Abby

Good morning everyone, I was a fairly active member of this site a few years ago - I had a 47 tank fish room and was breeding pseudomugil furcatus along with various strains of killifish. We moved away from Alberta and sadly I sold every single thing right down to the last air pump. Fast-forward a few years and we are now settled in Paris, Ontario. My basement just happens to have this semi-finished room begging for something to happen in it! So here we go again! Starting from scratch genuinely sucks and I dread the cost of starting over, but we'll baby step it and see how things go. Anyway, I've also joined the GTA Aquatica forum, but since you were all such a great resource, I thought I would reactivate my account here as well. Looking forward to getting reacquainted with you all. -Ab.

You're a good man Pat! I would take him for my community tank, except that those parrots can (under some circumstances) be mean little bastards and beat the hell out of my community swimmers. Awesome fish though with loads of personality. It's always sad when you see any creature mistreated like this. Thanks for saving him Pat!

Thank you everyone for the feedback and tips. Most helpful!! I'm ordering from brine direct this time around (next time I'll absolutely be supporting Angelfins). I have a friend buying as well so we'll split the shipping costs. Maybe I'll start bringing it in by the case and be the "dealer" for Calgary! Cheers all

Hmmmmm. . . .the Mullin-man knows what he's talking about! . . . TO THE INTERWEBZ!

That's not a terrible price. . .and free shipping helps. Brineshrimpdirect.com has great prices but their shipping is outrageous. $36 for 1lb of eggs. . .$42 to ship it to Calgary. I find that highly suspect. . .I've shipped a guitar across the border for less than that.

Hi all, Does anybody know a good source for Brine Shrimp eggs in bulk? Big Als has the 3.5oz containers (which are ridiculously overpriced) and Canadian Aqua Farm carries the 1/2lb bags. . .but the bags are pre-mixed with salt which makes me question how much you're actually getting as far as eggs. So, I'm looking for somewhere that might be selling eggs by the pound. Has anybody encountered somewhere like that? Please let me know! Cheers all

My light just arrived today. The timer isn't a big deal on my end. Light will be on when I'm there and off when I'm not. Weekends the tank will get enough natural light to not kill off everything. I'll post my thoughts in a few days!

I had to screenshot that.....I don't hear it to often Black and white (Dalmation) Balloons would be great! I love balloon mollys, great little personalities on them.

Personally I would go with an assortment of Mollies. They're colourful, personable, low maintenance, inexpensive and easy to find! I would keep it to something like that that isn't going to require really finniky water conditions (you don't want to be sneaking in to the room to test the water every ten minutes). I like Mollies. I have two orange, three black and a few balloons in my community tank.

Will do! If it turns out to be a flop I'm just going to take the LED bulb in a desk lamp approach. I just like how this one at least looks like a cleanly assembled unit and it won't take up any additional space on my desk. The plants I will have will be very low light, low maintenance etc. I don't plan on getting in to CO2 and heavy ferts for a this one. It should be here in a couple of weeks and I'll let folks know how it turns out. Cheers

Hey now!! That gives me hope!!! Cheers!

My thought exactly! My office could use a bit of light anyway!

I decided to order a no-name off eBay to try first. It was $14 with free shipping so my expectations could not be lower. Given that I can spend more than that at Starbucks in a day, I'm not too worried if it turns out to be junk (which lets be honest.... There's a 90% chance it will be!) but hey, why not try!? If this thing is crap I'll go with the bulb idea. Thanks again all

Thank you very much for the replies. Lots to think about here! I don't have the technical know how to wire up the lights. I'm sure I could suss it out (I've done some basic soldering in the past) but I think I might just stick to the screw in bulb variety! Thank you both again. Much appreciated

Good to know! Thank you. That Ebay link, would you say that's a 23W? It doesn't tell you what each LED is. . .the joys of buying Chines knockoffs I guess. Still, it looks nicely contained and not an eyesore. Although, I will also keep an eye out for a canopy. Hell, I may even have one somewhere.