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Thanks ;-)

Supposedly the Tiger (Caridina sp. "Tiger") and the snowball (Neocaridina sp.) shrimps don't interbreed. But thanks for the heads up. And, just to be safe, I've also got a few other tanks going as species only tanks. Here's a picture of some of the Taiwan blue shrimps I have. They tend to change colour based on mood.

Here's another..

Yeah, I was picky about getting some nice koi angels with lots of red covering so I had to do some special ordering. Here's a few pics of the koi I used to have: Here were my local stock parents: And their babies which a few people may have remembered since I was selling them: And here are a few pictures of the newer koi angels which I had to do a special order: Here's a bunch of the adults which have grown up to breeder sizes: Here's one of the few pairs I had: Another picture of a different male. Check out the nice red colour: And here are a few pics of the babies (which will soon be up for sale...): yeah, it's better if you see them in person as my picture taking is quite poor.

Besides the red cherry shrimps, Taiwan blue shrimps, and red and black srystal bee shrimps, guess who else are breeding......... I thought I'd share a few pictures of my breeding Snowball shrimps and Tiger shrimps..... Snowball and Tiger shrimps together Tigers... Pregnant snowball... Tiger...

These are not my rays but a fellow BCA member. He's got the fishes on live cam and are in a 8 foot pond/pool Nice fishes! oh yeah, A fellow BCA member has his rays on live cam. Check it out http://142.179.102.35:8080/

Nice! Perhaps I can take care of them for you? I live only 30 minutes from Vancouver ;-)

I've used it. What I have done is wash it first in a large bucket. Rinse it a few times. Then in a bare and clean tank I added some plain potting soil (1 cm deep). Over that I added a thin layer of MIXED flourite/sand and then pure flourite on top. Then I place a large plate in the tank and slowly our in the water onto the plate so that the water will not disturb the substrate. I find that way, it won't cloud the tank that much. Good luck!

well, in Richmond I know that the Big Al's is a bit tight for giving out good money for your fishes. I generally sell them at 25% of what the stores sell them for but I noticed that Big Al's give a lot less and also in credit. My suggestion is to shop around and see who will give what. I'm not saying that Big Al's is a bad place, all I'm saying is that they tend not to offer a lot because they do get a lot of their fishes from their Florida farms. However, if they were hard to come by fishes, then perhaps you'd get more for them. So, shop around and ask questions. Grant it, Big Al's may take a lot of fishes at once whereas smaller stores may only take a dozen or so. Therefore it may take a while to move all your fry. Good luck Good luck!

I think they both work fine. Just gotta make sure that the light intensity is strong enough to reach the bottom of your tank or at least to the plants. If it's a shallow tank, then T-12 should do it. Also, there are plant lights for T-12's at Home Depot or Revy. I'm not sure about the plant lights for the T-8's but I think they are more intense than the T-12. Good luck

Yup, just cut and presto! Anubias, bolbitis, jave ferns..... cut and go!

For my cory fry I use bare bottom. As Vapor said, it's easier to clean and see dead ones. Just have the microworms handy!

That's a great idea! Good job. Keep us posted!

So I guess they aren't little bugs on the surface of the water? cause if it's those, it's most likely springtails (colembola). I've never had flies in my tanks before though. Good luck!

hhmm.... I feed my fishes frozen bloodworms, Nutrafin flakes, my home made beefheart mix, some hikari mysis, some hikari algae wafers and catfish pellets, some shrimp pellets (Wardleys and HBH), and some other flake food from Mark Weiss and that's the main part of it. I also have other foods but I don't feed them those often. Oh, and baby brine shrimp for all my babies!