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Much of this seems to apply to Manitoba...however, I would be less than surprised should Alberta adopt a very similar list.

Here is the link...bans sterlets, bowfin, and most gar, too: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2015-121/FullText.html

Build a separate mini-cabinet for it beside your aquarium one.

Ron's Ebiken group order has both those species on the list.

We use Oxygen Products....they are just south of Peigan and Barlow Trail SE...always been quick and reasonable (honestly, I cannot remember what they charge, but it was not much at all). For paintball cylinders (we use these on the shrimp tanks), I strongly suggest Badlands Paintball...great service and great pricing.

Just bear in mind that clowns like their water a bit warmer, so aim for 78º-80ºF, and add an airstone, just to ensure that you have plenty of dissolved oxygen. If you would like a slightly larger school of clown loaches, Gold Aquarium usually has lots of nice ones for a great price, and as the loaches outgrow the tank, you can always sell or trade them in, and get a new, young school (I do this myself)....there is plenty of demand for 5"+ clown loaches.

A number of options, like dwarf gouramis, but no guarantee that they will not snarf the occasional baby shrimp.

What kind of shrimp, and are yoou looking for a single, solitary fish, or some small asssortment or school?

The filter brand is "Aquatop", the model is the CAF-25.

What are these stackable sponge filters of which ye speaketh!? I must know. Please. Riverfront has them. You pull the top off one, and the base off another, and they click together, so you can create a double or triple-tall sponge filter of a particular diameter. The Sponge filters that Riverfront carries are very good quality, and about 1/2 to 1/3 the price of their counterparts carried by other local shops.

Lots of good suggestions here. I would avoid copper, as it is detrimental to far more than snails, and will certainly harm many plants and kill some number of fish species. My suggestions: 1. If possible, feed more lightly....less excess food equals fewer snails. 2. Squash them every chance that you get. 3. Try the zuchinni method....you can put a serious dent in their population quickly this way. 4. If your tank and inhabitants will allow, loaches/botia can do some serious harm to a snail population....just be careful in which species you choose, as some are far better snail-eaters than others, and some loaches do not play well with some other fish. 5. Assassin snails. I have used these to supplement clown loaches in clearing up some introduced snails (and the clown loaches seem unable or unwilling to eat the assassins), as well as a small group of assassins to clean out pest snails in shrimp tanks, where they do a good job, but it takes some time.

There are dozens of threads in various shrimp-keeping forums on this subject. The opinion seems that the assassin snails will occasionally predate shrimp when there is not sufficient available of their typical food source, but that the behaviour is uncommon, and I have yet to see any claim that any hobbyist has suffered a noticeable drop in shrimp population from such activity.

They will, but before yoou use them, know that they are completely free of any potential residual pesticide, or have been chronically exposed to car exhaust.

No, it is not. It does not break down as does peat, and will not release the tannic and humic acids that peat does.

Fine...I will take new shots this weekend...:P