I'm going to the schoolyards to shoot children.