Thanks so much for all the help. I guess the battery operated pump will make a good farwell present.

Im hoping to get to a meeting soon.

Hello Gwapites, I have a question for a friend, she has a fish she is attached to, she swears it has a personality, responds to her presence, blows fish kisses at her, etc.. It's a large goldfish, koi type fish. It is the solitary inhabitant in a 20+ gallon non planted tank. She called the tank an &...

Thanks for the advice about removing the brown ramshorns snails.

I have a bunch of small brown ramshorn snails, you buy plants you get hitchhikers. Not complaining, being a newbie, I wouldn't have thought of adding snails, but I do love watching them in the tanks.

They are really nice, I just have a bunch of boring brown snails in my tank.
I need some more color.

What website did you buy them from?

Wheaton? No way, that is so close to where I live compared to the other LFS! Last time I went to Aquarium Depot it took an hour to drive there, but I spent about 3 hours there so it was probably worth the drive. :shock: Scales was my closest LFS, well that and petsmart but petsmart really doesn't co...

Where did you buy them from? I've been looking for them..

Finally ordered my lights, decided on Tek because I just liked the look of the form factor of the lights the best. Did alot of internet searching and this place had the best price AND included the bulbs! http://www.plantlightinghydroponics.com/tek-light-156w-6500k-13200-lumens-3ft-t5-fluorescent-gro...

I KNEW IT! Jeff seemed like such a nice guy with his macro lens taking photos of the 1/2 inch blue spots, inwardly he was probably thinking "my poor buds, with their teensy, tiny fish... I shall feast upon the victory of capturing a snakehead today. " 8) Good thing he did too... this artic...

We had a great time today! Learned alot about native fishes, invasive hydrilla and enjoyed the company. I can't wait to see Gavin's Hydrilla dreadlock photos!

Too bad no snakehead smashing... There's always SnakeHead Hunt IV.

We can't make it tomorrow.

Maria & Justin