Wish I was coming, but I have to pick up the parents at the airport that afternoon.

I think House of Tropicals has the 75 with black rim for around 100, and the oak rim for 125 at the moment, was just there earlier this week and i'm pretty sure thats what they were listed at.

The other canister that I've seen people using that is similar to the Tom Rapid Mini is the Zoo-Med 501. Its really intended for terrariums, but I've read about a lot of people using it for smaller planted aquariums. I have no experience using it, so i can't really give you an opinion one way or ano...

I must admit that, with my new tools at my disposal, and a wealth of new information, I spent several hours today hacking away at all the plants in my tank.

Thanks for a great meeting, look forward to the next one.

Mick

I'm in the process of planning and setting up a 5.5g tank for our Betta. So far all I have is is the tank, a hob filter, a 27W desk lamp, and some play sand for substrate. I also have some rocks that I will be breaking up and working in. What I need to do is figure out what plants I want to use. I a...

dang, wish I could have been there, sounds like an interesting trip.

I'd love to tell you it looks great, but the pictures aren't showing up :p

Heh, its more that I don't really have room for them at this point.

Sigh I'd love the kribs, but its going to be a while before I set up my African river tank

I am by no means an expert on the subject, seeing as my tank has been planted about a week longer than yours, but the one thing I've noticed is that my HC seemed to go through a bit of an acclimatizing period which lasted about 3 weeks. It didn't really do anything, just sort of sat there. Finally a...