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Fairdeal is a member from this site,he has great fish usually wild caught orfrom a reputable source Check the buy sell forums,he has a thread there

Good to hear your responsible with your hobby and planning everything out right before jumping in. Led's are really efficient,but from my experience they haven't figured out the right spectrums to keep 'high light' plants(unless your making your own fixture like JCGD another member here) Most of the pre made fixtures(marineland,Beamworks) are only good for low-medium light plants,but I really like the way the water shimmers with LED'S.Most led fixtures on the market are geared towards reef tanks,which is always heavy on the blue spectrums. Also something to keep in mind,some led fixtures try to confuse or trick you by saying ''300 watt fixture,in small print 600leds"so each led would only be 0.5 watts each......they would need to be like 5 inches away to even have an effect. If your buying a led fixture make sure each led on the fixture is 1w or higher If your just doing a couple plants I would suggest a T8 fixture,or a T5 fixture(not a T5ho,probably too much light unless you want to add co2) I don't have experience with halogen with aquariums,but they sure heated my old greenhouse quite a bit.might be too hot and cause tank temperature fluctuations during daytime hours. Hope some of this light information helps your choice

Welcome to the forum. I'm sure "your wife's" hobby will become your own soon enough. Have you decided for sure on an angel in that tank? If you want I have a blue Philippine angel that lost its mate,if you want it it's free to a good home

Well if you want some yoyo loaches aquarium central has some occasionally.but that may not fix your problem. Fairdeal in Calgary always has some nice clown loaches,but they get pretty big. when I had a big mts problem in my tanks,the problem was I was over feeding the tanks.Fish only need to eat a small amount of food per day(the size of their eye is a good judge,for most fish) If you add a lot of food most of it gets lost in the gravel or sucked up in a filter anyways

Welcome to the forum.

Trying to breed some L10A red lizard whiptails,they got upgraded from a 40 breeder.

Welcome back. I just set up that 55g yesterday,you sold me like a year ago. Thanks again

Male endlers would be a good choice. I had a colony of endlers with my cherry shrimp couple years ago,the females eventually got a taste for the shrimp. But with the males maxing out at one inch they shouldn't be a threat to your shrimp.

Wow congrats on the score.I can't wait to hear what's going in that monster tank eventually.

Drain a couple gallons before trimming,so the water level is a little lower. After trimming do your normal water change and clean up th trimmings. Rasboras are skiddish fish,when scared they might jump. I have some harlequin rasboras that jump out of the water when I add food every day because they are so excited.(not out of the tank,but above the water)

Not sure about shrimp,but JORG has a helpful post on collecting live food http://albertaaquatica.com/index.php?showtopic=24223&st=30

This works well,if you want to be more humane. Put a couple drops of clove oil in the margarine container,that will sedate them,then freeze them. They won't feel a thing

It might look tacky,but I recommend putting up reflective marerial to catch any stray light and send it towards the plants it makes quite a difference

All season garden center is where I go. Possibly holes in st. Albert.and there is one more place in Edmonton that sells it but I can't remember the name.

Welcome to the forum. Nice to meet you Jeff.

Kno3 is still available just go to a garden center,they can't sell it to you in powder form. They sell you 500grams in one liter of water

Looking good. What type of substrate is that?lava rock? The goji Berrys will do well indoors,if you were to try them outdoors in Alberta you would have to cover them first 3 years over winter

I did the same thing as jvision for awhile,until the slime started in the dehumidifier Now I collect it in a bucket and aerate it for an hOur or so,then you can water your soft water plants. If you don't aerate the water the dissolved oxygen content is very low and can shock or drown a sensitive plants.

I would suggest red wigglers or a daphnia culture,IMO the. Two easiest to keep The bigger fish will appreciate the red wiggilers,the plecos will love them.and all the smaller fish would like the daphnia

Depends what you want. Aquarium central has, live microworm cultures and live red wiggilers. You can buy brine shrimp eggs and hatch them in a 2l bottle and a air pump.try to get 95% hatch rate or better. Vinegar worms are hard to come by,I have never kept them,but some people on this site do. Some members raise daphnia in 5 gallon pails or tanks Do You just want live food or do you want live food small enough for fry to eat?

How brackish?what kind of puffer are you thinking about? Java fern handles brackish,or red mangrove trees

Sweet RD. I read that same article when you posted it awhile ago. I since lost it,now I have it saved again. I wanted to bring up this article earlier today but couldent

I do the same as vallisneria now,you should be able to make a good variety of food from all of the different fish foods you already may own. If you really want a staple shrimp food your best bet is to join a group order from Canadian aquatics. In the past I have used the Ebiken line of food it is really good. but once you read what's in the ingredients you can figure out what to feed them yourself. Veggies and meat in moderation,mostly veggies for cherry shrimp.

Welcome to the forum. Lots of good info in the archive's

Nice,what kind of filtration are you running on a tank that size? My biggest tank is a 190